Bird Box 2 : Bird Box was a huge success for Netflix in the festive season, with the record-breaking opening seven-day run. The post-apocalyptic thriller is starring Sandra Bullock as Malorie, an escaped survivor who must embark on a dangerous journey in blindfolds to protect her two children from an unknown force that kills everyone who comes across it.
It was so successful that people are waiting to see if Netflix offers the same kind of sequel as they did in the past with Netflix Original films such as to all the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Will Smith’s Bright.
It’s been quite some time and we’re no closer to knowing if there’ll be a sequel. there’s no guarantee however we’d like to examine the possibility of a sequel might be able to happen if it were created.
Bird Box explained: How do you set up an upcoming sequel?
If you’re in search of an extensive analysis of Bird Box and its secrets, we have one on this page however we’re more interested in its final chapter.
The film concludes in Malorie along with two kids (well one is hers, and one is essentially adopted) arriving at Rick’s sanctuary only to find it’s a school specifically for blind people. The school is protected by birds that detect when a presence of a force is close by and warn the blind students in the school.
If it chose to, the sequel might take the tried-and-tested way of the sanctuary proving to be less secure as Malorie believed. Also, a catastrophic catastrophe could occur that could cause Malorie and her fellow survivors to leave for the world once more.
We’re not particularly impressed by either of these ideas although it’s the possibility that any sequel might follow.
Bird Box 2 plot: What else is it about?
One of the most frequent complaints (rightly or not) concerning Bird Box can be that you’re not given much information about the actual force.
The story’s roots could have been explored as a stand-alone sequel that takes us back to the very beginning in the outbreak perhaps with a different group of people who are investigating the cause and how. It could be a method for Netflix continuing the story that is Bird Box if Sandra Bullock didn’t want to reprise her role as Malorie.
It could be similar to Cloverfield where the sequels , Cloverfield Lane and The Paradox of Cloverfield Lane and The Cloverfield Paradox are both connected to the original film, however, they are only loosely connected and focus more on expanding the mythology behind the film.
There was some interesting developments after the initial release of the film because Bird Box author Josh Malerman is working on a book sequel titled Malorie.
“In the space between Bird Box coming out and the time that I’ve written Malorie I’ve been asked lots of times by people wanting to know what happened to Boys and Girls. However, as I am a huge fan of Boy and Girl it’s not their story,” he explained.
“The Bird Box is Malorie’s world and I was interested to learn the more details about her. I wanted to to know her better. When the film I looked over to my friend Allison and told her, ‘I’d like to learn what’s going to happen next and what’s next!’ She said”Well I guess you could actually make that happen It really was a pleasant feeling.”
The book concluded in a slightly different fashion than the film, therefore it will require a adjustment to adapt the book to the movie however, it’s not difficult to do.
Bird Box 2 Cast: Who is a possibility to return?
There were many death within Bird Box, which restricts the number of actors who can reprise their characters.
A sequel in the direct direction would need to include Sandra Bullock as Malorie, together with Pruitt Taylor Vince playing the leader of the sanctuary Rick and, following her unexpected return – Parminder Nagra, who plays Dr.. Lapham.
Vivien Lyra Blair as well as Julian Edwards played Girl and Boy who are later renamed Olympia and Tom however, should there be any kind of time-travel during the follow-up, these roles could be changed.
If Netflix would like to revive Trevante Rhodes in the role of Tom the only choice would be to present flashbacks to those five decades Malorie and Tom were together, and how Tom gave up his life to save Malorie and their two children.
It is possible that there will be future appearances in the future for Machine Gun Kelly and Rosa Salazar as Felix and Lucy respectively, since they left the secure house in the timeline of the past and we do not know if they survived.
Director Susanne Bier said she believes that the two were going to the local supermarket However, she wouldn’t divulge any other details. “I believe that’s the place they’d like to go however, I believe it’s pretty exciting that we don’t know the location they went to,” she explained.
Bird Box 2 release date: When could we expect it?
Despite Universal initially optioning the rights to the novel in 2013 before its release, it took until 2017 for Netflix to acquire the rights for the movie to start happening for real.
Bird Box started filming in October 2017 and premiered at AFI Fest on November 12, 2018 before hitting Netflix on December 21, 2018. A similar timeframe would mean that if Netflix had capitalised on the movie’s success and greenlit a sequel, we would have expected it by mid-2020.
Ah, but look where we are now! Mid-2020 has come and gone and though most films have been impacted by the general state of the world, there were no developments on a sequel to be impacted.
