This one might hit a little close to home.
Director Michael Bay is cashing in on the increasingly viral pandemic movie craze with a bleak new thriller about a virus that never goes away. The Paramount film’s announcement comes just as world governments are starting to reopen in anticipation of the end of the coronavirus scourge.
The dystopian downer, entitled “Songbird,” will purportedly depict a world just two years in the future where the pandemic has mutated into something even worse after lockdowns are lifted prematurely, reports Deadline.
Not much is disclosed beyond that, however the apocalyptic flick will reportedly be in the vein of films like “Cloverfield” and “Paranormal Activity,” sans the supernatural elements. Instead, Deadline suggests that the more realistic “Songbird” will be rife with “government conspiracy and paranoia” much like the prescient pandemic thriller “Contagion.”
In an added dose of realism, “Songbird” will be be shot in mid-lockdown Los Angeles starting in five weeks.
Naturally, the film has drawn comparisons to the current situation, where people live in bubbles (sometimes literally), isolationists scramble to stockpile supplies, and fake news runs as rampant as the coronavirus itself.
Doesn’t sound like your typical explosion-filled Michael Bay fare? The modest-budget film will reportedly be sold at the upcoming Virtual Cannes Market by ICM Partners.
In the director’s chair will be Adam Mason of Hulu’s hit horror anthology series “Into The Dark.” The cast list and release date have yet to be announced.
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