STX has released the news that producer Michael Bay’s sci-fi pandemic thriller Songbird is skipping theaters and will be heading straight for an at-home release this December. The film will head to a streaming service following the video-on-demand run, but the studio has not revealed which streamer it will land at yet.
The film Songbird was filmed entirely during the coronavirus. It was the first movie to shoot in Los Angeles in the middle of the pandemic. The story is set four years into quarantine due to a virus and that virus has changed and so have we. The synopsis reads:
In the terrifying thriller SONGBIRD, the COVID-23 virus has mutated and the world is in its fourth year of lockdown. Infected Americans are ripped from their homes and forced into quarantine camps known as Q-Zones, from which there is no escape, as a few brave souls fight back against the forces of oppression. Amid this dystopian landscape, a fearless courier, Nico (KJ Apa), who’s immune to the deadly pathogen, finds hope and love with Sara (Sofia Carson), though her lockdown prohibits them from physical contact. When Sara is believed to have become infected, Nico races desperately across the barren streets of Los Angeles in search of the only thing that can save her from imprisonment … or worse.
Songbird was directed by Adam Mason from a script he co-wrote with Simon Boyes. The film also stars Bradley Whitford and Demi Moore as a wealthy couple who may hold the key to Nico’s mission; Alexandra Daddario as a singer enmeshed in a messy and forbidden affair; Paul Walter Hauser as a disabled veteran whose best friend – a drone named Max – is his eyes and ears to a world that has left him behind; Craig Robinson as Nico’s boss; and Peter Stormare as the corrupt head of the city’s “sanitation” department, which seizes those infected and transports them to the Q-Zone.
Songbird will be available to rent On Demand on December 11th, when audiences can rent the film for $19.99 for a 48-hour period.
Source: Variety