Contagion opens across the U.S. in 2011. Director Steven Soderbergh’s star-studded multi-narrative and hyper realistic virus thriller is a box office and critical success, but receives a second life on streaming services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the cast reunite virtually in 2020 to record a PSA on social distancing, hand washing, vaccines, and cleaning surfaces.
This Day in Halloween: Steven Soderbergh's hyper-realistic virus thriller "Contagion" opens across the U.S. in 2011. / Illustration by SA Hart