Patient Zero
A yr after being pulled from theatrical sack , Sony Screen Gems ' viral transmission thrillerPatient Zerois headed for home video . First announced in 2014,Patient Zerowent before camera in 2015 and was originally put to off theaters in January , 2017 . But Sony would at last take out the Stefan Ruzowitzky - directed film from the schedule , putting its hereafter in limbo .
Set in a post - apocalyptic world after a withering epidemic has transformed much of the universe into violent killers , Patient Zeroconcerns a survivor bring up Morgan who has learned to speak the unknown new speech of the homicidal " Infecteds . " fortify with this power , Morgan ( Matt Smith ) direct his few fellow survivors on a hunting for the titular patient role zero in promise of finding a curative for the wolfish disease . The movie co - stars Natalie DormerofGame of Thronesfame , together with Stanley Tucci , Agyness Deyn and Clive Standen .
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As report byBloody Disgusting , the shelvedPatient Zerowill finally make its way to audiences , though it ’s no longer slated for theatrical release . The motion-picture show is now set to hit DVD and Blu - ray , and daytime - and - escort VOD as well in all likelihood , on October 23rd , 2018 .
Thanks to franchises likeUnderworldandResident Evil , Screen Gems has developed a report for cranking out reasonably successful horror fare , with the episodic one - off smash likeDon’t Breathealso thrown in the mix . But with both theResident EvilandUnderworldfranchises apparently wrapping up ( at least on the feature filmside of things;though both franchise reportedlycould return in TV series form ) , the Sony division find itself somewhat lose in the wood at the present mo . Clearly , Patient Zerois perceived as a disaster after it was pull from the release agenda and unceremoniously dumped onto home video recording . Another planned Screen Gems release , the horror filmSlender Man , also finds itself in limbo after producerselected to grass the movieto other distributors follow a disagreement over Sony ’s decision to give the movie a small - scale leaf pealing - out .
It ’s possible thatSlender Mancould end up finding its mode to a streaming service like Netflix or Amazon before all is said and done . Streamers have depict themselves progressively uncoerced to piece up problematic studio apartment features in recent months , the most obvious example of this movement beingNetflix ’s acquisition ofThe Cloverfield Paradoxafter Paramountapparently view as the movie too terriblefor theatrical release . It ’s not known if producers stress shoppingPatient Zeroto Netflix or any other streamer before electing to softly put the movie out on home video . But if they did attempt to get Netflix interested , and even they chose to pass , thenPatient Zeromust truly be an awful movie .
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