"Passengers" - Sci-fi drama starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence

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Keanu Reeves has been locked in as the male lead in Gabriele Muccino's $90 million sci-fi drama "Passengers" for Morgan Creek and Universal Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.
Reeves plays Jim Preston, a mechanic on a 120-year journey to a distant colonized planet in another galaxy, who becomes the first of the 5,000 travellers to experience pod hibernation failure. Awake a century too soon, he is stranded in the world of an interstellar spaceship with only robots for companionship.
A year on his loneliness causes him to awaken a beautiful journalist named Aurora and they fall in love. The truth of her revival, and a major malfunction on the ship, become key plot points.
Jon Spaihts penned the original script which will get a polish before production begins. Filming kicks off in January.

 

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Kirk Directs Wayfare's "Passengers"

By Garth Franklin Thursday April 18th 2013 11:16PM
Frequent "Game Of Thrones" director Brian Kirk will make his feature directorial debut on the long-gestating "Passengers" which is now setup at Wayfare Entertainment.
Keanu Reeves remains attached to play Jim Preston, a mechanic on a 120-year journey to a distant colonized planet in another galaxy, who becomes the first of the 5,000 travellers to experience pod hibernation failure.
Awake a century too soon, he is stranded in the world of an interstellar spaceship with only robots for companionship. A year on his loneliness causes him to awaken a beautiful journalist named Aurora and they fall in love. The truth of her revival, and a major malfunction on the ship, become key plot points.
"Prometheus" scribe Jon Spaihts penned the original script when it was setup several years ago back at Morgan Creek and Universal Pictures. Stephen Hamel and Reeves developed the project, while Hamel and Ben Browning will produce.
Brian Kirk's name has previously been attached to various upcoming projects like "Thor: The Dark World" and "The Osterman Weekend" remake. Kirk didn't end up scoring either gig.
Source: Deadline

 

[Viking]

Saw this today -- decided to crack open the draft and read again.

 

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Witherspoon Joins Reeves In "Passengers"

By Garth Franklin Thursday May 2nd 2013 11:43PM
Reese Witherspoon is in talks to join the Jon Spaihts-penned sci-fi romance drama "Passengers" at Wayfare Entertainment.
Keanu Reeves plays a mechanic on a starship transporting colonists to their new home when he is awoken by his pod's hibernation failure - a century before he's supposed to awaken.
A year on, he wakes up a fellow passenger (Witherspoon) for company. They fall in love, but he must soon deal with the outcome of his actions.
Reeves, Stephen Hamel and Ben Browning are producing with filming to take place in Montreal.
Source: Heat Vision

 

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Rachel McAdams in Talks to Join Keanu Reeves in Passengers
Source: Variety
October 25, 2013


Rachel McAdams is in negotiations to join Keanu Reeves in the sci-fi drama Passengers, reports Variety. Reese Witherspoon was originally attached to co-star.

Set in the future, "Passengers centers on Jim Preston (Reeves), a mechanic on a 120-year journey to a distant colonized planet in another galaxy, who becomes the first traveler to experience pod hibernation failure. Having woken up 100 years too soon, he is stranded in the world of an interstellar spaceship with only robots and androids for companionship. A year into his journey, he decides to wake up a fellow passenger, a beautiful journalist named Aurora. They fall in love but must soon deal not only with the revelation of Jim's misjudged act of waking her but a major malfunction of the ship itself.

"Game of Thrones" and "Boardwalk Empire" helmer is attached to make his feature directorial debut on the project. The Weinstein Company will distribute the film. Wayfare Entertainment is financing and producing from a script by Jon Spaihts.

 

[Hyde]

this film could be the next Gravity.

 

[AnneFan]

Won't be as good as the 2008 'Passengers' movie.

 

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Keanu Reeves' Passengers Gets 2015 Release Date
Keanu Reeves has been developing his sci-fi romantic drama Passengers for many years and it's finally paying off as the movie is going to get made with Rachel McAdams co-starring and with Brian Kirk ("Game of Thrones") making his feature film directorial debut.

The Weinstein Company picked up the distribution rights to the film before a frame was shot and now they've selected a date for its Dimension Films branch to release the movie, going with April 3, 2015.

Although 2015 is already getting incredibly crowded with big tentpole movies, oddly no movie has grabbed any dates in April as of yet, although Guillermo del Toro's ghost movie Crimson Peak is rumored to open that month (despite also having not started production yet).

 

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Keanu's "Passengers" Loses Star, Distributor

By Garth Franklin Thursday March 13th 2014 11:40PM
The Weinstein Company have pulled out of the Keanu Reeves-led space romance drama "Passengers" which has been summarily yanked the schedule.
Slated to hit April 3rd 2015, the independently-produced film is also in search of a new female lead following the departure of actress Rachel McAdams.
Reeves plays a colonist aboard a spacecraft carrying 5,000 sleeping passengers to a new world when a malfunction awakens him early. Lonely, he rouses a fellow colonist and the pair fall in love - eventually realising it's up to them to save everyone on the journey.
Brian Kirk was set to start filming the movie in Germany on April 7th, but the start date has been pushed back by at least several weeks.
CAA will now shop the movie around to other U.S. distributors.
Source: THR

 

[Hyde]

Urgh.

 

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Sony Wins Auction For Jon Spaihts Sci-Fi Script ‘Passengers’


by Mike Fleming Jr


EXCLUSIVE: In its second major material buy this week, Sony Pictures emerged from a competitive situation with the rights to Passengers, the script by Doctor Strange scribe Jon Spaihts that is a big science fiction love story, set in deep space. Production president Michael De Luca oversaw the deal and Neal Moritz and Ori Marmur will produce through the Original Film banner along Michael Maher for Start Media and Stephen Hamel of Company Films.

Sony, which has been going through an agonizing period since computers at the corporation were hacked and documents released, has forged ahead. Earlier this week, the studio acquired the hotly contested rights to turn the NYPD corruption documentary The Seven Five into a narrative feature. Passengers takes place on a spacecraft transporting thousands of people to a distant colony planet has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result, a single passenger is awakened 90 years before anyone else. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he eventually decides to wake up a second passenger, marking the beginning of what becomes a unique love story. Spaihts’ scripting credits include Prometheus, The Mummy reboot and Doctor Strange, the latter of which has Benedict Cumberbatch firmly set to star for Marvel.

Passengers has created a frenzy before. It once had Keanu Reeves and Rachel McAdams attached along with Game Of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire helmer Brian Kirk. Before that, Reese Witherspoon had been expected to play the female lead, and The Weinstein Company bought in a big deal at 2012 Cannes. All the while, Moritz had been tracking it and when it became free, he and De Luca were all over it. They are starting from scratch with the elements as none of those stars or the filmmaker is attached now.

 

[kvz5]

I still need to read this... I've heard nothing but RAVES for this spec.

 

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Sony Engaging ‘Imitation Game’ Helmer Morten Tyldum For Space Saga ‘Passengers’

EXCLUSIVE: After his first English-language film The Imitation Game got eight Oscar noms including Best Director and Best Picture and trails only fellow Oscar nominee The Grand Budapest Hotel as the year’s biggest indie, director Morten Tyldum is in early talks to make his studio debut for Sony on Passengers, the script by Doctor Strange scribe Jon Spaihts.. This is a big science fiction love story, set in deep space, and it’s a major studio priority being overseen by production president Michael De Luca and produced by Original Films’ Neal Moritz and Ori Marmur and Michael Maher for Start Media and Stephen Hamel of Company Films

Sony bought this project late last year while it engaged in all that turmoil, and it didn’t take long for it to bear fruit. Passengers takes place on a spacecraft transporting thousands of people to a distant colony planet and has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result, a single passenger is awakened 90 years before anyone else. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he eventually decides to wake up a second passenger, marking the beginning of what becomes a unique love story.
Spaihts’ scripting credits include Prometheus, The Mummy reboot and Doctor Strange, the latter of which has Benedict Cumberbatch firmly set to star for Marvel.

Passengers once had Keanu Reeves and Rachel McAdams attached along with Game Of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire helmer Brian Kirk. Before that, Reese Witherspoon had been expected to play the female lead, and The Weinstein Company bought in a big deal at 2012 Cannes. Moritz tracked it through all its twists and turns and he and DeLuca pounced when it became available. They’ll start from scratch on cast, but they will build a star package.
Tyldum is repped by WME, Anonymous Content and Michael Schenkman.

 

[Octoberist]

The movie that doesn't want to die!

 

[Rocketman]

I heard that the original choices to star were Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.

 

[kvz5]

Jennifer Lawrence is circling the female role:

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/jennifer-lawrence-passengers-new-movie-hunger-games-1201426676/

Finally read the script and it's great. I can actually see her as Aurora. For some reason though, I'm still stuck with Keannu in mind for Jim.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Wow this sound's interesting.

 

[kvz5]

I was about to make a joke that Pratt's phone is ringing and here we go!

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/jennifer-lawrence-passengers-new-movie-hunger-games-1201426676/

Chris Pratt is in early talks to star opposite Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence in Morten Tyldum’s space-set love story “Passengers,” though the actress’ busy schedule may prevent her from closing a deal, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap.

 

[Sawyer]

Oh great, now Twitter will never stop fapping.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Chris Pratt in line to play the male lead in every most high budget movies.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Lawrence signing on is probably the best chance of this film actually getting off the ground.

Even if it's not Passengers Pratt and Lawrence literally need to star in something together.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Pratt will very soon be as overexposed as Lawrence has been in recent years so I guess it's a logical pairing.

 

[Octoberist]

Wow nice casting.

 

[Fallen Angel]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jennifer-lawrences-salary-drama-20m-793753

Jennifer Lawrence held out for $20m for doing the movie while Chris Pratt will get $10m rising to $15m depending on how Jurassic World does.

The article say's she and the director (Directed The Imitation Game) were prepared to walk away if they didn't get what they wanted.

 

[mclay18]

I'm surprised Tom Rothman wants to cut the budget down, considering the talent involved. Whatever one thinks of Jennifer Lawrence, she's a bankable star at the moment. $20M is exorbitant for a secondary role, but props to her and her agents for standing their ground.