According to the Hollywood Reporter, Wilson will play the lead male role in the film. Mandate Pictures will be financing the project, while filmmaker Rodrigo Garcia will direct.
The story of Passengers is centered on a grief counselor, played by Hathaway, who helps six plane crash survivors. The counselor also finds a special relationship with one of them. When the survivors begin to mysteriously disappear, the young woman believes there may be a conspiracy and vows to learn the truth.
Wilson, 33, will play Eric, the survivor who becomes attached to the counselor.