Passengers

Theatrical - Wide 2016-12-21

Cast Chris Pratt Jennifer Lawrence Michael Sheen Laurence Fishburne
Directed by Morten Tyldum
Written by Jon Spaihts

Genres: Adventure Science-Fiction

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5/10

Synopsis

On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions. As Jim (Chris Pratt) and Aurora (Jennifer Lawrence) face living the rest of their... See more lives on board, with every luxury they could ever ask for, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction… until they discover the ship is in grave danger. With the lives of 5000 sleeping passengers at stake, only Jim and Aurora can save them all.

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Passengers: Adele tried to warn Jennifer Lawrence about starring in the ill-received sci-fi flop

Posted 4 years ago

Morten Tyldum’s 2016 sci-fi film Passengers is a questionable journey into the vastness of space, and Jennifer Lawrence wishes she’d thought twice about boarding the ship. Speaking with The New York Times, Lawrence expressed regret about taking on the role that paired her...

The UnPopular Opinion: Passengers

Posted 8 years ago

THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column will...

Jennifer Lawrence reflects on harsh Passengers criticism

Posted 9 years ago

Last December's PASSENGERS with Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt hoped to be the modern answer to TITANIC with a story that focused on two literally star-crossed lovers on journey of romance and survival. The movie made a fair amount at...

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Passengers (Movie Review)

Posted 9 years ago

Note: I'm going to discuss the main plot twist of Morten Tyldum's PASSENGERS, even though it may be considered a spoiler. I can't tell how much people actually know what this movie is about; the ad campaign has been pretty...

Review: Passengers

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: On a spacecraft traveling to a brand new colony, two passengers wake up 90 years too early. During their time, they must try and discover why there was a malfunction with the sleep chambers, and whether they can join...

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Cinemacon 2016: Sony Presentation with Spider-Man, Passengers, and more!

The Sony Pictures presentation at Cinemacon was one jam-packed affair as they showed off quite a bit of their future offerings and then a second helping to boot. As is their typical style, the studio put all their chips on...

Posted 10 years ago

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52 Movies we want to see in 2016!

Posted 10 years ago

With 2015 now in the rearview, it’s time to look at the road ahead in 2016. There’s a mountain of intriguing titles on the way, so it’s damn near impossible to narrow it down to just ten. Sure, we have...

Laurence Fishburne boards Passengers with Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt

Posted 11 years ago

Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt will star in Sony's sci-fi romance flick PASSENGERS, in which they'll play the only two conscious passengers on a cryogenic sleeper ship heading to a new colony; Michael Sheen is also on board as a...

Michael Sheen will play a robot in Sony’s sci-fi romance Passengers

Posted 11 years ago

Sony's sci-fi romance flick PASSENGERS has been in development for quite some time but, after a series of setbacks, the project finally began moving forward last month. Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt will star in the film in which they'll...

Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt’s sci-fi romance Passengers moving forward

Posted 11 years ago

Hollywood loves to pair up their hottest stars almost as much as I like to state the obvious; Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt were scooped up by Sony earlier in the year to star in PASSENGERS but the film then...

Gore Verbinski lines up 3 new projects, including Steve Carell thriller

Posted 12 years ago

Back in April, Gore Verbinski signed a multiyear deal between New Regency and his Blind Wink Productions, and the first three movies from that deal have been announced. Deadline is reporting first Verbinski will direct an untitled paranoid thriller from...

Rachel McAdams to join Keanu Reeves in sci-fi romance Passengers

Posted 13 years ago

Ready to see Keanu Reeves take on another sci-fi flick? Is it a bonus that Rachel McAdams will be the leading lady? Yes. More like triple bonus. The film in question titled PASSENGERS ignited a huge bidding war during Cannes...

Keanu Reeves to star in the scifi film Passengers from the screenwriter of Prometheus

Posted 13 years ago

Don’t worry, haters, it isn’t Damon Lindelof but that other screenwriter for PROMETHEUS, Jon Spaihts. Keanu Reeves will star in Spaihts story entitled PASSENGERS which will be directed by GAME OF THRONES director Brian Kirk. The movie is being produced...

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