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Directed by | Adam Mason |
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Cinematography | Jacques Jouffret |
Edited by | Geoffrey O'Brien |
Music by | Lorne Balfe |
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Distributed by | STXfilms |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $700,000–2.5 million[1] |
Box office | $1 million[2] |
Songbird is a 2020 American dystopian science fiction thriller film based on the COVID-19 pandemic. It was directed by Adam Mason, who wrote the screenplay with Simon Boyes. Produced by Michael Bay, Adam Goodman, Andrew Sugerman and Eben Davidson, the film features an ensemble cast of KJ Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Walter Hauser and Demi Moore, depicting their struggle living under a highly strict and brutal quarantine by the highly authoritarian government in the midst of a mutating virus outbreak.
The project was announced in May 2020, with screenwriters Adam Mason and Simon Boyes having come up with the idea in March, shortly after the pandemic stopped all film production; the cast joined in June.
Songbird was released through premium video on demand on December 11, 2020, by STX Films. It was overwhelmingly panned by critics, who said it did not take advantage of its premise, although Stormare's performance was praised by some.
The SAG Low Budget Agreement applies to films with budgets between $700,000 and $2,500,000