Fans think Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Contagion’ predicted the coronavirus outbreak

Gwyneth Paltrow is encouraging fans to “stay home” and “make pasta” during the coronavirus crisis after sharing her memories of Italy online.

Some Hollywood stars are biting their tongues after making insensitive comments amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has derailed multiple television and film productions in addition to preventing large-scale events from taking place for the foreseeable future. One of the first stars to come under fire was Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, who took to the company's Instagram account on Friday with a selfie hawking a $450 skirt and a $425 pair of sneakers.

There are two schools of thought when it comes to viewing Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 film Contagion here in the mess that is 2020. On the one hand, you have people who have flocked to the movie in recent days.

Many fashion brands are working to ensure the health and safety of their customers during the coronavirus outbreak, making the hard decision to close down brick-and-mortar stores.

*SPOILERS ALERT* You may think that me talking about Gwyneth Paltrow dying in the first few minutes of Steven Soderbergh's thriller Contagion (2011) would be a massive spoiler, but that's farther from the truth! That crucial death was just the beginning of the MEV-1 virus, which claimed the lives of 26 million in the "fictional" film.

Gwyneth Paltrow is facing some backlash.

Gwyneth Paltrow and her often-criticized Goop lifestyle brand have come under fire once again -- this time for flaunting an expensive fashion ensemble amid growing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. In the since-deleted post that first appeared on Goop's Instagram page on Friday, Paltrow shared a selfie modeling a white shirt, tan skirt and white sneakers.

Contagion writer Scott Z. Burns isn’t surprised by the coronavirus outbreak after extensively researching pandemics for the 2013 film.

A decade ago, screenwriter Scott Z. Burns pitched an idea to Steven Soderbergh for a disaster movie without any aliens or monsters. “Contagion,” as it would be called, involved a deadly global pandemic, and rather than cheap Hollywood thrills, he wanted the movie to be based on something much scarier – real scientific research. Soderbergh immediately agreed to direct the story.

"When scientists tell us those things we would do well to listen"

Life is really starting to resemble the Steven Soderbergh movie Contagion. Coronavirus is a full on pandemic, with the NBA just announcing that they’ve halted their season after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the virus, cities are limiting public gatherings, and the world seems poised to descend into panic.

Covering all the bases? The coronavirus outbreak has spread rapidly, and celebrities have taken notice. Some of Hollywood’s biggest names are being as proactive as possible during the health scare — and documenting their new precautionary travel rituals along the way.

The film depicts the global outbreak of a deadly disease

“Contagion” is going viral.

Kerry Katona turned up to the airport wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Leave it to Hollywood to make light of the deadly serious coronavirus situation. Gwyneth Paltrow, who starred in the movie “Contagion” in 2011, posted a photo of herself on Instagram on Wednesday, showing her wearing a face mask while aboard an airplane.