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The Jennifer Lawrence/Chris Pratt blockbuster also hints at a deeper conspiracy of sorts with the new trailer. Sony is ramping up the promotion for their forthcoming big budget sci-fi flick ' Passengers'  now that we’re just under a month from release.  The first trailer for the Jennifer Lawrence/Chris Pratt vehicle was released back in September, and it did a nice job of laying out the base premise of the film, as well as giving us a feel for it. The new second trailer teases an underlying conspiracy surrounding the plot of the movie.  See for yourself. PASSENGERS - Official "Event" Trailer (In Theaters December 21) This apparent conspiracy got a nod and a wink in the last trailer, but this one brings that idea to the forefront, maybe to the point of giving away too much.  First, the trailer literally displays the message of “nothing happens by accident.” More importantly is the dialogue we hear as Andy Garcia and Laurence Fishburne are reve...

WORTH WATCHING: Sony Pictures has debuted a new 30-second TV spot for the sci-fi movie Passengers, from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, directed by Morten Tyldum. We featured the first trailer for this movie a few months ago, and are still very excited for it. The story is set far in the future entirely on a passenger ship carrying thousands of people to a colony on the other side of the galaxy. Chris Pratt stars as a mechanic whose sleep pod malfunctions, leaving him awake and alone and unable to last the 90 years left on the ship's journey. This stars Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen as a robot bartender, and Laurence Fishburne. This is one of the most anticipated must-see's in 2016. " We boarded the Avalon with a destination… 120 years hibernation means we'll wake up in a new century, on a new planet. A year ago, everything changed…" "Something went wrong with the hibernation pods ." A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony plane...