According to The Hollywood Reporter, Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side, The Heat, Gravity) is in talks to star in Netflix‘s post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box.
Netflix film chief Scott Stuber (Ted, Patriots Day) will produce Bird Box for an August production start.
Bullock will be seen next summer leading director Gary Ross’s all-star cast in the all-female spin-off Ocean’s Eight.
Before Netflix took over, Universal acquired the book in 2013 with screenwriter Eric Heisserer will direct from Heisserer’s script.