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.
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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.