Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell join 'Antiviral'
TORONTO – Like father, like son: Brandon Cronenberg has cast Canadian actress Sarah Gadon in his debut feature Antiviral after his father, David Cronenberg, had her star in his two latest films, A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis. Gadon played a young wife to Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method, and then was wed to Robert Pattinson’s Eric Packer lead character in Cosmopolis. Besides her collaborations with the Cronenbergs, Gadon has just completed work in Budapest on World Without End, the eight-part sequel to The Pillars of the Earth. Antiviral, shooting in Toronto and Hamilton from November 7 to December 11, also stars Caleb Landry Jones, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts and James Cade. The Canadian indie, written by Brandon Cronenberg, echoes his father’s more outrageous earlier sci-fi flicks by portraying an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans (lol wtf?).
(November 3, 2011 - Toronto) Producer Niv Fichman of Rhombus Media today announced the commencement of principal photography on ANTIVIRAL. Starring Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men: First Class), Sarah Gadon (A Dangerous Method) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) ANTIVIRAL is Brandon Cronenberg's debut feature film. The film will be shot in Hamilton and Toronto November 7 to December 11, 2011.
Written by Cronenberg, the film follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate. Also starring in ANTIVIRAL are Douglas Smith (Big Love), Matt Watts (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) and James Cade (Lost Girl). "ANTIVIRAL is a fascinating mystery which revolves around society's primal hunger to own its idols. It's smart, engaging and scary, " says Niv Fichman. "Brandon's film is the third first-time feature we've produced in two years. Rhombus Media is committed to working with young writers and directors to bring new visions to the screen." This year, Rhombus Media produced the cult hit Hobo With a Shotgun directed by Jason Eisener and starring Rutger Hauer, as well as Analeine Cal y Mayor's The Boy Who Smells Like Fish starring Douglas Smith and Zoë Kravitz, now in post-production. The creative team includes director of photography Karim Hussain (Hobo with a Shotgun), production designer Arvinder Greywal (Resident Evil: Afterlife) and art director Mark Steel (Alphas). Source Twitch Film 
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