Judging from behind-the-scenes stories about Bird Box, capturing the concept on screen was almost as difficult as scavenging for supplies while wearing a blindfold.īoth Bullock and Bird Box director Susanne Bier have spoken at length about the film's production, and how hard it was to emote while simultaneously wearing a blindfold and rafting down a river with two 5-year-olds. It’s an incredibly dark film that has led to plenty of interesting theories. People are being driven to take their own lives after mysterious creatures show them a visualization of their worst fears. A book adaptation, this dystopian film depicts a global population in chaos.

If I were a Netflix shareholder, I'd be worried.The Netflix movie Bird Box has captured the imagination of audiences and given everyone more reasons to love Sandra Bullock. Instead, Netflix is doing an expert job of destroying its own reputation, in Canada and elsewhere. 'It would be so simple to cut out those 10 seconds from Bird Box,' Pierre Nantel, a Québécois parliamentary representative, told SYFY WIRE in January. 'This is not complicated. While the streaming giant did apologize, it said that it could not remove footage from an existing property that was already on the site. The Canadian government demanded an apology as well as reparations from Netflix. Luckily, no one was hurt during the accident.īird Box was also the subject of a controversy for using actual footage from the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. As expected, the results were not pretty with one girl crashing her car in Utah.

The movie's subject matter fast became an Internet meme as well as a real-world challenge, where people tried to do everyday actions while blindfolded. Bird Box was one of Netflix's most popular original films in the company's history, racking up an estimated 45 million views in its first week alone.

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