Fear will go viral in CW's intense disease drama 'Containment'

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The CW plays home to heroes, vampires and all things supernatural -- but no otherworldly cure can solve the problem plaguing the characters in the network's latest drama, Containment.

The series -- from executive producers Julie Plec, Matt Corman and Chris Ord -- follows a group of characters who must navigate life as a deadly and highly contagious disease begins to take hold in Atlanta. Some characters are doctors, some work in law enforcement -- and others are just regular folks whose lives have been turned upside down. 


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Here's a peek at some of the people you'll be meeting. These are posters you're seeing first on Mashable

Kristen Gutoskie
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David Gyasi
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Christina Moses
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Claudia Black
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Chris Wood
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Hanna Mangan Lawrence
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Trevor St. John
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Containment premieres April 19 on The CW, but fans who attended WonderCon in Los Angeles over the weekend got to see an advance screening of the show's debut. 



Afterwards, Mashable moderated a discussion with the cast and producers, who revealed that the limited series would cover 19 days at the start of the outbreak. 

Check out the trailer below: 


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Sandra Gonzalez

Sandra Gonzalez was a Senior Television Reporter at Mashable. A Texas native, she spent almost four years in New York City before leaving the land of superstorms for Los Angeles, where she was introduced to these terrifying things called "rolling earthquakes."Previously, she was with Entertainment Weekly, where she wrote about every show that could fit into her perfectly crafted TV schedule and anything ever touched by Shonda Rhimes.You can reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter @theSandraG

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