Bird Box (2018), right before the world got submitted to the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix released this mystery and horror film where years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety. Five years later, the menace crossed the ocean and landed in Europe. This week the spin-off Bird Box: Barcelona (2023) is arriving on the streaming service.
The film serves as a spin-off from Bird Box (2018), but it’s not a direct sequel. It follows a father and daughter and those they join up with to try and survive a dystopian future in which no one survives looking at entities that have invaded and roam the earth. The group begins their own great adventure of survival in Barcelona.
The award-winning brothers and filmmakers David Pastor and Àlex Pastor, responsible for the mystery and thriller films Carriers (2009), The Last Days (2013), and The Occupant (2020), are the writers and directors of this movie filmed on-location in their home city.
The international main cast for Bird Box: Barcelona (2023) is led by the Spanish star Mario Casas, known for starring in the recent Álex de la Iglesia titles Witching and Bitching (2013), My Big Night (2015), and The Bar (2017), and the British actress present in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017), Wildcat (2021), All My Friends Hate Me (2021), Barbarian (2022), and the action TV series Krypton (2018–2019) Georgina Campbell. Diego Calva, Naila Schuberth, Alejandra Howard, Patrick Criado, Celia Freijeiro, Lola Dueñas, Gonzalo de Castro, Michelle Jenner, and Leonardo Sbaraglia complete the line-up.
Netflix is releasing the movie worldwide as part of their Netflix Originals catalog on July 14, 2023. Watch the official trailer for Bird Box: Barcelona (2023).
