Jude Law to Play a Blogger in Soderbergh's 'Contagion'

According to showbizspy.com, Jude Law, who most recently starred on Broadway in Shakespeare's HAMLET, will play a blogger in Steven Soderbergh's upcoming thriller, Contagion.

Law states that he will play "kind of unbridled blogger who's a sort of scaremonger" according to showbizspy.com. The website also reports that the movie will not be made until later this year because Law has "a lot of deep character work [he has] got to do to get there."

Showbizspy.com reports that the movie is about "a disease outbreak involving the Center for Disease Control." Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon and Gwenyth Paltrow are set to co-star.

Jude Law was most recently played Broadway in the Donmar Warehouse's production of Hamlet last fall. This production marked Jude Law's return to Broadway for the first time since 1995 when he made his Tony Award-nominated debut in Jean Cocteau's Indiscretions (Les Parents Terribles). Other theatre credits include Les Parents Terribles (National Theatre), Dr. Faustus, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (Young Vic) and Death of a Salesman (West Yorkshire Playhouse). Past films include The Talented Mr Ripley (BAFTA Film Award), Wilde (Evening Standard British Film Award), Cold Mountain, Road to Perdition, Closer, Alfie, The Aviator and Sleuth, among others.

Hamlet marked award-winning actor Jude Law's return to Broadway for the first time since 1995 when he made his Tony Award-nominated debut in Jean Cocteau's Indiscretions (Les Parents Terribles). Other theatre credits include Les Parents Terribles (National Theatre), Dr. Faustus, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (Young Vic) and Death of a Salesman (West Yorkshire Playhouse). Upcoming films include Dr. Watson in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, being released on December 25 and Tony in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, released on September 24, and Repossession Mambo. Other films include The Talented Mr Ripley (BAFTA Film Award), Wilde (Evening Standard British Film Award), Cold Mountain, Road to Perdition, Closer, Alfie, The Aviator and Sleuth, among others.