Netflix team and Guillermo del Toro on the film “Boy in the Iron Box”

After associating with Netflix on Pinocchio And Frankenstein, Guillermo Del Toro is reappearing with them on a third film project.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, it will be The boy in the iron box, A series of short stories that the filmmaker co-created with Chuck Hogan. (Their second collaboration, according to their Strain Trilogy which was adapted in an FX series.) Del Toro will produce the adaptation to be carried out and written by David Prior, writer / director / co-editor of 2020 Cult Classic THE Empty man. The upcoming film also found its three tracks in Rupert Friend (Jurassic World Rebirth), Jaeden Martell (Y2k)),, and Kevin Durand (Abigail). The production of the film will start in October.

The boy in the iron box tells the story of the mercenaries who crash on a distant snowy summit. In their efforts to find a shelter, they come across a more deadly Mazélière stone fortress than the wolves and the freezing wind. The six novels went out for Kindle in 2024 via and each obtained a solid reception. Friend will play the leader of the mercenary Liev and Durand one of the men under his command, while Martell plays the holder in the iron box found by firearms for the rental.

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