I missed out on seeing Contagion in the theater, but when I rented the dvd a few months ago when it came out, I immediately wished that I had seen it in the theater, as it’s a nice slice of 70’s-esque paranoia. Not to spoil too much, but the film does end on an upbeat note, even though lots of people are now dead.
Seems like there’s going to be even more paranoia over sore throats, watery eyes, and runny noses, as according to the source article, Contagion 2 is being set up at Warner Bros. as an Open Writing Assignment. Which means they’re just hearing pitches by writers before they finally say “Yeah! That’s exactly what we need! Let’s shoot this fucker!”
The original writer is on board as a producer, and Soderbergh is mostly likely not going to return. Especially given the fact that he only has a few more movies before he finally calls it quits to be one with nature or become a painter or something.
I’m usually one for sequels. Actually, I really love sequels, but this is a movie that seemed to be just a one off. Didn’t really seem like they could go anywhere else, but what the hell. I’ll probably end up seeing it anyway. Too bad Outbreak never had a sequel.
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If ever there was a movie that doesn’t need a sequel, it sure as heck is this one. Makes about as much sense as a sequel to Schindler’s List
This sounds like when sequel ideas were commissioned for Inside Man and The Departed. We still haven’t seen either of those yet, and we likely won’t see this one either.
The real beauty of seeing Contagion in theaters was promptly sneezing on a stranger as you walked out and seeing their reaction.
The thing about Contagion is, at the end of the day we’ve simply out-bred and out-modernized contagious diseases. Spoilers// They explain the mechanism of transmission and emphasize that it’s a worst-case scenario and really…though a large amount of people die, it’s a rather small fraction of the world-wide population that would soon be replaced by normal breeding patterns.//
The only place to go is into outright fantasy, which kind of undercuts the point of approaching the subject like this in the first place. Though if it was Soderbergh doing Contagion 2 as a Zombie Movie then I’m totes on board.
First there was the collapse of civilization: anarchy, genocide, starvation. Then when it seemed things couldn’t get any worse, we got the plague. The Living Death, quickly closing its fist over the entire planet. Then we heard the rumors: that the last scientists were working on a cure that would end the plague and restore the world. Restore it? Why? I like the death! I like the misery! I like this world!
If they could get Vincent Klyn in Contagion 2, I’d pay full theater admission price.
This summer Nicolas Cage in: Schindlers Fist!
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