Just what the hell is Caleb Landry Jones looking at? That’s the question raised by this first pic from Brandon Cronenberg’s debut feature ANTIVIRAL, which sees the young Cronenberg being a true chip off the old block and delving into an icky tale of body manipulation and viral infestation. Those family dinners must be so juicy…
Antiviral follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion – for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.
ANTIVIRAL is still shooting in Canada, so there’s plenty of time left to go before we know when we’ll see it. You can bet that there is almost certainly a festival run in its future, however.
In addition to Jones, ANTIVIRAL stars Sarah Gadon, Nicholas Campbell, Douglas Smith and Malcolm McDowell.
Sarah Gadon