The film marks the directorial debut of Brandon Cronenberg and stars Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men: First Class) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, Heroes). Winner at TIFF and an Official Selection at Cannes, the film is now available to watch on SundanceNOW – while it's in theaters!
Watch ANTIVIRAL on SundanceNOW: https://www.sundancenow.com/film/antiviral/1080
Set in a dystopian future-present, where celebrity has become a commodity, Syd March (Jones) works in a clinic that specializes in harvesting celebrity illnesses and selling off them as injections. After becoming infected with a deadly virus himself, Syd must now fight to save his life from a savage disease as well as from a population of crazed super-fans.
ANTIVIRAL opens in select theaters today and is also available to watch on Cable VOD, iTunes and other digital platforms.
ANTIVIRAL is now playing in select theaters and is currently available to watch on Cable VOD, SundanceNOW and other digital outlets (iTunes, Amazon Streaming, PS3 Playstation Unlimited, XBOX Zune, Google PLAY and YouTube).
Written and Directed by:
Brandon Cronenberg
Starring:
Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Douglas Smith, Wendy Crewson, Malcolm McDowell
Synopsis: Syd March is 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.
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