A potential sequel to Contagion, the 2011 disaster thriller starring Matt Damon, just got an update from director Steven Soderbergh. Contagion tells the story of healthcare professionals, government ...

With 9/11 tributes dominating the news and the TV networks, Americans got their minds off a national catastrophe by watching a movie about a worldwide plague. Contagion, the killer-virus procedural ...

At the beginning of 2020, a 9-year-old thriller by Steven Soderbergh suddenly surged in popularity. The film featured Hollywood stars in an alarmingly realistic scenario: a novel virus spreads rapidly ...

When COVID-19 took root, you almost knew there would be movies made to cash in on the panic and fear of the pandemic. They came — of course — and the better films to come from that initial period ...

The movie Contagion opens with a montage that will provoke fear in anyone adhering to CDC social distancing guidelines: uncovered coughing, feverish-looking people crowded in subways and the sick ...

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The 2011 public health thriller had new relevance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Soderbergh wouldn't want to just create another medical crisis with a sequel. “There’s certainly a case to ...

Contagion is reportedly now the second-most-streamed movie behind Harry Potter. Why watch a movie that scares us when we have a pandemic in real life? Because it can increase feelings of safety and ...

ATLANTA -- Yes, it could happen. But it's a stretch. "Contagion," a Hollywood thriller that opened Sept. 9, rocketed to No. 1 at the box office through its tale of a fictional global epidemic driven ...

Contagion is reportedly now the second-most-streamed movie behind Harry Potter. Why watch a movie that scares us when we have a pandemic in real life? Because it can increase feelings of safety and ...