Fox, BBC team for space drama 'Gravity'

Fox TV has teamed up with the BBC, Canada's CTV and Germany's ProSieben for the 13-episode space drama Defying Gravity.

Ron Livingston and German actress Florentine Lahme have been cast in the show, which is set around a six-year expedition through the solar system by eight astronauts from five different countries.

James Parriot and Michael Edlstein will executive produce the big-budget show, which is loosely based on the BBC docu-drama Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets.

"Throw in a little bit of Grey's and Lost and you have a pretty good international TV show," Parriot told The Hollywood Reporter.

Defying Gravity is scheduled to go into production in January in Vancouver under the direction of David Straiton (House). It will look for a US network home once filming has been completed.