FANS are convinced that the 2011 disaster film Contagion predicted the coronavirus pandemic. The movie - starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon - follows mankind dealing with the fictional virus MEV-1, which has a 72-hour incubation period and high fatality rate.
Amid the coronavirus crisis, the Steven Soderbergh-directed pandemic procedural has risen in popularity - despite being released nine years ago.
The drama was the 10th most rented movie on iTunes back in January and now - after the US declared a state of emergency - it is in the number four slot.
Contagion stars Gwyneth - who is the first major celebrity to die in the film - alongside Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard and Laurence Fishbourne.
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