Daniel Bruhl, Macaulay Culkin join cast of pandemic thriller Rich Flu

We had previously reported that a pandemic thriller titled Rich Flu has been in the making with actor Rosamund Pike set to headline. Now, the project has added actors Daniel Bruhl and Macaulay Culkin to its cast

The film is set to be directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, who also co-wrote the script along with Pedro Rivero.

In the film, a strange disease kills off some of the richest and most influential people on the planet starting with the billionaires, then the multi-millionaires and so on progressively. "Now it threatens to strike anyone with any sort of fortune, and no one knows where it might end. With the whole planet panicking and humankind's very way of life headed for collapse, people attempt to flood the market with assets the world no longer wants. The thriller explores how far one would go to save their skin when the wealth that made the world go round suddenly becomes its most dangerous commodity," reads the official plotline of the film.

Rich Flu is backed by Spencer-director Pablo Larrain and Juan de Dios Larrain's Fabula banner. The movie is produced by Adrian Guerra and Nuria Valls for Nostromo Pictures along with Carlos Juarez, Gaztelu-Urrutia and Albert Soler. The production of the fikm is expected to begin this fall.