I heard about this and just found this story.

"Gabriele Muccino ( The Pursuit of Happyness , Seven Pounds ) is in advanced negotiations with Morgan Creek to direct Passengers , a sci-fi romancer he described as "a love story set on a spaceship," reports Variety ."

From COMINGSOON.NET, thanks Kevin

The grand list is announced of the films for the 25th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Feb.4-14, 2010

Science fiction is sometimes more than melodrama in space. While you were staring wide-eyed at the screen, brainlessly popping puffed corn with cholesterol-laden butter substitute into your mouth on any given Saturday, you may also have been learning. You may have thought you were just watching another robot take-over movie, but you were actually getting [...]