If Steven Soderbergh’s highly anticipated next film, Contagion, is yet to catch your attention, then you should definitely start getting excited about it now. You can catch up on all you’ve missed here, including the fantastic first trailer, the film’s great UK poster, and most recently a few new images and a first listen to its score.
Ten new clips have now been released, via The Playlist, in anticipation of its Venice Film Festival debut on 3rd September.
The film has an absolutely fantastic ensemble cast, headed up by Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, and Bryan Cranston. Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant!) has written the script, which is said to have been heavily researched to be as authentic as possible, and the legendary Steven Soderbergh is the man behind the camera.
Back in March this year, Soderbergh announced that he’s currently considering retirement from directing in the near future, after finishing up on a few last projects, and I sincerely hope that that won’t happen. But in case it does, this could be one of our last chances to see a Soderbergh film in the cinema when it comes out here on 21st October, and I for one can’t wait for it to come to our screens.
“The story is essentially told through the prism of three characters: everyman Mitch Emhoff (Matt Damon), who loses his wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) and stepson to virus and remains committed to protecting his teenage daughter; CDC Deputy Director Ellis Cheever (Laurence Fishburne) who tries desperately to adapt to the fast moving virus in an effort to protect the public and freelance journalist/blogger Alan Krumwiede (Jude Law) whose breathless and alarming reporting becomes the information hub for many struggling to understand what is happening.”
Whilst these new clips aren’t meant to be full of spoilers – if you’ve already seen the trailer, that is – I personally decided not to watch them all so as not to have seen much of the movie before it does come out. I did, however, watch the fifth clip with Jude Law, which also features Elliott Gould and is excellent.
Each clip carries its own title: They’re Closing Midway And O’Hare, There Continue To Be Evaluations, She Failed To Respond, It Came From Here, I’m A Journalist, I Think I’m Sick, How Are You Feeling Today, Figuring Us Out, Don’t Touch Anything, and Are You Sick? Without further ado, here they all are if you should choose to feast your eyes upon them.
