Crisis in the Hot Zone was the title of a 1994 non-fiction article in New Yorker magazine by Richard Preston. It chronicles the story of how the U.S. government believed a deadly virus had entered the United States. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. ... Look up article in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... New Yorker may refer to: the magazine, The New Yorker a resident of New York City the hotel New Yorker a named passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad between Detroit, MI and New York, NY This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... Richard Preston (b. ... Motto: Official (Latin): E pluribus unum (1789 to 1956) (Translated: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government  â€¢ President  â€¢ Vice President Federal...

The article created a bidding war between rival movie studios for the film rights. The rights were sold to Twentieth Century Fox and producer Linda Obst on the understanding that, as a woman, she would be able to treat the lead character - a female government scientist - with respect. Having paid a seven-figure sum for the rights, Obst paid screenwriter James Hart $500, 000 to adapt it to the screen. Ridley Scott was hired to direct for $4 million plus 5% of the gross profits. Jodie Foster was chosen for the lead role and was to be paid $4 million plus another 5% of the gross. A movie studio is a company which develops, equips and maintains a controlled environment for the making of a film. ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their... Producer may refer to: Theatrical producer Film producer Television producer Radio producer Online producer Executive producer, supervises one or more producers Record producer, or music producer, in the music industry Game producer, in the computer game industry. ... James Hart is, as of 2005 and since June 2002, Commissioner of the City of London Police. ... Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937 in South Shields) is an influential British film director and producer. ... The difference between turnover and the cost of making a product or providing a service, before taking into account overheads, salaries and wages, and interest payments. ... Foster in the movie, Panic Room (2002) Alicia Christian Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an Oscar-winning American actress and director. ... The difference between turnover and the cost of making a product or providing a service, before taking into account overheads, salaries and wages, and interest payments. ...

Meanwhile, one of the losers in the auction, producer Arnold Kopelson, announced that he would make his own virus movie, to be based on a spec script by Laurence Dworet and Robert Roy Pool, writers of the unproduced screenplay The Ultimatum. The script was bought for $250, 000, after which Ted Tally - Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Silence of the Lambs - was paid a further $500, 000 to give the script a “thriller edge”. Kopelson even offered Scott the chance to direct his virus movie, an offer Scott angrily rejected. Dr. Laurence Dwoert, M.D. (usually just credited as Laurence Dwoert) is an American screenwriter. ... A list of notable unproduced screenplays: Aint That America by Frank Pierson Drama about industry in 80s America. ... Ted Tally is an American playwright and screenwriter, best known for the play Terra Nova and the screenplay for the film The Silence of the Lambs, which won him the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature Lithuanian count, sociopathic psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal The Cannibal Lecter. ...

Fox became concerned with the rising cost of 'Hot Zone; they wanted a strong male lead to play to play opposite Foster. The part of an environmentaist was rewritten as a star role for actor Robert Redford, who would be paid $7 million plus 7% of the gross. Foster complained that her part had now been diminished and the script was again rewritten. Redford complained that now his part had been diminished. Unable to reach a compromise, Redford and Foster both left the now-$45 million project. Robert Redford Charles Robert Redford Jr. ... The difference between turnover and the cost of making a product or providing a service, before taking into account overheads, salaries and wages, and interest payments. ...

Kopelson released Outbreak in 1995 with Dustin Hoffman starring - in a part originally intended for Harrison Ford - and Wolfgang Peterson directing. Preston criticised the producers for turning the virus into Jaws, but the $50 million film was a solid international success. 1995 (MCMXCV in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dustin Hoffman Hoffman with Ben Stiller in 2004s Meet the Fockers. ... Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. ... Wolfgang Petersen Wolfgang Petersen (born March 14, 1941 in Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German film director. ... Jaws has several meanings: Jaw the body part Jaws (film) the 1975 horror film directed by Steven Spielberg Jaws_Attraction_(Orlando) the theme park attraction at Universal_Orlando_Resort based on the movie. ...

Obst tried to restart Hot Zone with Robin Wright-Penn - hot from her Oscar nomination for Forest Gump - and then with Emma Thompson, but the idea had lost its edge after Outbreak. Robin Virginia Wright-Penn (born April 8, 1966) is an American film actress who first became famous on television, playing Kelly Capwell on the soap opera Santa Barbara. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Forrest Gump is the eponymous protagonist of a heavily satirical novel by Winston Groom, and of a 1994 Paramount Pictures film based on the novel. ... Thompson in the 1989 film The Tall Guy Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959) is a BAFTA and Oscar-winning English actress, comedienne, and screenwriter. ... Outbreak (1995) is a suspense film starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, and Morgan Freeman. ...

Preston adapated his article into the bestselling book The Hot Zone. The Hot Zone is a 1995 pseudo-documentary bio-thriller by Richard Preston describing the events that unfolded in Reston, Virginia when the lethal filovirus Ebola was apparently accidentally imported with monkeys from the Philippines. ...

Source: Premiere Magazine, June 1994