{"id":148488,"date":"2025-09-20T01:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T01:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/148488\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T01:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T01:57:08","slug":"the-boy-in-the-iron-box-guillermo-del-toro-producing-horror-movie-from-the-empty-man-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/148488\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Boy in the Iron Box’ – Guillermo del Toro Producing Horror Movie from ‘The Empty Man’ Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan\u2019s novella series The Boy in the Iron Box is getting a film adaptation at Netflix, THR reports<\/a>, with del Toro and Hogan on board as producers.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

David Prior (The Empty Man) wrote the script and will direct the movie.<\/p>\n

The Hollywood Reporter details, \u201cPublished 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaking refuge from wolves in a long-abandoned fortress, the men find a concealed pit with a box wrapped in chains. Terrors are soon unleashed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFriend 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,\u201d the site\u2019s report goes on to detail.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more as we learn it.<\/p>\n

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