Michael Sheen joins Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt on new sci-fi film Passengers

 
New addition: Michael Sheen joins the cast of Passengers (Picture:Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
Michael Buckner/Getty Images
Jennifer Ruby17 July 2015
The Weekender

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

Michael Sheen has signed up to join the cast of forthcoming film Passengers, joining Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt.

The Welsh actor has been announced as a new addition to the project, which is a sci-fi romance set on a spacecraft, directed by Morten Tyldum.

Variety has confirmed Sheen's appearance in the film, the rights to which have been bought by Sony, starring as the voice of a robot on a spacecraft.

While there's not a lot of information about the project, it is thought that Lawrence and Pratt will star as 'passengers' on the spacecraft which is delivering thousands of people to a new planet.

Jon Spaihts, who penned Prometheus, is behind the script while Neal Moritz and Ori Marmur are on board to produce.

Keanu Reeves was originally attached to the main role, as were Reese Witherspoon and Rachel McAdams for Lawrence's part.

The 24-year-old actress will also star in X-Men: Aplocolyse next year as well as this year's Joy and Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in