![]() ![]() William and Piper Griffith ( Bradley Whitford, Demi Moore) are a married couple who run an underground business supplying illegal immunity bracelets. Songbird shows different types of relationships during this stage of forced quarantine. He’s looking to go away with his girlfriend Sarah ( Sofia Carson) with whom he cannot have physical contact. Nico Price ( KJ Apa) is a motorcycle courier who is saving up money to go to an island called Big Sur. That’s a lot of dystopian themes that this movie could explore and give a commentary on as a cautionary tale. Those that are immune to the virus have to wear a yellow bracelet to roam out and about. There are hints at resistance, but it’s just that and not really expounded upon. If you are sick, then you’re taken to a Q-Zone by the Sanitation department, where you’re left for dead or get better. The world is under strict lockdown, packages are delivered and sterilized with machines, and everybody has a temperature app that they take daily. Songbird is a film that is co-written by director Adam Mason and writer Simon Boyes. It takes place within a world in 2024 where COVID-19 has mutated into COVID-23. They also try to invoke characterization that we can sympathize with and just maybe a path forward. Chalk it up to a terrifying situation being relatively new, but thrillers and sci-fi films have always dipped into potentially terrifying aspects of our reality. 2004’s The Day After Tomorrow pondered what the world would look like undergoing very extreme weather events. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2011 movie, Contagion suddenly jumped in downloads and on top of the Netflix top ten watch list. The cast also includes Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Jenna Ortega, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Walter Hauser and Demi Moore.Real-life events beget art or fantasies of what life could be. The movie is directed by Adam Mason, who co-wrote the script with Simon Boyes. The production had been hit with a SAG-AFTRA stop work order earlier this summer, though it was not in place long and had to do with a paperwork issue. "When you're the first out, it's challenging because you're figuring out what works and what doesn't work and what needs to be adjusted." I feel like, as much as humanly possible, we ran a safe set." Producer Jeanette Volturno also added the following. Catchlight Studios' Jason Clark said, "I personally didn't witness any of that. Producers of the movie pushed back against these statements. They were almost like a production assistant, where you're like, 'Hey, go get so-and-so another mask!' There was no one looking at me, saying, 'Stop what you're doing and put on a face shield.' And to me, that should have happened." Speaking further, the source also said the designated coronavirus monitor was not on set as much as they maybe should have been. It centers on an essential worker, played by KJ Apa, who has a rare immunity and is able to work as a delivery man. The Michael Bay produced movie is set two years in the future, as a lockdown to prevent the spread of illness is reinstated as the virus continues to mutate. It's a slippery slope, because once certain protocols aren't taken seriously, it becomes, 'Well, I don't really have to be 6 feet away.'" "Some of the protocols went out the window because there isn't time in the day to get done what needs to get done in order to shoot a feature film in that many days. ![]()
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