It’s spreading… You might remember that, late last year we brought news of not one but two new Cabin Feve****r follow-ups set to kick off shooting. Well, now at least the first one, Cabin Fever: Patient Zero has a director, with comic book artist Kaare Andrews in talks to tackle the job.
As you might surmise from that subtitle, Patient Zero is a prequel that will unspool the origin of the flesh-eating virus originally loosed upon the world by Eli Roth back in 2003. The plot finds the passengers of a Caribbean cruise ship in serious trouble when their vessel runs aground on a research island. Where, not so shockingly, the nasty disease is lurking and ready to slaughter them all.
Andrews, who made his name in comics as a writer and artist on the likes of The Incredible Hulk, and Spider-Man: Reign, has form as a director. He made supernatural scare-fest Altitude in 2010 and has contributed to anthology flick The ABCs Of Death, which should be terrorising us all this year.
For Patient Zero, he’ll work from a script by Hitcher remake writer Jake Wade Wall, with filming set to start in the Dominican Republic later this year. The plan is to segue straight into the next sequel, Cabin Fever: Outbreak, though it’s not yet known if Andrews will direct that one or hand the reins over to someone else...