Laurence Fishburne is joining the supporting cast for Passengers, the sci-fi romance starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence.
The casting was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. It’s not clear who he will play, but he’ll probably be one of the thousands of passengers put to sleep during a long voyage to another world. Pratt is the lead, playing a passenger whose sleeping chamber malfunctions and he wakes up another passenger (Lawrence).
Michael Sheen is also starring in the film, which was officially greenlit by Sony Pictures in June.
This is a big-budget project that new Sony chief Tom Rothman is hoping will get some awards attention. On Wednesday, it was scheduled for release on Dec. 21, 2016.
The script was written by Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) and it will be directed by The Imitation Game’s Morten Tyldum.
Fishburne currently recurs on ABC’s black-ish and will next be seen as Perry White again in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He’s also starring in A+E Networks’ Roots remake.
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