'Contagion' Sequel Is in the Works With Director Steven Soderbergh!

The Vampire Diaries coming back for Season 9? Rumors have been flying and fans are dying to know if the speculation is true. Could Elena, Damon, Stefan, and the rest of the gang return for more drama?The original series follows Elena (Nina Dobrev) as she gets sucked into the world of vampires, werewolves, and doppelgangers.

President-elect Joe Biden released a crucial element of his new coronavirus vaccine plan Friday, as his office announced he doesn’t intend to hold back doses of the authorized vaccines to ensure that people already vaccinated have a waiting dose for a second shot. This is a reversal of what the Trump administration has been doing.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, ABC has landed August Snow, a drama starring and executive produced by Keegan-Michael Key. It hails from Godfather of Harlem co-creator/executive producer Paul Eckstein, Imagine Television Studios and CBS Studios where Imagine has a deal. Written by Eckstein based on Stephen Mack Jones’ “August Snow” novels, the drama has received a script commitment plus penalty.

Erin Brockovich, Contagion, Traffic and the Oceans franchise among many more films – keeps a thorough, daily record of all the movies, TV shows, plays and short films he’s watched as well as the literature he’s read.Among his list of TV series are Better Call Saul, Below Deck, Devs, Call My Agent, I May Destroy You, Dave and I Hate Suzie.

Steven Soderbergh isn’t your typical filmmaker. Honestly, we have to wonder if he’s even human.

Would it be a brand new year if we didn’t have the unveiling of Steven Soderbergh’s watch list? At this point, if you’re a huge film fan, you probably come to expect the big release of everything the filmmaker watched over the past year, looking over every entry to try to piece together what Soderbergh loved and what he skipped. And in 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing him to not make a half dozen films, it appears that Soderbergh did a lot of film and TV watching.

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.

One of the decade’s most prescient hits might be getting a follow-up.

As if Steven Soderbergh is actually Nostradamus, the filmmaker’s almost-decade-old “Contagion” seemed to lay out a similar story to the one that was experienced all over the world in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. And naturally, when you have a film become so relevant that it’s being talked about almost non-stop a decade later, there are going to be questions about whether or not there’s a potential sequel to be made.

There are fewer sure things in Hollywood than that there’s an interest in making a sequel to Ready Player One. After all, the Steven Spielberg film is based on a best selling novel by Ernest Cline, did well at the box office, got nominated for an Academy Award, and now has a sequel in book form.

Steven Soderbergh is the type of filmmaker that is never going to hold back details of a project for fear of saying too much. Similar to Quentin Tarantino, Soderbergh is someone that will gladly talk about all aspects of his films, as well as the projects that never were and some that are soon to be.

boy had to go to school with fake eyebrows and moustache drawn on his face after an Elf on the Shelf prank backfired. Seven-year-old Steven McGhee's naughty wee pal, who he named 'Elf', drew freckles, a beard, a moustache and eyebrows onto his face as he slept - but in the morning the schoolboy was unable to wash it off.

Steven Soderbergh has been a filmmaker that has consistently pushed the boundaries of whatever medium he’s working in. On the small screen, he’s pushed the limits of TV and on streaming platforms with projects like “Wireless” and “Mosaic.” In film, he’s tested new ways of filming things (with smaller cameras and even smartphones), as well as marketing films (taking on the role of de facto marketer for “Logan Lucky,” for example.

In the category of “better safe than sorry” news, the Academy Museum has decided to push its opening once again. Instead of debuting around the 93rd Academy Awards in April, the museum will swing open its doors to the public on September 30, 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: One of television’s most iconic legal dramas is poised for a comeback. ABC is developing LA Law, a new incarnation of the Emmy-winning Steven Bochco series, with Blair Underwood set to reprise his role as attorney Jonathan Rollins and executive produce.

WarnerMedia’s awkwardly revealed re-invention of Hollywood’s release windows has stirred anger among filmmakers and their reps, with fists clenched and threats exchanged. But then there’s Steven Soderbergh, the idiosyncratic filmmaker who reminds us that he is above it all.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorThis year, Bong Joon Ho made history and won four Academy Awards with his film “Parasite,” detailing a down-on-their-luck Korean family ingratiating themselves into the lives of a wealthy household. Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” describes a different family; based on Chung’s childhood experiences, the film casts Steven Yeun and Yeri Han as Korean immigrants in the 1980s who move to Arkansas to start a new life as farmers.