Passengers (2016 film)

This article is about the science fiction film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. For the mystery/thriller movie starring Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson, see Passengers (2008 film).

Passengers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMorten Tyldum
Written byJon Spaihts
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRodrigo Prieto
Edited byMaryann Brandon
Music byThomas Newman
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
Running time
116 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$110–150 million[3][4]
Box office$303.1 million[3]

Passengers is a 2016 American science-fiction romance film directed by Morten Tyldum, written by Jon Spaihts and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. The supporting cast features Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, and Andy García. The film follows two passengers on an interstellar spacecraft carrying thousands of people to a colony 120-years-traveling-distance from Earth, when the two are awakened 90 years early from their induced hibernation.

The script was written in 2007 by Spaihts, but languished in development hell with multiple actors attached and detached from it over the years until Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired its rights in late 2014. Lawrence, Pratt and Tyldum quickly joined the project, and filming took place from September 2015 to February 2016 in Atlanta. It was produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, Start Motion Pictures, Original Film, LStar Capital, Wanda Pictures and Company Films, and was the last film from Columbia Pictures with the involvement of Village Roadshow Pictures.

Passengers premiered at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on December 14, 2016, and was released theatrically in the United States by Columbia Pictures on December 21, 2016. It received mixed reviews, with praise for Pratt and Lawrence's performances, Thomas Newman's musical score, and its visual style and production values, but was criticized for its plot and characters.[5][6] It grossed $304 million worldwide and was nominated for Best Original Score and Best Production Design at the 89th Academy Awards.[7]

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