Warner Brothers has released the first trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s virus thriller, Contagion.  Matt Damon, Kate Winslet (I love her! Two movies this year! Skweee!), Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Lawrence Fishbourne, Bryan Cranston, Demitri Martin, John Hawkes, Jennifer Ehle, Sanaa Lathan and Elliott Gould all star. That’s what I call a killer cast! (nyuk nyuk).

With a screenplay by Scott Z. Burns (who apparently likes to write for Matt Damon. This is their third film together after The Bourne Ultimatum and The Informant!), the plot is centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease, and the international team of doctors and scientists with the CDC who are tasked to deal with it. The official synopsis: “Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.”

It’s called an action-thriller, but this my idea of a horror movie! Holy crap, it’s like 1995′s Outbreak on steroids! (No monkeys this time, birds. Monkeys are cuter.)  ”Don’t talk to anyone, don’t touch anyone. Stay away from other people!” Gah! How paranoid is this gonna make everyone in the theater??

An HD version of the trailer can be found at Apple.

Contagion infects the US on September 9^th  and the UK on 21 October.

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