Sony Pictures has unveiled the a teaser for the trailer for the original sci-fi dramaPassengers. Yes indeed, it’s that time once again where we watch a trailer for a trailer in the epitome of teaser culture. Scripted byJon Spaihts(Prometheus) and directed byMorten Tyldum(The Imitation Game), the film starsJennifer LawrenceandChris Prattand takes place on a luxury spaceship bound for a human colony that’s 120 years away. Given the length of the journey, the 5,000 passengers are put into hypersleep, but when two of the passengers are mysteriously awakened 90 years too early, they strike up a relationship and quickly become the ship’s only hope of recovering from a serious malfunction.
You won’t seetoomuch in this trailer tease, but the ship design looks pretty spectacular, and boy are Pratt and Lawrence pretty. Spaihts script landed on the Black List and has been praised throughout Hollywood for years, with a previous iteration of the film set to starKeanu Reeves, but after scoring a Best Director Oscar nomination this is the film thatThe Imitation Gamehelmer Morten Tyldum decided he wanted to direct. Thus, the large-scale sci-fi romance finally came to fruition.
Watch the teaser for thePassengerstrailer below, and check back tomorrow to watch the actual trailer. The film opens in theaters on December 21st and also starsMichael Sheen,Laurence Fishburne, andAurora Perrineau.
Here’s the official synopsis forPassengers:
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.
