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Soderbergh says “philosophical” Contagion sequel is in early development

Posted 6 years ago

Contagion may have been well-received upon its release but I don't think anyone could've predicted the resurgence the film would get nine years later as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take shape nationwide. By March of this year, the movie was the...

Steven Soderbergh doesn’t believe movie theaters will go extinct

Posted 6 years ago

The future of the movie theater business is the topic of hot conversation because the COVID-19 pandemic has put into question just how viable exhibition will be as movie theaters nationwide remain shuttered and studios have pursued other options to...

Contagion: Jude Law was warned while filming a similar pandemic was coming

Posted 6 years ago

When the COVID-19 pandemic was in its infancy in the United States and seemed much more like an overseas problem, pandemic films began to surge in popularity across streaming platforms. The one film that really seemed to find a new...

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Could Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion become a TV series?

Posted 14 years ago

Steven Soderbergh‘s 2011 thriller CONTAGION was one of his better movies. It successfully translated the procedural nightmare of dealing with an epidemic while not sacrificing quality drama. Instead of making an action movie out of it like OUTBREAK, CONTAGION looked...

Steven Soderbergh clarifies what his stance on that whole retirement thing

Posted 14 years ago

Back in 2009 when asked by Esquire if he was going to make movies until his death, Steven Soderbergh gave this response: “I’m 45 now. When I turn 51, that’ll be 25 years. And that’s a lot of time to...

UK trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects with Rooney Mara and Jude Law finally makes the film look interesting

Posted 14 years ago

Threatening-to-retire director Steven Soderbergh‘s latest film, SIDE EFFECTS, starring Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, and Catherine Zeta-Jones didn’t do much for me on the first trailer. I know it’s cliche to liken a film to looking like a made-for-cable...

These two posters for Jack the Giant Slayer and Side Effects respectively feature a big stone face and stellar promotional design

Posted 14 years ago

Two posters, two markedly different movies, two strangely accurate ways to tie these to films together. A side effect of giant slaying can be death (and other such painful results), whilst the struggle to surmount the side effects of prescription...

Trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s thriller Side Effects starring Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, and Jude Law hits

Posted 14 years ago

The first trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s thriller SIDE EFFECTS has hit, featuring Rooney Mara as a woman who turns to prescription drugs to cope with her husband’s (Channing Tatum) release from prison. Naturally, things get crazy, spinning a web of...

Steven Soderbergh thriller The Bitter Pill picks up a release date

Posted 14 years ago

Once called THE SIDE EFFECTS and now called THE BITTER PILL, Steven Soderbergh’s next film has been at last penciled in for a release date. Starring Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, the Scott Z. Burns (CONTAGION)...