Netflix's Bird Box To Get Spanish-Language Spin-Off Movie

A spin-off movie from the 2018 Netflix sci-fi horror hit Bird Box is in development. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the spin-off will be a Spanish language film to be directed by Alex and David Pastor.

The next Bird Box movie is being fast-tracked by Netflix and is expected to be in production in Spain by the end of 2021. The Pastor brothers are best known for writing the 2015 sci-fi movie Self/Less--which starred Ryan Reynolds--and for directing 2009's Chris Pine-starring Carriers. More recently, they made the drama series The Head, which is available on HBO Max. No further details about the Bird Box spin-off are available yet.

Bird Box is set in a terrifying futuristic world where humans are driven insane by demonic forces that only manifest themselves to the human eye. To survive, people must remain blindfolded, and the film starred Sandra Bullock as a woman trying to keep two children alive. The film was a huge hit for Netflix, and was the most streamed movie in the company's history at that point.

Bird Box isn't the only Netflix horror film that's getting a spin-off. Zack Snyder's upcoming zombie heist movie Army of the Dead will be followed by a prequel movie and an animated series. Like the Bird Box spin-off, the Army of Dead prequel will have an international flavor, having been shot last year in Germany.

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