Netflix must think that we are all as blindfolded as the characters in 2018’s hit apocalyptic thriller, Bird Box, and incapable of seeing that its spinoff, Bird Box: Barcelona, is arriving next month. That’s the best explanation I can come up with for yet another trailer for the film which moves the action to Spain.
Or, and this is probably the truth, Netflix is overcompensating for not having Sandra Bullock’s star power this time. Landing such a huge name for one of the streamer’s early original blockbusters was quite a coup at the time, and Netlix has never looked back.
The new film is written and directed by Álex Pastor and David Pastor, with a cast of led by Spanish actors Mario Casas, Georgina Campbell, Alejandra Howard, Naila Schuberth, Diego Calva, Patrick Criado, Lola Dueñas, Gonzalo De Castro, Michelle Jenner, and Leonardo Sbaraglia.
Here’s the synopsis: From the producers of the global phenomenon, Bird Box comes BIRD BOX BARCELONA, an expansion of the film that riveted audiences in 2018. After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows.
Bird Box: Barcelona hits Netflix on July 14th.
