Warner Bros. has set an Oct. 4 theatrical release date for acclaimed Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, a 3-D sci-fi drama that follows a pair of astronauts stranded in space as they attempt to find a way back home.

Gravity is written by Cuaron and his son Jonas and stars Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock (Blind Side) and George Clooney (Syriana) as its leads. The project has been gestating for three years and at one point was meant to star Angelina Jolie and Robert Downey Jr.

Gravity marks Bullock’s return to sci-fi since the 1993 Sylvester Stallone vehicle Demolition Man. Cuaron’s creds include Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Y Tu Mama Tambien.