Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow’s new thriller, Contagion, is a very tense affair, judging by the trailer just released.

The film directed by Oscar winnning Steven Soderbergh, with a star-studded cast including Jude Law, Marion Cotilliard, Kate Winslet and Laurence Fishbourne, is set to lock into the world’s fears of a lethal epidemic taking over and killing us all.

According to Warner Brothers:

“Contagion” follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.

The film will be in UK cinemas from October 21st 2011.

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