The movie was a huge hit upon its arrival to the streaming service back in December, where it achieved the best first-week viewing figures of any Netflix Original film in history and became one of the most memed movies, so much that YouTube had to ban ‘dangerous pranks after it.
The success of the Netflix adaptation has spurred Malerman to write a sequel to his original novel. The novel, which takes place eight years after the original story’s end, will be titled, Malorie.
“In the time between Bird Box coming out and the time since I’ve been writing Malorie, I’ve been asked a ton of times: people want to know what happened with Boy and Girl,” Malerman tells Esquire this week. “But as much as I care about Boy and Girl, this isn’t their story. The Bird Box world is Malorie’s story, and I wanted to know more about her. I wanted to get to know her even better.”
