Outbreak (2024 film)

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Outbreak
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Official release poster
Directed byJeff Wolfe
Screenplay by
  • Lance Ochsner
  • Erik Aude
Produced by
  • Kevin Matossian
  • Jeff Wolfe
  • Jennifer Wolfe
Starring
CinematographyCary Lalonde
Edited byArman Tahmizyan
Music byMichael A. Levine
Production
companies
  • Silvercrest Entertainment
  • WolfePride Production
Release date
  • June 21, 2024 (2024-06-21)(DWF)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million

Outbreak is a 2024 zombie mystery thriller film by the screenplay of Lance Ochsner and Erik Aude and directed by Jeff Wolfe in his directorial debut. [1] It stars Billy Burke, Alyshia Ochse, Taylor Handley and Jessica Frances Dukes. The films is about a park ranger searching for his son during a viral outbreak. [2] [3]

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Synopsis

The movie opens with a 911 dispatcher reporting a rabid dog attack at a construction site in the California desert. Park rangers Neil, Gibson, and their chief Mike Cortez are on their way to shoot the dog. Neil begins to suspect that the population of Mourning Rock is being infected by an unknown virus.

Cast

Production

Jeff Wolfe financed about half of the project together with his wife Jennifer Wolfe and raised the rest from his friends. Wolfe says that the film cost under $1 million. Wolfe also serves as president of the Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures. The film shot under a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement for 19 days around Los Angeles during last year’s labor strikes. [4]

Outbreak will release in theaters and VOD under Vertical. [4] [5]

Release

The film was premiered at Dances With Films on June 21, 2024, [6] and has a limited release on December 13, 2024. [7]

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