Stephen Soderbergh is working on a “philosophical” sequel to his 2011 pandemic-themed thriller Contagion.
Ratings for Contagion, which depicts the outbreak of a deadly disease, soared this year as the world dealt with the COVID-19 outbreak.
Speaking with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Soderbergh revealed he is working with Contagion screenwriter Scott Z. Burns on a new movie that revisits the themes of the 2011 movie.
“I’ve got a project in development that Scott Burns is working with me on, that’s a kind of philosophical sequel to Contagion, but in a different context,” he said.
“You’ll kind of look at the two of them as kind of paired, but very different hair colours,” added. “So, Scott and I had been talking about, ‘So, what’s the next iteration of a Contagion-type story?’ We have been working on that; we should probably hot-foot it a little bit.”
Contagion screenwriter Burns opened up about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic…