Last month we got our first look at starsJennifer LawrenceandChris Prattin photos fromPassengers, hitting theaters December 21. Many fans hoped that the first trailer would be just around the corner. Instead, the first poster has debuted. This one-sheet gives us a fresh look at bothJennifer LawrenceandChris Prattin this original sci-fi drama.
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 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.
The poster, which debuted at Flickering Myth, doesn’t reveal too much, since it seems to be a different version of one of the photos that debuted earlier this month. Still, there are some colorful lines seen overJennifer Lawrence’s face that could warrant further exploration. We still don’t know when the first trailer will drop, but we may get the footage quite soon. We don’t know for sure if the trailer will feature any of the movie’ssex scenes, whichJennifer Lawrencerevealed she needed to get drunk to perform, because she hated the idea of kissing a married man.
Passengershas been given a December 21 release date, with thissci-fi moviegoing up againstAssassin’s Creed,SingandThe Space Between Us. It will also open just five days after Disney and LucasFilm’s highly-anticipatedStar WarsspinoffRogue One: A Star Wars Story. Also debuting just afterPassengersis Paramount’sFences, The Weinstein Company’sGoldand 20th Century Fox’sWhy Him, all arriving on Christmas Day.
Morten Tyldum(The Imitation Game) is directing from an original screenplay byJon Spaihts, which landed on the Black List in 2007. The project was previously being developed withKeanu ReevesandReese Witherspoonset to star, but that incarnation never moved forward, untilMorten Tyldumcame aboard and castJennifer LawrenceandChris Pratt. Take a look at the new poster below, and stay tuned for more onPassengers.
