Nico finds himself in need of one of those bracelets when his girlfriend Sara (Disney vet Sofia Carson) - they met during lockdown, so they’ve never been in the same room - is threatened with one of the city’s infamous Q (for “quarantine”) zones after her grandmother, with whom she shares an apartment, dies of the virus.

to pursue a music career and then got stuck in town when the pandemic hit sneaking out to see May at nights is wealthy creep William (Bradley Whitford) William and his wife Piper (Demi Moore) are selling counterfeit yellow bracelets for top dollar.Īlso Read: KJ Apa's Pandemic Thriller 'Songbird' to Skip Theaters for On-Demand Streaming Release Next Month Lester keeps tabs on Nico and his other couriers thanks to Afghanistan War vet Dozer (Paul Walter Hauser, “Richard Jewell”), who’s very skilled with a drone Dozer strikes up a virtual friendship with singer-songwriter May (Alexandra Daddario), who came to L.A. Since he’s immune, and has a little yellow bracelet to prove it, Nico (KJ Apa, “Riverdale”) has the run of the city, which is why he works as a courier for Lester (Craig Robinson), whose delivery company is very in-demand among a homebound populace. Watch Video: COVID Mutates in First Trailer for Michael Bay's Pandemic Thriller 'Songbird'īefore the plot kicks in, “Songbird” feels more like “Pandemic Actually,” with random snapshots of 2023 Los Angeles, suffering through its fourth year of lockdown and the emergence of the even deadlier COVID-23 virus.

“Songbird” doesn’t even offer the prospect of staggeringly bad taste or questionable politics it’s less “Too soon!” and more “So what?” We’re left with just a standard-issue post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller, albeit one with a massively overqualified cast of actors. It’s not inherently misguided to use a current tragedy as the jumping-off point of a genre movie, but any filmmaker who decides to do so had better create something provocative or interesting or at least competent to justify it. Part of that story, one would hope, would include director and co-writer Adam Mason explaining what aspect of this dull, tacky thriller justified exploiting a pandemic that is still, as of the week of the film’s release, killing thousands of people every day. Osako.No doubt far more fascinating than “Songbird” is the behind-the-scenes story of how this film was even made in the first place, shot entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic with most cast members interacting with as few other performers as possible. Songbird was penned by Simon Boyes ( Misconduct) Bay produces alongside Eben Davidson, Jeanette Volturno, Jason Clark, Marcei Brown, Jessica Malanaphy, and Rick A. We have been longtime fans and friends of many of the creative team behind Songbird. We are looking forward to working with Michael, Adam, Andrew, and the teams at Invisible Narratives and Catchlight Films, who have been behind some of the best recent films that marry realistic science fiction and emotional storylines in an effective and terrifying way.” “This year has irrevocably changed the way people interact with each other and their surroundings, and the reverberations will be profound with all of 2020 underlying every frame of the movie, Songbird will be relevant, moving, and sentimental as a love story, while also scary as hell. “We are thrilled to acquire this timely and urgent movie,” said Adam Fogelson, chairman of STXfilms Motion Picture Group. Related Article: Exclusive: Adam Mason Talks PIG, Korn & Upcoming Michael Bay-Produced Quarantine Film SONGBIRD

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