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"PASSENGER" MAKES EXCLUSIVE STREAMING PREMIERE ON PARAMOUNT+ AUGUST 20

August 13, 2026 - Buckle up; it's going to get bumpy when the supernatural horror film, Passenger, begins haunting Paramount+ on Thursday, August 20 in the United States.

· Starring Jacob Scipio (Bad Boys, The Mother, Expend4bles), Lou Llobell (Foundation, Voyagers) and Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Frozen River, Homicide: Life on the Street), Passenger follows a young couple who, after witnessing a gruesome highway accident, soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone. A demonic presence called the Passenger has latched onto them, and won't stop until it claims them both, turning their van life adventure into a nightmare.

· The film received a wide theatrical release via Paramount Pictures earlier this year on May 22, shortly after which Empire Magazine hailed the film for its "memorable scares," adding that it's a "precision-tooled shocker... fast-paced, fun and, at times, genuinely frightening." The New York Times also praised Øvredal for his direction and skill at, "trapping his audience inside a disorienting, semi-liminal space where anything can happen."

· Directed by André Øvredal (The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), Passenger is written by Zachary Donohue & T.W. Burgess.

· Paramount Pictures presents, in association with Domain Entertainment, an 18Hz and Coin Operated Production, Passenger. The film is executive produced by Jenny Hinkey, Nathan Samdahl, Pete Chiappetta, Anthony Tittanegro and Andrew Lary, and produced by Walter Hamada, p.g.a., and Gary Dauberman, p.g.a..

· Passenger joins the HOV lane of horror movies on Paramount+, which includes complete collections of the Smile, A Quiet Place and Scream franchises, as well as Paramount+ Original frights like the Rosemary's Baby prequel, Apartment 7A, starring Julia Garner, and Vicious, led by Dakota Fanning.

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