Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s novella series The Boy in the Iron Box is getting a film adaptation at Netflix, THR reports, with del Toro and Hogan on board as producers.
Rupert Friend (Jurassic World Rebirth), Kevin Durand (Abigail), and Jaeden Martell (IT) will star in The Boy in the Iron Box, which brings the six-part novella series to life.
David Prior (The Empty Man) wrote the script and will direct the movie.
The Hollywood Reporter details, “Published by Amazon Original Stories for its Kindle platform last year, the story told of a group of mercenaries that crash-land on a remote snow summit.
“Taking refuge from wolves in a long-abandoned fortress, the men find a concealed pit with a box wrapped in chains. Terrors are soon unleashed.”
“Friend will play the leader of the group, a man named Liev. Durand is one of the mercenaries while Martell is the titular boy in the iron box,” the site’s report goes on to detail.
Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
