Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Rafe Spall in 'Rich Flu' Virus Thriller Trailer by Alex Billington June 2, 2026Source: YouTube "Our planet is on
Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Rafe Spall in ‘Rich Flu’ Virus Thriller Trailer
by Alex Billington
June 2, 2026
Source: YouTube
“Our planet is on fire. People who thought that they were untouchable – but they’re not.” Get a load of this. Vertical released an official US trailer for the intriguing murky thriller titled Rich Flu, an apocalyptic virus movie from Spain and the UK. You might not be surprised to learn that Rich Flu is from the same director as The Platform and The Platform 2 – the celebrated Spanish films criticizing greed and up-to-date society and all of that. Yet it has taken 2 years to release. Just Laura’s career peaks, a deadly virus targets the wealthy. As panic erupts and society turns on the 1%, she must fight to protect her family in a world where wealth becomes a death sentence. Strange plot. How does the virus know which people are wealthy? How does that work? It’s an obvious gimmick story where the world falls apart after the wealthy are gone, but I also think this is why it has mixed reviews and will be dumped on VOD this month. Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Laura, with Rafe Spall, Lorraine Bracco, Dixie Egerickx, César Domboy, Timothy Spall, Jonah Hauer-King. It premiered in 2024 at the Sitges Film Festival, and played at Beyond Fest & TIFF. Might be worth a look.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s film Rich Flu, direct from YouTube:
A strange and unexpected disease is taking the lives of the world’s wealthiest and most influential people. First, the billionaires die, then the multi-millionaires, and so on progressively. The pandemic threatens to reach anyone with any kind of massive fortune. No one knows where the limit is… At first, the masses joyfully welcome the disappearance of these great fortunes, but as the collapse of their economic empires affects the stock market, employment, and economic stability, chaos takes over the First World. Rich Flu is directed by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia Munitxa, director of the films The Platform and The Platform 2 previously, plus a few other shorts. The screenplay is written by Pedro Rivero Aurre and Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia Munitxa and Sam Steiner and David Desola. Produced by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia Munitxa, Adrián Guerra, Carlos Juárez, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Albert Soler Cuyàs, Núria Valls. This first premiered at the 2024 Sitges Film Festival a few years ago. Vertical debuts Gaztelu-Urrutia’s Rich Flu in select US theaters + on VOD starting June 5th, 2026 this summer. Anyone into this?
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