Sandra Bullock’s Bird Box , based on author Josh Malerman’s novel of the same name, is getting a sequel.
Malerman made the revelation about the sequel ahead of the release of his second book in the Bird Box series.
Titled Malorie , after the character Bullock brought to life in the movie, the new novel picks up where the original book/movie left off.
Malorie opens at the school for the blind, which is where the movie ends. Then it jumps a few years later, and it really takes off 10 years after that, Malerman told Inverse.com
Without divulging any details, the writer said the on-screen sequel of Bird Box is also being developed.
“I can’t say much, but I can say that it is in development. Sometimes it’s weird, all this secrecy, but I’m game, he said.
Bird Box, which released in 2018, was a runaway hit for Netflix. Eric Heisserer had penned the screenplay of the post-apocalyptic horror thriller directed by Susanne Bier.
The story followed Bullock’s Malorie Hayes, who navigates the dangers of a post-apocalyptic world while trying to keep herself and her two children safe from creatures with the ability to make a person kill themselves on sight.
Netflix has not made any official announcement regarding “Bird Box 2“.
The sequel novel Malorie is set to release on July 21.
