My objection here has more to do with how she doesn't at all fit my idea of what Aurora would be like.

...also, I love that joke - "What's The Matrix in three words? Reeves withers spoon." :D :|

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...also, I love that joke - "What's The Matrix in three words? Reeves withers spoon." :D :|

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damn, the internet is fast. does it originate from Reddit? they would ;)

yes, it could make an interesting duo, but not in this film and not in these roles. I simply cannot see her as Aurora. Apparently, neither can Spaihts.

It might be a problem that she and Keanu already were a couple in movies twice before, but on the other hand the last time was over 10 years ago.

I had always admired Diane Lane because she just seems so elegant and beautiful on screen.

i wonder what they thought of each other? Are there any articles where they talk about each other?

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/450344/Passengers-Company-Films-/details

Emily Blunt and Marc Forster were involved in the movie. I bet he was the perfect director Spaihts was talking about last year!

http://www.laineygossip.com/Emily-Blunt-Career-Prospectus/25596
Passengers isn’t dead yet, but Marc Forster, the man currently murdering World War Z, is on shaky ground, and if WWZ doesn’t deliver—in box office, if nothing else—he’ll likely be off Passengers, setting back development once again as producers search for a new director. I wouldn’t bank on that one doing anything for Blunt in the short term.

Marc Forster have trouble with World War Z so Brian Kirk is the director now. Anyway, Emily Blunt would have been great.

first of all, Passengers is not a comedy. or if it is, it's a dark one.
second of all, the best actress for this role is the one that 'clicks' with Reeves and the story.

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the 'best' according to whom? the average IMDb user? and IMDb's secret formula for compiling those lists ?

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I don't know these criteria.

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the best actress for this role is the one that 'clicks' with Reeves and the story

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I liked Keanu's films so far thus I think the next will be good as well.

don't know which are the external pressures and how much of this announcement is PR strategy or not, but .... I really really hope K will make the best decisions for the story. Because if it can't be done 'right', maybe it's best that it's not done at all, and it remains just a beautiful script sleeping on a shelf.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/fascinating-fact_3679434

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/keanu-reeves-passengers-acquired-for-u-s-by-weinstein-co-1200485661/

I should be happy, right? I mean, everything the Weinsteins touch gets aggressively promoted and maybe even Oscarized, right?
... then someone please tell me why I have an increasingly uneasy feeling about this project. why does it feel that TWC buying distribution rights for the US is the second kiss-of-death for Passengers. why does it seem like Keanu feels 'pushed for time' and is making compromises over compromises just to get this movie made before it's too late...

I hope I'm wrong.

A trip to the stars -- with one of the world's biggest -- has sold at a Cannes charity auction for 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million US).The winning bidder at the AmFAR Cinema Against AIDS charity dinner held on Thursday night the Hotel du Cap won an unforgettable journey into orbit on Virgin Galactic, seated next to Leonardo DiCaprio.

okay, if that's Weinstein's idea of PR... we better start saving up for whenever Passengers gets released ! :D :D

Arranged by Harvey Weinstein, the once-in-a-lifetime Virgin Galactic voyage benefits the AmFAR Cinema Against AIDS charity.

A trip to the stars -- with one of the world's biggest -- has sold at a Cannes charity auction for 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million U.S.).
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The winning bidder at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS charity dinner held on Thursday night at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc won an unforgettable journey into orbit on Virgin Galactic, seated next to Leonardo DiCaprio.

A second pair of seats on the same flight sold to another bidder for 1.8 million euros ($2.3 million U.S.), just moments after the same bidder paid 1.2 million euros for an "Oscars experience."

Earlier in the evening, Harvey Weinstein told The Hollywood Reporter about the gravity-free adventure with the Great Gatsby star.

"We're going to get someone to bid on a seat next to him," the Weinstein Co. co-chairman said.

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The trip is listed in the event's auction booklet as a "once-in-a-lifetime trip to space with a mystery guest" on Richard Branson's fledgling space tourism fleet.

DiCaprio was present at the charity dinner, along with Cannes jurors Nicole Kidman and Christoph Waltz.

Weinstein also joked that many in the film business might love to see him fly to space as well, "but only on a one-way ticket."

AmfAR revealed Thursday night that it brought in $25 million from the event, a significant increase over the $11 million raised from the 2012 gala.