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Georgia’s film industry is growing one movie at a time. The next major motion picture to film in the Atlanta area is Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt’s new movie ‘Passengers’. Tom Rothman gave the thumbs-up to  Passengers  with a budget of about $120m after tax incentives. Sony Pictures has just given the nod for the production of 'Passengers,' an interstellar romance starring two big names of Hollywood - Christ Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. People reported that both the stars are expected to get two paychecks for the upcoming film It's set on a spaceship, the cast is the same size as Gravity's, and the budget is huge.  But what else do we know about 2016's biggest sci-fi film? Actress Jennifer Lawrence was  recently spotted  while getting out of a vehicle on the set of the upcoming flick, ‘Passengers,’ which is being filmed in Atlanta.  Co-star Chris Pratt was also spotted on location as he prepped up for his first day on set. Sony’...

The space-set romantic drama has a script by Jon Spaihts. When you put two high profile, hot-as-all-hell actors like Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt together in a movie, that’s going to get some attention. Which is just what has happened with their upcoming sci-fi romance,  Passengers . And not only does it have two big, A-list celebs leading the way, the film is putting together an impressive supporting cast, including the latest addition, Morpheus himself, Laurence Fishburne. the veteran actor who has appeared in everything from  Apocalypse Now  to  Hannibal  to the upcoming  Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice , is in talks to join  Passengers . Along with Pratt and Lawrence, Fishburne joins another recent addition, Michael Sheen, who plays a robot on a spaceship. What we don’t know, however, is what role Fishburne will play, as the report doesn’t offer much in the way of details. The story of...