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Steven Soderberg Prepares for Outbreak With Quartet
The Playlist is reporting that Steven Soderbergh (Ocena’s Eleven, The Informant!) has delayed all projects in order to fast-track Contagion. The plague thriller penned by Scott Z. Burns (The Informant!) is set to go behind cameras this fall with Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard all signed on to star. Details are slim but the film is said to be an “action-thriller about the outbreak of a deadly virus.” Variety adds that the project “ is described as centering on a deadly disease with multiple plotlines in the same style as Soderbergh’s Traffic.”
Pictured: Marion Cotillard
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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