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'Outbreak' TV show coming to NBC

By KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com
Cuba Gooding, Jr., (left), Kevin Spacey and Dustin Hoffman (right) in the 1995 film "Outbreak." (Promo photo/Warner Bros.)
Cuba Gooding, Jr., (left), Kevin Spacey and Dustin Hoffman (right) in the 1995 film "Outbreak." (Promo photo/Warner Bros.)

A television version of the 1995 pandemic movie "Outbreak" is in the works at NBC.

The movie depicted the outbreak of an ebola-like virus, and followed those infected as well as CDC personnel charged with containing its spread.

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The film got mixed reviews, but spent three weeks at the top of the U.S. box office thanks to an all-star cast including Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey.

"Outbreak" prompted some media speculation about what would happen if a large-scale pandemic really occurred, and just a few months after the film opened, there was an actual ebola outbreak in Zaire, the country depicted in the film.

NBC has committed to producing a pilot written by John Wells. The ensemble medical thriller will also be executive produced by Wells.

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