One Day Until the PANDEMIC is Here!

Pandemic, the three-hour Hallmark Channel "special event" film, airs on Saturday night, May 26 at 8:00pm. (Re-airs on Sunday night, May 27 at 6:00pm)

CLICK HERE for the Hallmark page with a video clip.
CLICK HERE for the Hallmark publicity "lead sheet."
CLICK HERE for the Internet Movie Data Base page.

The film (Written by Bryce Zabel & Jackie Zabel, Directed by Armand Mastroianni) deals with a bird-flu like outbreak on an airplane from Australia that eventually forces the quarantine of the entire city of Los Angeles. Yes, that's Tiffani Thiesen as the hot CDC scientist who saves the world. What more do you want from a movie?

CLICK HERE to see an extended "Behind-the-Scenes" post from "For What It's Worth."

Daily Variety gave us a mostly positive review today. Here are some highlights:

• "...an ambitious script by Bryce and Jackie Zabel..."
• "The Zabels' script is highly character-driven, mimicking the ensemble storylines that made films like Crash so engrossing."
• "Pandemic does win points for not being heavyhanded; it's all in good germy fun."
• "The Germs on a Plane approach is skin-crawlingly effective..."

Did we mention you should tell your friends? And tell them early because they'll have to figure out where the Hallmark Channel is on their cable or satellite...

Comments

[Mark Sanchez]

Bryce and Jackie: Nice, very nice. No space aliens, costumed oddballs or special effects overload. Distinct characters, a plausible story arc and a satisfying conclusion. It's a fine, attractive project because it's not like the blockbusters clogging the multiplexes these days. At the risk of sounding ridiculous, "Pandemic" offers an accessible big story that is still human-scale in its dimensions. I hope the Hallmark channel gives it a long schedule of repeated runs.