What is Bird Box Barcelona? Netflix spin-off explained
The new film arrives on the streamer almost five years after the original debuted.
It's hard to believe that almost five years have passed since the Sandra Bullock flick Bird Box debuted on Netflix.
The survival thriller quickly became a major hit with the streamer's subscribers upon its launch in December 2018 and spawned a monumental number of memes – including the infamous Bird Box challenge – which more or less completely took over social media for a couple of weeks.
But despite that viral success, one thing the film didn't lead to was a sequel – until now.
Well, sort of. A new film titled Bird Box Barcelona arrives on Netflix on Friday 14th July 2023, and tells another story set in the same world but with a completely different cast of characters.
Read on for everything you need to know.
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What is Bird Box Barcelona? Netflix spin-off explained
Billed as "an expansion" of the original, Bird Box Barcelona introduces audiences to a brand new group of characters who find themselves in a very similar situation to Sandra Bullock and co in the first film – battling a monstrous entity that causes anyone who looks at it to instantly kill themselves.
As the title makes clear, the action this time shifts from the US to the Catalan capital, where father and daughter Sebastián and Sofia are among the people looking to navigate the dystopian landscape.
The intriguing official synopsis reads: "After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastián must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows."
Bird Box Barcelona cast
Spanish star Mario Casas leads the cast of the new film as Sebastián, and he's joined by a couple of recognisable names such as Babylon star Diego Calva and Barbarian's Georgina Campbell.
Other actors to appear include child stars Naila Schuberth and Alejandra Howard in addition to Leonardo Sbaraglia (Red Lights), Lola Dueñas (Zama), Patrick Criado (Águila Roja), Gonzalo de Castro (The Innocent), Michelle Jenner (Les hombres de Paco), and Celia Freijeiro (Seis hermanas).
Bird Box Barcelona trailer
You can check out the trailer for the film below, featuring all the panic, carnage and blindfolds you'd expect:
Bird Box Barcelona is released on Netflix on Friday 14th July 2023. Sign up for Netflix from £6.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.
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Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
