If we’re looking at a movie that really kicked off Netflix’s current run of blockbuster-ish content, look no further than 2018’s Bird Box. The movie, which stars Sandra Bullock as a woman navigating an apocalyptic world of unseen creatures that drive mad anyone who gazes at them, was a gigantic hit, spawning loads of memes of people wearing blindfolds.
Surprising that it’s taken until now to hear any solid info on a sequel, but that time has arrived. The news comes straight from Josh Malerman, author of the novel Bird Box is based on. He was speaking to Inverse about the upcoming sequel novel, titled Malorie, and revealed that a movie version is in the works…
“I can’t say much, but I can say that it is in development,” Malerman says. “Sometimes it’s weird, all this secrecy, but I’m game.”
It’ll be interesting to see how closely the film follows the book, which takes place over a decade after the first story’s events. As the title suggests, Sandra Bullock’s character remains the focus.
No additional info, but if Malerman feels free enough to even mention it, expect more news to drop soon.
Here is the book synopsis for Malorie…
“Twelve years after Malorie and her children rowed up the river to safety, a blindfold is still the only thing that stands between sanity and madness. One glimpse of the creatures that stalk the world will drive a person to unspeakable violence.
There remains no explanation. No solution.
All Malorie can do is survive—and impart her fierce will to do so on her children. Don’t get lazy, she tells them. Don’t take off your blindfold. AND DON’T LOOK.
But then comes what feels like impossible news. And with it, the first time Malorie has allowed herself to hope.
Someone very dear to her, someone she believed dead, may be alive.“
