passion project

At Los Angeles’ storied Rogue Machine Theatre, he volleys dialogue with actor Marin Ireland while rehearsing an upcoming performance of the play “Ironbound” as part of his decades-long passion project.

The $120-million passion project grossed $14 million worldwide.

People were befuddled by Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making passion project, a rococo take on the collapse of an empire.

Murnau’s 1922 silent vampire film “Nosferatu” was a dream for Robert Eggers — a passion project that found the director recruiting his frequent collaborators after “The Witch” put them all on the industry map a decade ago.

The movie is the passion project of director Bill Condon, known for writing “Chicago” and “The Greatest Showman,” and directing 2008’s “Dreamgirls.”