

She furiously rejects his apologies and avoids contact with him. Aurora berates, shuns, and even physically attacks Jim.
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Jim intends to propose to her but when Arthur hears Jim say there are "no secrets" between him and Aurora, the android reveals the truth of her awakening. The two slowly grow closer over the next year, and eventually fall in love. Resigned to the situation, Aurora, a writer and journalist, resumes writing about her experience. Aurora, devastated at having to live out her life on the ship, unsuccessfully tries to re-enter hibernation. He asks Arthur not to reveal what he has done. He eventually causes her pod to awaken her, letting her believe she was also the victim of a malfunction. He considers reviving her for companionship, but struggles with the morality of doing so, knowing it will rob her of her intended life on their destination planet. He views her video interview file, and is smitten. After only 30 years, an asteroid collision damages the ship despite its defense systems, causing a malfunction that awakens mechanical engineer James "Jim" Preston 90 years too early.Īfter a year of isolation, with only an android barman named Arthur for company, Jim grows despondent and contemplates suicide until he notices Aurora Lane, a beautiful young woman inside her pod. The Avalon, a sleeper ship transporting 5,000 colonists and 258 crew members in hibernation pods, is traveling from Earth to the planet Homestead II, a 120-year journey.

It has grossed $303 million worldwide and was nominated for Best Original Score and Best Production Design at the 89th Academy Awards. It received mixed reviews, with praise for Lawrence and Pratt's performances, Newman's musical score, and its visual style and production values, but was criticized for its plot and characters. 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, in standard format and RealD 3D. It is the last film from Columbia Pictures with the involvement of Village Roadshow Pictures. Principal photography took place at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Atlanta, Georgia from September 2015 to February 2016. It was produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, Start Motion Pictures, Original Film, LStar Capital, Wanda Pictures and Company Films. Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence were cast as the leads in February 2015. In December 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment picked up the film's rights, with Tyldum to direct. It is partially based on the 1953 EC Comics story "50 Girls 50" by Al Williamson. The script was written in 2007 by Spaihts, but languished in development hell with multiple actors attached and detached from it over the years. It follows two passengers on an immense interstellar spacecraft carrying thousands of people to a colony 60 light years from Earth, when the two are awakened 90 years early from their induced hibernation. It stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, with Michael Sheen and Laurence Fishburne in supporting roles. Passengers is a 2016 American science-fiction romance film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Jon Spaihts.
