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An action-thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
This action-thriller (acthirltion? Huh? Did I coin it? Yeah.) centers on a team of doctors at the CDC, which is the most exciting of government agencies, trying to deal with the outbreak. Not a lot of details are available at present, but it is known that the film will be awesome.
Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. As the virus spreads around the world, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.
Contagion is directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Z. Burns. The project was announced in February 2010 with the news that Matt Damon and Jude Law were cast in Contagion in their first collaboration since The Talented Mr. Ripley in 1999. Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard joined the cast later in the month. Sodebergh received cooperation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and also worked with a group of scientific advisers for the film. With a production budget of $60 million, filming began on September 25, 2010 and was initially scheduled to last until January 11, 2011. Filming locations includedAtlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, Dubai, Japan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Russia, and Malaysia. In Hong Kong, filming took place at the Hong Kong International Airport. By February of 2011, Contagion was being filmed in San Francisco at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and other locations.
Contagion will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which starts on August 31, 2011.The film is scheduled to be commercially released on September 9, 2011. It was originally scheduled for October 21, 2011. Though the film had a production budget of $60 million, The New York Times reported, “[Box office] success means getting the audience to worry a little more at an already worrisome time.” While the film is not being explicitly marketed as a horror film, it attracted the attention of horror fans. While Warner Bros. is including a “scare factor” in its marketing with taglines such as “Don’t touch anyone”, one of its backers Participant Media launched a social action campaign with instructions on how to deal with a pandemic, such as stockpiling bottled water. It will also advertise “virus hunters” to viewers.
