Bird Box (2018)
Released in 2018 on Netflix, Bird Box is an American horror-thriller film about a post-apocalyptic survival of a mother and two children. The movie is based on Josh Malerman’s 2014 Novel of the same name having Susanne Bier as a director and Eric Heisserer as a screenplay writer. The movie follows a story of a woman played by Sandra Bullock over the stretch of 5 years, who is doing everything she could to save herself and two children from an unseen enemy. The world is attached by unseen creatures with supernatural powers which makes humans go insane and kill themselves once they look at these creatures.
The movie first officially released on Netflix on December 21, 2018, as it started streaming worldwide through Netflix, the biggest OTT platform in the world.
Director: Susanne Bier | Writers: Eric Heisserer (screenplay by), Josh Malerman (based on the novel by)
Cast
- Sandra Bullock as Malorie Hayes
- Trevante Rhodes as Tom
- Jacki Weaver as Cheryl
- John Malkovich as Douglas
- Sarah Paulson as Jessica Hayes
- Rosa Salazar as Lucy
- Danielle Macdonald as Olympia
- Lil Rel Howery as Charlie
- Tom Hollander as Gary
- Machine Gun Kelly as Felix (credited as Colson Baker)
- BD Wong as Greg
- Pruitt Taylor Vince as Rick
- Vivien Lyra Blair as Girl / Olympia
- Julian Edwards as Boy / Tom
- Parminder Nagra as Dr. Lapham
- Rebecca Pidgeon as Lydia
- Amy Gumenick as Samantha
- Taylor Handley as Jason
- Happy Anderson as River Man
- David Dastmalchian as Whistling Marauder
Producers: Dylan Clark, Chris Morgan, Clayton Townsend
Music: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Cinematography: Salvatore Totino | Editor: Ben Lester
Production company: Bluegrass Films, Chris Morgan Productions
Release date: November 12, 2018 (AFI Fest) | December 14, 2018 (United States)
Run time: 124 minutes | Language: English | Budget: $19.8 million