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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Martin Pengelly in Washington

HISTORICAL FACTS: Steven soderbergh developing terrifying idea for post covid contagion sequel - The Untold Story

Chin Han and Marion Cotillard in Contagion (2011).
‘I don’t want to torture people … Chin Han and Marion Cotillard in Contagion (2011). Photograph: Claudette Barius/Warner Bros/Allstar

The director Steven Soderbergh has “terrifying” ideas for a sequel to Contagion, his 2011 film about a global pandemic which enjoyed a resurgence under Covid-19, but feels it would be “irresponsible” to base a movie around them.

“We talk about it and have come up with some terrifying ideas,” Soderbergh said, while describing conversations with pandemic experts. “There would have to be, I think, a plot that doesn’t feel predictable.

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