Demi Moore, Craig Robinson, and Paul Walter Hauser Join Pandemic Thriller SONGBIRD

There’s a new pandemic thriller in development titled Songbird, and Demi Moore (G.I. Jane), Craig Robinson (The Office), Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell), and Peter Stormare (Fargo) are set to star in the film. This is a pretty interesting cast.

The film is described as a love story “told from street level through the eyes of the characters.” The story is set two years into the future, “as lockdown has been re-implemented after a more serious virus continues to mutate. In a feeble attempt to keep the sickness contained, the city has been bisected into haves and have nots. The film centers around an essential worker who has a rare immunity, a delivery man who delivers goods and hope throughout the city. Like the vast majority of the population, his girlfriend is locked within her home, and the couple have no ability to physically be together. To be with the one he loves, our hero must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful, well connected family, helmed by a matriarch (Piper Griffin, played by Moore) who will stop at nothing to protect her family and maintain her way of life. Songbird is a story about the resilience of the human spirit and the idea that hope is worth fighting for.“

Out of all the concepts that I’ve seen inspired by this year’s pandemic, this seems like it’s the most promising. The movie will be directed by Adam Mason (The Devil’s Chair), who co-wrote the script with Simon Boyes, and it’s being produced by Adam Goodman and Andrew Sugerman of Invisible Narratives.