An invisible enemy keeps us trapped in our homes and covering our faces when we do venture outside. Malorie also has the good (or maybe bad) fortune of arriving at a time when the real world feels a little too much like Bird Box. From original author Josh Malerman, Malorie follows Sandra Bullock's character on a new adventure set a dozen years later. 28 of 2018, Netflix tweeted about Bird Box viewership, writing, 'Took off my blindfold this morning to discover that 45,037,125 Netflix accounts have already watched Bird Box - best first 7 days ever for a Netflix film!' The film even launched a viral trend, the Bird Box Challenge, to mixed results.Two years after Netflix broke its own streaming records - and six years after the initial book's release - Bird Box is finally getting a sequel. The movie, which stars Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich, and Machine Gun Kelly, broke records for the best first-week viewing numbers for a Netflix Original film. 'Sometimes it’s weird, all this secrecy, but I'm game.' The writer didn't reveal much else about the upcoming book or film, but did note that the enthusiasm for the original movie inspired him to continue the story.īird Box, which follows a woman named Malorie who is protecting her children from an unspecified supernatural entity that shows people their worst fears, driving them to kill themselves, premiered on Netflix in December of 2018 and became a viral hit. 'I can't say much, but I can say that it is in development,' Malerman teased. The writer, whose sequel Malorie is being published on July 21, is not yet able to discuss the film's plot, including whether or not the story will be similar to his follow-up novel, which is set ten years after the film ends.įans of the film will have to wait to find out more about the sequel, as for now details are being kept under wraps. Malerman, who penned the novel the film is based on, confirmed that the streaming platform would pick up a sequel in a new interview with Inverse.

What will become of Bird Box's Malorie Hayes? On Monday, Bird Box writer Josh Malerman confirmed a sequel is in development at Netflix, but not much can be revealed about the project just yet.

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