PATIENT ZERO

After an unprecedented global pandemic has turned the majority of humankind into violent “Infected,” a man gifted with the ability to speak the Infected’s new language leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.

Unlike traditional creature animation, the goal here was not to produce a realistic rat performance but a zombie rat performance. Tippett Studio worked with Screen Gems to create a family of photorealistic zombie rats placed in claustrophobia-inducing environments, keeping danger ever-present as the infection spreads and The Infected grow in numbers and strength.