LOS ANGELES, Oct 29 — The Canadian actress is in talks to replace Reese Witherspoon in the futuristic romance “Passengers.”

The star of Richard Curtis's “About Time,” Rachel McAdams is negotiating the female lead in the forthcoming science-fiction film opposite Keanu Reeves, Variety reports. Director Brian Kirk (“Game of Thrones,” “ Dexter”) will make his film debut behind the camera for this romance in space.

Based on a screenplay by “Prometheus” writer Jon Spaihts, “Passengers” will take place within the passageways on a spaceship headed towards a habitable planet. Due to a technical error, one of the passengers is woken 90 years before schedule. Unable to face his fate alone, the lonely hero (Keanu Reeves) decides to wake a lovely young woman to keep him company (Rachel McAdams, pending current negotiations).

Brian Kirk will begin shooting “Passengers” sometime in 2014. — AFP-Relaxnews