“I like a girl who’s from a modest sort of upbringing, because it’s more relatable.” “I’m a first-generation American. My parents [Elvia and Mario Sr.] emigrated from Mexico and live in the same house I grew up in Chula Vista, Calif. I’d feel weird if the girl was a little too uppity or affluent, because I’m a very down-home kind of guy.”

An unknown pandemic is spreading, where the victim will experience loss of speech, physical disorientation and attempt suicide by very violent means. The protagonist, a science teacher named Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg), runs for his life together with his estranged wife, Alma Moore (Zooey Deschanel) and the 8 year old daughter (Ashlyn Sanchez) of a friend, in order to survive while the world goes into a violent whirlwind of self destruction.