Dec 20, 2016 a 6 part series featuring one of hollywoods most sought after screenwriters. A 6 part series featuring one of hollywoods most sought after screenwriters. The internet movie script database imsdb the webs largest. Spoilers for both the script and screen version of passengers below.
I recently saw passengers, a sciencefiction adventure film starring jennifer lawrence and chris pratt, written by jon spaihts and directed by morten tyldum. See below for what is new on the site or click on a letter under movie scripts. The film stars jennifer lawrence and chris pratt as aurora lane and jim preston, respectively, with michael sheen and laurence fishburne in supporting roles. Full text of alienengineersoriginalprometheusscript. The 8 worst parts of prometheus made sense in the original. Dec 23, 2016 screenwriter jon spaihts who used the hype for the script as collateral to move onto big projects such as prometheus, doctor strange and pacific rim. Prometheus scribe jon spaihts penned the script years ago, and after a few. Passengers director morten tyldum and writer jon spaihts. Screenwriter jon spaihts who used the hype for the script as collateral to move onto big projects such as prometheus, doctor strange and pacific rim. A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. Passengers is a 2016 american science fiction romance film set in 2343 directed by morten tyldum and written by jon spaihts. Request jon spaihtss passengers, blacklist version 2007.
If theyve been reading stories of empire, whether theyre real historical tales from the history of our world or magical stories of a fictional worlds, then theyre going to have vocabulary there and theyre more likely to do good work. Written by jon spaihts, passengers originally generated heat in 2007, when. Nov 22, 2017 its thanksgiving week, which means its time to sneak away from people youre convinced you cant possibly be related to to work on your script. Shadow 19 was originally purchased by warner brothers some years back with keanu in mind to star. Passengers has a firstclass scifi premise, but the script flies coach the chris prattjennifer lawrence film about two beautiful people. At one point, the film was set to star keanu reeves and emily blunt. Jon spaihts is having quite an epic month and a half. Spaihts says he was fascinated by the vastness of space and how it can produce solitude. Sony wins auction for jon spaihts scifi script passengers. Sep 10, 2009 shadow 19 was originally purchased by warner brothers some years back with keanu in mind to star. Im looking for the version that was mentioned on the industry blacklist, which i understand is the. Passengers is a 2016 american science fiction romance film directed by morten tyldum and written by jon spaihts. Aug 02, 2019 the jennifer lawrencechris pratt romantic adventure passengers may not be and kickstarted a studio career for its author, jon spaihts. The plot sounds like something straight out of a science fiction novel, but passengers is not based on any book.
Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he wakes up a second passenger who hes fallen in love with. New to space travel, watts tears her eyes from the spectacle of earth outside the window. Screenwriter jon spaihts discusses his decadelong quest to see passengers reach the screen. Interstellar space a million suns shine in the dark. The original screenplay for passengers was written by jon spaihts.
Passengers script at the internet movie script database. Saturn orbit far future saturn swims against the stars, its rings slicing. Jon spaihts was born in new york city, new york, usa. I have been a fan of jon spaihts and his writing for years, so i was excited to have the opportunity recently to spend an hour talking with him about his career, his movies, and the screenwriting craft. The original script for passengers was written by jon spaihts in 2007 and had been in development hell for years. Jon spaihts is an american screenwriter and author. Continue reading passengers ending was different in the. An alleged early prometheus draft by writer jon spaihts has surfaced online today. Gabriele muccinos film passengers starring keanu reeves is due out next year, and i was luck enough to get my hands on what seemed to be a copy of the script from jon spaihts. I fell in love with the notion of a man stranded alone in the stars and where that would take them. Screenwriter jon spaihts who used the hype for the script as collateral to move onto big projects such as prometheus, doctor strange and. Full text of alienengineersoriginalprometheus script.
Scripts by jon spaihts at imsdb international movie script. But that project fell apart and keanu tapped spaihts to write his isolation space opera idea, passengers not the one in my top 25 but a script that is very highly praised. Ahead of the release of passengers, we got to chat to the man who came up with the idea, developed the film, and penned the script. Does anyone have any files or links to share for the script for the film. Would passengers have been better with the original ending. In this original script, character auroras original surname was dunn. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he wakes up a second passenger that hes fallen in love with. Its a beautifully told and well acted emotional story of deep love and angry revulsion born of hard circumstances, of considered choices and decisions that last beyond a lifetime and the utterly overwhelming power of loneliness over the human mind.
As a result, a single passenger is awakened 60 years early. Passengers undated, unspecified script by jon spaihts hosted by. Engineers, was uploaded this tuesday to the website, the largest online library. In its second major material buy this week, sony pictures emerged from a competitive situation with the rights to passengers, the script by doctor strange scribe jon spaihts that is a. The jennifer lawrencechris pratt romantic adventure passengers may not be and kickstarted a studio career for its author, jon spaihts. Keanu reeves and stephen hamel had hired spaihts to write the film after originally becoming attached to spaihts abandoned science fiction script shadow 19. Universal pictures has tapped prometheus scribe jon spaihts to pen a feature reboot of the mummy franchise, which sean daniel will return to produce. Passengers has a firstclass scifi premise, but the script. Uprising was involved in all script updates, but his original vision would up being changed as the passengers screenplay went though various stars and studio backers.
The origin of passengers goes back to a scifi spec script called shadow 19 that screenwriter jon spaihts wrote a couple years before passengers. Meet jon spaihts, the writer behind the movie passengers. Jan 09, 2017 if youre not familiar with passengers, the film is a rarity in hollywood. Im familiar with the script passengers from an earlier iteration, but i absolutely love the ending you have in this most current draft. If youre not familiar with passengers, the film is a rarity in hollywood. For new regency spaihts also wrote the screenplay to the alien invasion thriller the darkest. Passengers has a firstclass scifi premise, but the.
He is a writer and producer, known for prometheus 2012, passengers 2016 and doctor strange 2016. Feel free to share the tips youre thankful for in the comments section. Passengers script transcript from the screenplay andor the. The ship contained reproductive material from each passenger. The internet movie script database imsdb the webs largest movie script resource.
Today in part 5, jon reflects on the 10 year odyssey of passengers from script to screen and answers some craft questions. Obviously that many children couldnt be produced from a single pair. Spaihts first screenplay, shadow, told the story of an elite solider sent on a suicide mission to a hellish planet. Jon spaihts passengers pdf august 2, 2019 posted by admin the jennifer lawrencechris pratt romantic adventure passengers may not be and kickstarted a studio career for its author, jon spaihts. Request jon spaihts s passengers, blacklist version 2007 request. Would passengers have been better with the original. Dec 19, 2016 the plot sounds like something straight out of a science fiction novel, but passengers is not based on any book.
Considered one of the best screenplays of 2007, this script was put on the fast track once keanu reeves attached himself to star. Doctor strange and passengers are all being released a month and a half apart and the trailer for the mummy just released two weeks ago. Thats still a possibility but its looking like shadow 19 may be dead. And two, of all the specs i discuss with people, this one seems to be the most universally liked. His science fiction romance passengers was included on the 2007 black list of unproduced highvalue screenplays. Passengers was partially born out of a movie that was never made. The film stars jennifer lawrence and chris pratt as aurora lane and jim preston, respectively, with michael sheen and laurence fishburne in supporting roles plus andy garcia in a cameo. He has been married to johanna watts since october 1, 2011.
People are going to be good at that to the extent that they have been exposed to that. As with these things its probably quite an early draft, something that is backed up when reading it, but its also pretty good too. I cant seem to be able to differentiate between each version of the script available. The first script screenwriter jon spaihts sold was called shadow 19, originally a warner bros. Passengers by jon spaihts pdf reader baldcirclecms. The 8 worst parts of prometheus made sense in the original script. Holloway plays with a pen, batting it from hand to hand in the zero gravity. Mar 02, 2017 i recently saw passengers, a sciencefiction adventure film starring jennifer lawrence and chris pratt, written by jon spaihts and directed by morten tyldum. Saturn orbit far future saturn swims against the stars, its rings slicing the night.
Courtesy jon spaihts 91 i was lucky enough that it sold, despite it being my first screenplay, recalls spaihts, who wrote the script while working as a documentary filmmaker and freelance writer in his native new york city. Dec 22, 2016 passengers has a firstclass scifi premise, but the script flies coach the chris prattjennifer lawrence film about two beautiful people. Writer jon spaihts originated the idea for passengers. His science fiction romance passengers was included on the 2007 black list of. Finally, the passengers script is here for all you fans of the anne hathaway movie. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. Written by jon spaihts, passengers originally generated heat in 2007, when it landed on the black list, a list of the most liked unproduced screenplays voted on by. Ieee spectrums stephen cass talked with the screenwriter of passengers, jon spaihts, about his inspiration for the movie and the process of bringing his ideas to life in a big hollywood movie. Dec 19, 2016 jon spaihts is having quite an epic month and a half. Hit the next page to find out what the passengers ending was like in the original script. Jon spaihts on his inspiration for passengers, his love. Request jon spaihtss passengers, blacklist version. In 2007, passengers ranked highly on the black list, a listing of the best unproduced screenplays in.
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