Passengers is an upcoming American science fiction film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Jon Spaihts. The film stars Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. The film is set to be released by Columbia Pictures on December 21, 2016。 The spaceship, Starship Avalon, on its 120-year voyage to a distant colony planet known as the “Homestead Colony” and transporting 5,259 people has a malfunction in two of its sleep chambers. As a result, two hibernation pods open prematurely and the two people that awoke are stranded on the spaceship, still 90 years from their destination。
The original script for Passengers written by Jon Spaihts had been floating around Hollywood for years. Brian Kirk was originally scheduled to make his feature directional debut with the film with Keanu Reeves at the lead and Wayfare Entertainment financing and producing the film. On December 5, 2014, it was announced that Sony Pictures Entertainment had won the auction to take the rights to the film. On January 27, 2015, it was announced that Sony was in early talks with The Imitation Game’s director Morten Tyldum to direct the film. On February 6, first Variety reported that Jennifer Lawrence was in early talks to join the film,later the same day TheWrap also reported that Chris Pratt was in talks too, to star in the film. On July 17, 2015, Michael Sheen joined the cast of the film to play the robot traveling along with Pratt’s and Lawrence’s characters. On August 5, 2015, Laurence Fishburne was in talks to join the filmProducers of the film would be Company Films’ Stephen Hamel, Start Media’s Michael Maher, and Original Film’s Ori Marmur & Neal H. Moritz. In February 2016, Aurora Perrineau’s casting in the film as Aurora’s best friend was confirmed.
