• Jennifer Lawrence And Chris Pratt In Talks For Sci-Fi Romance 'Passengers' [Updated]

    It's been a turbulent week for Sony but the studio is moving forward full-speed ahead on the long-awaited realization of Jon Spaihts' sci-fi script Passengers. Director Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game, Headhunters) just came on to direct earlier this week, a couple months after Sony grabbed rights to the script following failed development efforts at other…

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  • 'The Imitation Game' Director In Talks To Make Sci-Fi Romance 'Passengers'

    We've talked about the script Passengers for years. The Jon Spaihts-penned script landed on the Black List back in 2007, and has wound through a very long development process ever since. It revolves around a man who is accidentally awakened during a long voyage to colonize a new planet. Faced with the likely possibility of living…

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  • Jon Spaihts Script 'Passengers' Comes Back To Life, Brian Kirk Directing

    A space-based drama called Passengers is the script that led to Jon Spaihts scripting the Alien prequel that became Prometheus. Popular as Passengers was with those who read it, the project has languished for years in a sort of development hell. The script is built around a great concept in which a malfunction on a ship transporting sleeping humans through…

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  • Gabriele Muccino To Direct Passengers, Starring Keanu Reeves

    When Jon Spaihts was hired to write Ridley Scott's new Alien film, part of the backstory was that he'd landed the gig on the strength of his script Passengers, which landed on the 2007 Black List of best unproduced screenplays. Keanu Reeves has long been attached to the film, with his shingle Company Films trying…

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