The Hunger Games and Guardian of the Galaxy stars could take the lead
roles in the next film from Imitation Game director Morten Tyldum, an
outer-space romance.
Jennifer Lawrence
and Chris Pratt are in early talks to take the lead role in Passengers,
the science fiction romance linked to the Oscar-nominated Norwegian
director of The Imitation Game, Morten Tyldum.
Variety reports that Lawrence has received an offer for the female lead, a role which was previously being considered by Reese Witherspoon and Rachel McAdams. The Wrap broke the news that Pratt, the breakout male star of 2014 following standout turns in Guardians of the Galaxy and The Lego Movie, is being eyed for the male lead. It is understood the 35-year-old actor also has an offer in place.
Passengers centres on a space traveller on a voyage to a distant planet taking place many years in the future who unexpectedly awakens from cryogenic sleep almost a century too early. Bereft of company, he decides to awaken a female fellow passenger, leading to an unexpected romance.
Tyldum has been nominated for an Oscar and a Directors Guild award (losing to Birdman’s Alejandro González Iñárritu on Saturday) for his work on The Imitation Game, the second world war period drama which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as code-cracking hero Alan Turing. Variety reports the film-maker is close to a deal to direct Passengers from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, the US screenwriter who is currently working on forthcoming comic-book epic Doctor Strange for Marvel Studios.
Passengers will hope to echo the huge box office success of recent space dramas like Interstellar and Gravity – the latter was also the recipient of seven Oscars last year.
Variety reports that Lawrence has received an offer for the female lead, a role which was previously being considered by Reese Witherspoon and Rachel McAdams. The Wrap broke the news that Pratt, the breakout male star of 2014 following standout turns in Guardians of the Galaxy and The Lego Movie, is being eyed for the male lead. It is understood the 35-year-old actor also has an offer in place.
Passengers centres on a space traveller on a voyage to a distant planet taking place many years in the future who unexpectedly awakens from cryogenic sleep almost a century too early. Bereft of company, he decides to awaken a female fellow passenger, leading to an unexpected romance.
Tyldum has been nominated for an Oscar and a Directors Guild award (losing to Birdman’s Alejandro González Iñárritu on Saturday) for his work on The Imitation Game, the second world war period drama which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as code-cracking hero Alan Turing. Variety reports the film-maker is close to a deal to direct Passengers from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, the US screenwriter who is currently working on forthcoming comic-book epic Doctor Strange for Marvel Studios.
Passengers will hope to echo the huge box office success of recent space dramas like Interstellar and Gravity – the latter was also the recipient of seven Oscars last year.
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