Contagion movie’s scientist advisors PREDICTED coronavirus ‘It's a matter of when, not if’

But Burns was hardly shocked by current affairs being compared to his movie.

He added: “And I don’t find it to be that surprising, because the scientists I spoke to, and there were a lot of them, all said that this was a matter of when, not if. 

“So, I guess my feeling as someone who believes in science is that when scientists tell us those things we would do well to listen.”

Since the end of January, there has been a resurgence in popularity for movies like Contagion and Outbreak.