Theory Of A Deadman News!

The new Theory of a Deadman album, The Truth Is…, was heavily inspired by singer Tyler Connolly’s divorce and move to Los Angeles. The singer/guitarist told Billboard that he felt that the songwriting was driven by the relationship "ending not to my liking, me having to deal with the consequences, continuing life in a strange city, all alone. It's all true, which is a good thing; it would be funky if people were like, 'Why does the album sound like this?' and I'd be going, 'I dunno…" Working with producer Howard Benson, Connolly explains that Benson would, "go over every single word with me and go, 'What does this mean? I'm not clear what you're trying to say here...' and that made everything stronger. Howard's point was when a 14-year-old girl listens to a song on the radio, she doesn't focus on what the bass is doing or the guitar noodling. She's just really listening to what I'm saying, so everything had to make sense." The group begins touring for the new album tonight (July 22) in Wisconsin, and will be part of the Carnival of Madness tour with Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry, Adelitas Way and Emphatic.

Phil Collins Leaves Awards Show In Agony

July 25, 2011

Collins in crippling agony

Phil is carried out of awards ceremony and admits he couldn’t perform even if he wanted to (and he doesn’t)

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Pain: Collins

Retired Genesis drummer Phil Collins was helped out of an awards ceremony in agony at the weekend, suffering from an attack of the nerve damage which forced him to give up performing.
And he admitted he couldn’t return to the stage even if he wanted to – which he doesn’t.
Collins, 60, was due to present a gong to Ringo Starr at the Mojo Awards, but had to be half-carried out before he could deliver the honour.
He told the Mirror: “I’m on my last legs. I couldn’t come back to music. All these aches and pains – I can’t do it any more.”
Collins revealed in 2009 that years of bad posture behind the drumkit meant his spine had crushed his spinal cord, leaving him in constant pain and making it impossible to grip his sticks.
In March he confirmed he was retiring from the music industry. He’d previously drawn criticism for effectively ending Genesis’ career with the words: “I think that’s more or less over.”
Before leaving the awards event he said: “I actually don’t like music that much. I don’t really listen to music.”

Foo Fighters Top The Charts Again!

(RTTNews) - "Walk," Foo Fighters' second single off of their latest album, Wasting Light, is number one on the Billboard Top Rock Songs chart, beating out the album's first single, "Rope," which slotted in at number two.

Wasting Light, produced by Butch Vig and released through RCA Records, debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, selling 235,000 copies its first week out this past April, and making it the band's first ever number one album in the U.S. The release of Wasting Light also marked the band's second highest sales week ever, second only to In Your Honor's first week sales (311,000) in 2005.
The album was Foo Fighters first since 2007's Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace.
Rounding out the top five of the Billboard Top Rock Music Songs Chart were Seether's "County Song," Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kids" and Coldplay's "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall."

Paul McCartney’s 9/11 Documentary to Debut on Showtime

Russell Hall

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07.20.2011

The Love We Make, a film documentary chronicling Paul McCartney’s experiences immediately following the 9/11 attacks, is set to premiere on Showtime on September 10. The film will be broadcast on the night prior to the 10^th anniversary of the historic tragedy.
McCartney was inside a plane on the tarmac of a New York City airport when the attacks occurred. The film, shot in black and white, focuses on the activities undertaken by the former Beatle as he prepared for the “Concert for New York City” benefit show staged six weeks later. Speaking about the concert, McCartney said, “It was an honor to be able to help New York and America at that time in its history. There was a feeling of shock and fear in the air that I thought we could help alleviate with music. And the fact that so many people stepped up to join us made for a very uplifting evening for us all.”
The Love We Make was co-directed by Albert Mayles, who directed the classic Rolling Stones documentary, Gimme Shelter. The McCartney film includes cameo appearances by David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and other high-profile figures.

VIDEO: Aerosmith in the studio

Aerosmith are currently in guitarist Joe Perry’s home studio – The Boneyard – working on the group’s first album of new material since 2001's "Just Push Play."

The band regrouped July 5 to start working with longtime producer Jack Douglas on the project; Douglas worked on such classic Aerosmith albums as 1974's "Get Your Wings," 1975's "Toys in the Attic," and 1976's "Rocks," as well as 2004’s collection of blues standards, "Honkin' on Bobo."

“We’re working on the album right now,” singer Steven Tyler recently told Boston’s Fox News. “We go on tour November/December, and we should have the album finished in a couple of months.”

A new clip of Perry and Douglas at The Boneyard discussing gear setups based on some things Joe learned from guitarist Ry Cooder has been released by the band.

Aerosmith – Joe Perry and producer Jack Douglas
The Boneyard – July 2011



Aerosmith

Def Leppard Hits The Top Of The Charts On This Day!

Today In Music History - July 23

Def Leppard hit the top of the Billboard 200 chart with their fourth studio release, “Hysteria,” on July 23, 1988. The album was Def Leppard’s first in four years and was delayed in part by the car wreck that famously cost drummer Rick Allen his left arm.

“Hysteria” was driven up the charts in part by the success of “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” a single that would become their signature track. The song reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was only held off the top spot by Richard Marx’s “Hold On To The Night.”

The album also includes Def Leppard’s only number-one song “Love Bites.” The track was originally written by “Hysteria” producer Mutt Lange as a country ballad and adapted to fit the group’s glam-metal sound.

Paris Hilton Stormed Off Camera During Interview

(RTTNews) - During a July 20 interview on "ABC News", Paris Hilton stormed off camera in response to a question which offended her. Interviewer Dan Harris bluntly asked the heiress: "Do you ever worry about your moment having passed?"

Paris then looked off camera and got out of her chair before returning to continue the interview.
Harris had previously asked Paris whether she felt that the Kardashian phenomenon had outstripped her own reality clout.
Paris also defended her reputation as a dunce, saying that it is, in fact, an act:
"It's a character I developed for the 'Simple Life'. They wanted someone who was an airhead, and kind of had the baby voice. Sometimes when I'm on camera I'll revert back to it, just because I'm so used to it."

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30 San Diego, CA 4 & B
31 Agoura Hills, CA The Canyon Club

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02 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
04 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Theatre
05 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
06 Modesto, CA Xclamation Festival
08 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
09 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
12 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
13 Columbus, OH Al Rosa Villa
16 Pittsburgh, PA Trib Total Media Amphitheatre
17 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
19 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
20 Detroit, MI Harpo's
23 New York, NY BB King's
24 Foxborough, MA Showcase Live
26 N. Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues
27 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues
30 Houston, TX House Of Blues
31 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
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Cinderella still having a ball

Cinderella’s Jeff LaBar may not care for the ‘hair metal’ label, but is proud that the original line-up is still going strong 25 years down the line

Reported by Eric MacKinnon

Published: July 22, 2011. © Rock AAA.

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Cinderella guitarist Jeff LaBar admits the ‘hair metal’ tag which his band has been tagged with is irritating especially considering they based their sound on the British rock scene of the 1970s.
The Philadelphia rockers are famous for their bluesy hooks and singalong choruses and this year marks a whopping 25-years since their debut record ‘Night Songs’ was released and the band are still on the road with the original line-up – a rarity in rock n roll.
In an interview with the Bellingham Herald LaBar explained:
“The funny thing is that at the time, what we did was actually called rock ‘n’ roll. All of these terms you hear about came later. ‘Hair metal’ and ‘glam’ – we didn’t get called any of that at the time. We were a rock band.
“I guess we could have been labelled heavy metal. But then Metallica and Anthrax came out, and it was like, ‘Now, that’s heavy metal.’ We were a hard-rock band. So, no, I don’t care for the ‘hair metal’ label. I don’t care for any of the labels that came out later. But I accept them.
“If you interviewed me back in the ’80s and asked me, ‘Now that you have a hit record out, now that you made it, what would your goal be?,’ I would say my goal would be to still be doing this, to be in a supergroup like Aerosmith, 25 years from now.’
“I don’t know if the ‘supergroup’ tag applies. But we’re still all the same guys doing the same thing 25 years later.”
The rockers actually owed their big break to another rising star of the time who recommended them to his own band’s label at the time and helped them get signed as singer Tom Keifer revealed back in 1987.
“Jon Bon Jovi saw us in a club a few years back in Philadelphia,” Keifer said.
“He liked the band a lot. Basically, he went back to PolyGram Records (Bon Jovi’s label at the time), told them about our band and then helped set up some showcases for the label guys to come down and see us.”
Cinderella’s influences can be traced to the UK where LaBar was inspired to follow his dreams by the likes of Led Zeppelin while Tom (Keifer) was a fan of fellow UK rockers the Rolling Stones.
LaBar continued: “I grew up mostly on the British rock of the ’70s.
“I grew up on (Led) Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and even some of the keyboard-dominant bands like Genesis and Yes. Me and Tom grew up about five minutes from each other, although we didn’t know each other as kids. He comes more from the music of the (Rolling) Stones, Kiss and Alice Cooper.
“So people talk about ’80s bands and the genres Cinderella comes from. Well, it was these bluesier bands from the ’70s like Zeppelin that we set out to be like. We got labelled as glam because everyone kept referring to the cover of the first album.
“By the second record, we stopped teasing our hair and stopped wearing makeup and spandex.
“Obviously, we get lumped in with the Motley Crues, the Poisons, the Bon Jovis and even bands like Warrant and Firehouse. And that’s great. They’re all friends of mine. I just think we’re still a little bit different.”

3 Doors Down Talk New Album And Touring

7/20/2011 10:30 AM ET

(RTTNews) - Chris Henderson of 3 Doors Down has opened up about their grueling tour schedule, complaining that it's the only way for a band to make a living anymore.

When it comes to making money on the road, Henderson told espyrock.com:
"It's the only way, the only f*****g way; downloading has killed it. We make a little money on publishing and like sponsorships and merchandise if people buy our t-shirts but touring, on the f*****g road, playing shows, that's how you f*****g do it like it or not. We love touring and we do a lot of f*****g shows and we're here now and the record was supposed to be out."
Time Of My Life hit stores on July 18 and when asked why they held off on releasing the finished album, Henderson had two words — Foo Fighters. He added that they hoped to avoid as much competition as possible by holding back the release.
3 Doors Down will hit the road in the U.K. in 2012 with Seether in support of the new album.

Clay's Park News!

Oney is going to play the Blast From the Past Festival at Clay's Park in Canton, Ohio Fri August 19th. First gig since guitarist Mickey Daniels passed away last year, with Bill Patrick on guitar & vocals. Others on the Bill are LA Guns, Jackyl, & The Godz. Keep spreading the good word & thanks. www.nealpromotions.com/clays.htm.

I was asked to post this: "We have a petition with the help of Lorraine Lewis to get Femme Fatale on 2012 M3 festival, can you pls let your readers know/? We would really appreciate it." www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Femme-Fatale-Petition-for-M3-Rock-Festival/110116775751506.

Alice in Chains Working on ‘Amazing’ New Album?

Bryan Wawzenek

07.21.2011

Alice in Chains are hard at work on a new album, according to friend of the band and Heart frontwoman Ann Wilson. The singer told Ultimate Classic Rock that the grunge greats are making progress on the as-yet-untitled release, due later this year or in early 2012.
“I saw those guys just yesterday,” she said. “I went over to visit them in the studio where they were working on some new stuff – they sound amazing! How can Jerry [Cantrell] not sound amazing, but I mean, it really does – they’re a monster.”
The album will be the follow-up to 2009’s Black Gives Way to Blue, which was the first Alice in Chains album to feature singer William DuVall (in place of the late Layne Staley). Wilson reminisced about her collaboration with the band on 1992’s Sap EP.
“Well, it came about from just us all hanging out together in social situations. In Seattle, it’s a pretty tight music scene, especially in those years,” she said. “We’d all show up at each other’s gigs and then come back to usually my house, because my house is central. We’d hang out and I just got to know the Alice guys, especially Jerry the most, at first.
“And then pretty soon, they were working and they had this song that needed a high voice and they wanted a woman, but not just anybody. So they asked me and it was really fun –  it was like crossing over some kind of taboo line, you know, because we were considered to be an ’80s band, but we weren’t — we were really just a band.”

More On "Stage collapses as CHEAP TRICK plays mid set! 5 injured!"

Monday, 18 July 2011

Stage collapses as CHEAP TRICK plays mid set! 5 injured! Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen after stage collapse. A stage has collapsed at BLUESFEST 2011 in Calgary Ontario Canada while the band CHEAP TRICK was in the middle of their set. The word is the band is ok, but 5 people have been injured. To see the actual video of the collapse as it happens live go HERE Cheap Trick Manager: 'I Can't Believe We're Alive'Band narrowly avoided death in stage collapse July 18, 2011 1:10 PM ET Emergency crew investigate the stage that had collapsed from beneath Cheap Trick's concert at the Ottawa Bluesfest.CSM /LandovLess than a day after surviving a stage collapse at the Ottawa Bluesfest in Ontario, Canada, the members of Cheap Trick and their manager Dave Frey are feeling glad to be alive. "We are so thankful," Frey tells Rolling Stone. According to Frey, the sudden windstorm that brought down the main stage at the festival came as a surprise. "They said that we should be looking out for a storm but it wasn't really that apparent," he says. "I was actually on stage behind the drummer and I was taking a few pictures right before it happened. The air was still and it was humid and then out of nowhere, this wind hit that was just huge. The local news sources are saying 96 miles per hour, another one said like a hundred and something." "It just blew everything back, cymbals are flying and everything. And we're just like 'get off the stage!' and then I heard the rivets in the truss just starting to pop. BAP! BAP! BAP! BAP! BAP! It was like the Titanic or something, and it just started coming down, the roof fell," he recalls. "It hit our truck, which was parked behind the stage and that kept it about five feet off of the deck, and that gave us room to run. We were running as fast as we could." As can be seen in some photos and footage from the scene, the audience was in a state of panic. "It was complete pandemonium," says Frey. "It's so unbelievable that with everything that happened, with the crowd, tents flying away and debris flying, with everything going on, there were less than a dozen people at the hospital with mostly minor injuries." Though Frey and the members of Cheap Trick emerged from the collapse more or less unscathed, their truck driver sustained an injury to his abdomen and a cracked femur, and they lost all of their equipment. "Everything is gone. The gear is crushed and it's soaked, and it's part of an investigation with the police department, the fire department and the Ministry of Labor here," Frey says. "We're trying to get gear set up for our show tomorrow in Buffalo. Do you know where we can rent a five-neck guitar?" The above courtesy of ROLLING STONE

Dennis Quaid Signs On For 'What To Expect When You're Expecting'

7/19/2011 3:35 PM ET

(RTTNews) - Dennis Quaid has signed up to star in the film "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Quaid will star in the role of Ramsey, an aged man whose young wife (Brooklyn Decker) is pregnant with twins.

Lionsgate, which is producing the film, announced Quaid's involvement, adding:
". . . impending fatherhood is just another way for the hilariously competitive Ramsey to try to one-up his adult son Colin, who is also expecting his first child."
The film, adapted from Heidi Murkoff's pregnancy guide of the same name, will also star Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Chace Crawford and Rob Huebel.
"What to Expect When You're Expecting" is slated for a 2012 Mother's Day release.
Quaid is also starring in the forthcoming remake of the 1980s hit "Footloose."

GOO GOO DOLLS "iTUNES LIVE FROM SOHO" EP NOW AVAILABLE ON iTUNES:

July 19, 2011 ­ (Burbank, CA)

­ Goo Goo Dolls today released a brand-new EP titled iTunes Live From Soho, now available exclusively on the iTunes Store. The EP features six songs, including the hit singles “Slide,” “Home,” and “Notbroken,” as well as three other tracks from the band's current album Something For the Rest of Us. It was recorded live at the Apple Store in New York City's SoHo neighborhood in December 2010.
In other Goo's news, the band, which is singer-guitarist John Rzeznik, bassist Robby Takac, and drummer Mike Malinin, will perform their new single, “All That You Are” exclusively from the album, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, live on Good Morning America this Friday, July 22 as part of the show's annual Summer Concert Series broadcast live from New York's Central Park. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon was released June 14.
As per usual, USA Harvest will be on the road with the Goos all summer collecting canned food for families in need on all tour dates including the Good Morning America show in Central Park. To learn more go to: www.usaharvest.com.
This past May 15, Rzeznik performed with Daryl Hall on his famed series Live From Daryl's House (Click on the link to view!). The show brought together Hall and Rzeznik for a day-long session that included a stellar seven-song set, including Goo's hits, “Iris” and “Slide,” both from 1998's triple-platinum Dizzy Up the Girl, with the former also appearing on the City of Angels soundtrack album, where it spent a record-breaking 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay charts and was nominated for three Grammys. Hall and Rzeznik also performed a pair of songs from Something for the Rest of Us, “Home” and “Still Your Song.” To hear the session, visit: www.lfdh.com.
The track-listing for iTunes Live From Soho is as follows: “Slide” “Now I Hear” “As I Am” “Something For The Rest Of Us” “Home” “Not Broken”.
Goo Goo Dolls will be out on the road all summer-long.

7/20/2011 11:10 AM ET

(RTTNews) - Shia LaBeouf and Robert Redford have reportedly signed on to appear in the new action thriller "The Company You Keep" from Voltage Pictures. According to ew.com the film follows the story of an ex-Weather Underground militant (Redford), who after hiding for thirty years is forced into the open by a journalist (LaBeouf).

Redford has also reportedly committed to direct the picture, which features a script penned by "Dark City" writer Lem Dobbs. In a statement, Voltage producer Nicolas Chartier says that the pairing is a perfect match for the high flying film:
"This is an edge-of-your-seat thriller about real Americans who stood for their beliefs, thinking they were patriots and defending their country's ideals against their government. It is absolutely amazing to have Shia LaBeouf, arguably the brightest young star in Hollywood today paired with the global icon Robert Redford."
Production for "The Company You Keep" is set to begin this fall.

Album of Unreleased Ronnie James Dio Songs Coming

07/20/2011
. A new album featuring twelve previously unreleased tracks that Ronnie James Dio recorded in 1971 will be released this October. Here is the official word with the details: (Kayos) Over the years, legendary singer Ronnie James Dio fronted some of the most popular/enduring hard rock/heavy metal bands of all-time, including Rainbow, Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell, and Dio. But before all of these bands, there was Elf. Described as a "Rock/Honky Tonk/Blues band," a forthcoming release, 'And Before Elf…There Were Elves,' will prove that Ronnie could easily handle other rock-related styles.
Released on October 11th via the Niji Entertainment Group, 'And Before Elf' will feature twelve previously unreleased tracks (all from 1971), comprised of both live in the studio and live on stage tracks.
The album will feature a striking Lenticular/3D/Hologram cover, that when you turn it, you will see two alternating images – Ronnie from the first Elf LP, as well as a vintage group shot from 1971. And although these recordings are 40 years old, the sonic quality still passes the test, as longtime Dio engineer Wyn Davis remastered the original tapes.
Formed in 1967 in Cortland, New York, The Elves also featured other members that would carve a niche for themselves in the hard rock world!
Guitarist David "Rock" Feinstein (Dio's cousin) would go on to front the Rods. Elf would last for a trio of albums, before Ronnie exited the group in 1975, to co-form Rainbow with ex-Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore.
"And Before Elf…There Were Elves" Track Listing:1. You Shook Me
2. Stay With Me
3. Four Day Creep
4. Buckingham Blues
5. Wakeup Sunshine
6. Driftin'
7. Smile For Me Lady
8. You Felt The Same Way
9. Simple Man
10. Drown Me In The River
11. Cold Ramona
12.. Little Queenie

Listen To Pearl Jam’s Unreleased ‘Wishing Well’

By Johnny Firecloud

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

 

Since we’re all getting into the spirit of nostalgia with Pearl Jam’s twentieth anniversary upon us, we figured there’s no better time to share a rare, unreleased track from the band with you: a cover of Wishing Well by the band Free (not Terence Trent D’arby, sadly).

Recorded in 1990, the track features a fetal-stage Pearl Jam just developing their sound and chemistry, and as such is of very little similarity to the fully realized grunge-survivor rockers we know them as today. Note the awkward, laughing choral singing around a minute thirty:
The track was offered up today on a new Twitter account called PearlJam Twenty, which also made various early-demo downloads available. In addition to a slower, rough cut of State of Love And Trust (listen to that excitement at the end!), a nearly seven-minute version of Ten bookend track Master/Slave is included, as are various instrumental demos. A highlight is a silly-fun track called Touch Me I’m Dick, recorded for the fictitious band Citizen Dick, which PJ fans know well as the Matt Dillon-fronted band in the 90’s Seattle film Singles (PJ members comprised the rest of the band and had cameos in the film).
Additionally, a very Bad Radio-sounding take on Alice In Chains’ Aint Like That is featured, in which the vocals are omitted; frontman Eddie Vedder’s only utterances are “Hello, this is Abe Vigoda, and I just want to say that Alice In Chains rocked my world.”
Yeah, you may want to track these sounds down if you’re a PJ maniac. Additionally, fans can find a slew of new details on longtime PJ friend Cameron Crowe’s upcoming Pearl Jam Twenty documentary at PBS.org.
“When I set out to make this film, my mission was to assemble the best-of-the-best from Pearl Jam’s past and present and give audiences a visceral feeling of what it is to love music and to feel it deeply — to be inside the journey of a band that has carved their own path,” says Crowe. “There is only one band of their generation for which a film like this could even be made, and I’m honored to be the one given the opportunity to make it.”
Just another gem on the trail to the festival-weekend culmination of their anniversary celebration at the PJ20 gathering in Wisconsin. See you there!

Kevin Costner Joining Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday July 18, 201

EXCLUSIVE: Quentin Tarantino never has trouble putting together good casts for his films, but his Sergio Leone-style Spaghetti Western Django Unchained is turning out to be quite something. Kevin Costner is in negotiations to join a cast that is headed by Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson and Leonardo DiCaprio. Costner is in talks to play Ace Woody, and it's a real surprise turn for an actor most associated with good guy roles. He's the sadistic trainer of the male fighting slaves who entertain the white patrons of Candyland as well as the female slaves who are forced to be prostitutes. The club and ranch are owned by Calvin Candie (DiCaprio) and Ace Woody is the one who pits the "mandingo" fighters against one another, and has little qualms about mistreating and even killing the slaves who don't measure up. The roles that DiCaprio and Costner will play are every bit as sadistic as the one that Waltz played in Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds, and while Costner is still doing fine work, this could shine a light on him the way that Pulp Fiction did for John Travolta.
Foxx will play the title character, a slave-turned-bounty hunter who must take on those villains to free his slave wife. It's looking like Tarantino might make a discovery on that role, a character named Broomhilda. The Weinstein Company will put the picture into production in the early fall, with Sony Pictures taking foreign.  Costner will take the role after playing Pa Kent in the Superman reboot Man Of Steel, and prepping to star in the miniseries The Hatfields and McCoys for History, which he's also producing. Costner's repped by WME and One Talent Management.

"Contagion," Sept. 9: Must See Movie Of The Fall!!

(RTTNews) - "Contagion," Sept. 9:

Hitting theaters this September will be director Steven Soderbergh's "Contagion," a thriller about what would happen if the Bird Flu actually became the epidemic that many have feared.
Much like Soderbergh's Oscar-winning film "Traffic," "Contagion" looks to be a gritty film designed to look and feel more like the real world than a typical Hollywood thriller. Though that will doubtless lose some of the audience, "Contagion" should be able to find adult audiences looking for a more cerebral film experience.
In the trailer, Matt Damon stars as the husband of Gwyneth Paltrow, who dies suddenly as the Bird Flu starts to explode to pandemic levels. The story also deals with the many different bureaucrats involved as governments all over the world struggle to deal with the looming crisis.
True to Soderbergh form, the cast alone is staggering, with Damon, Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne and Marion Cotillard all along for the ride, not to mention quality character actors like John Hawkes ("Winter's Bone") and Elliot Gould ("Ocean's 11"). This one looks like one of the must-see films of the fall.
The trailer for "Contagion" can be viewed at the movie's official site.