John Malkovich (Dangerous Liasons, Burn After Reading) has signed on to join Sandra Bullock (Gravity, Crash) in the upcoming Netflix film Bird Box, according to Variety.
Before Netflix took over, Universal acquired the book in 2013 with screenwriter Eric Heisserer will direct from Heisserer’s script.
“Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remain, including Malorie and her two young children.