Ritter, Sergei, Rhames Join Starz’ Gravity

Krysten Ritter, Ivan Sergei, Ving Rhames and Rachel Hunter are set to star in Gravity, the 10-episode ensemble series, formerly known as Failure to Fly. It is scheduled to premiere in the spring. Created by Eric Schaeffer and Jill Franklyn, Gravity revolves around a group from an eccentric outpatient program of suicide survivors.

Ritter plays Lily Champagne, a twentysomething clinically depressed outcast looking for the love that her father never gave her. Sergei plays Robert Collingsworth, an ophthalmologist who is despondent following the cancer death of his wife and becomes an Internet celebrity when his suicide attempt goes comically awry. Multihyphenate Schaeffer co-stars as Miller, an NYPD cop who seems to be everywhere Lily is.

Rhames plays Dogg McFee, the group’s leader and a former big-league baseball player who is confined to a wheelchair. Hunter portrays Shawna Rollins, a former spokesmodel and current life coach with a penchant for much younger guys. Robyn Cohen, James Martinez and Seth Numrich round out the main cast of the series, executive produced by Schaeffer, Franklyn and Dan Pasternack.

Gravity, produced by Starz Media, begins filming this month in New York.