Ron Livingston Defying Gravity At Fox

Fox TV Studios has teamed with Canada’s CTV, Germany’s ProSieben and the BBC for Defying Gravity, a 13-episode adventure drama series starring Ron Livingston. Defying Gravity, which comes from creator/executive producer James Parriott (Grey’s Anatomy) and executive producer Michael Edelstein (Desperate Housewives), is set in the near future and revolves around eight astronauts from five countries who take on a mysterious six-year mission through the solar system. German actress Florentine Lahme also has been cast. David Straiton has signed on to direct the first episode of the series, which is slated to begin production January 19 in Vancouver.