The Passenger is a 2026 American thriller film directed by Vadim Perelman, based on the 2016 play Damascus by Bennett Fisher. It stars Kodi Smit-McPhee and Djimon Hounsou.
Premise Hounsou plays Hassan, a Somali-American shuttle driver who gets an offer from a mysterious passenger to take him from Minneapolis to Chicago. Unbeknownst to Hassan, his passenger has a dark and potentially catastrophic purpose.
Cast Djimon Hounsou as Hassan Kodi Smit-McPhee as Lloyd Leigh-Ann Rose as Fatima Carolina Campos as Grace Tegan Couchman as Ahmed
Production WestEnd Films announced the project, originally titled The Zealot, at Cannes. The movie began filming in Winnipeg in the fourth quarter of 2024 and had finished filming by November 2024.
Release In February 2026, Vertical acquired North American distribution rights to the film.
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