- Covering some of the same ground as 1995's "Outbreak" but updated for scarier times, this new thriller tells the fictional but plausible story of a deadly plague that starts on an Australia-to-California flight and spreads throughout Los Angeles. The cast includes Faye Dunaway, Eric Roberts, French Stewart, Bob Gunton and Vincent Spano, with Tiffani Thiessen as a Centers for Disease Control doctor searching for the cure.