Archive · 20 Sep 2025
Guillermo Del Toro's 'The Boy in the Iron Box' Netflix Adaptation
Netflix is making a movie out of a spooky story called 'The Boy in the Iron Box'.
The story, written by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo Del Toro, is about a group of people who crash their plane and find a scary, maze-like fortress in the snow.
Rupert Friend, Kevin Durand, and Jaeden Martell will be the stars.
David Prior will direct the film, and Guillermo Del Toro is helping produce it.
Production will start in October.
Del Toro also has another film, 'Frankenstein,' coming out soon on Netflix.
Netflix is adapting the novella series 'The Boy in the Iron Box' into a feature film.
Rupert Friend, Kevin Durand, and Jaeden Martell are cast as leads.
David Prior will direct the film, based on his own script.
Guillermo Del Toro will produce the film with J. Miles Dale.
Production is scheduled to begin in October.
- Who
- Rupert Friend, Kevin Durand, and Jaeden Martell will star in the film.
- What
- Netflix is adapting the novella series 'The Boy in the Iron Box' into a film.
- When
- Production is set to begin in October.
- Where
- The novella series features a plane crash on a remote snowy summit.
- Why
- To bring the horror novella series to a wider audience.
- Project Type
- Film adaptation
- Source Material
- Six-part novella series 'The Boy in the Iron Box'
- Author of Novella
- Chuck Hogan and Guillermo Del Toro
- Director
- David Prior
- Producers
- Guillermo Del Toro, J. Miles Dale
- Starring
- Rupert Friend, Kevin Durand, Jaeden Martell
- Production Start
- October