![]() ![]() “I, for the most part, thought it was amazing and funny. ![]() ![]() “It was unbelievable! I’m sitting there writing about a woman in a rowboat blindfolded then, in 2019, I’m watching all these people doing this in videos,” Malerman reflects. The film even inspired a viral social media trend dubbed the #BirdBoxChallenge, in which people blindfolded themselves as they attempted various tasks. Though Malerman published the novel Bird Box six years ago, it gained a new audience and popularity in 2018, when Netflix brought his story to life in a film adaptation of the same name starring Bullock. The film became a phenomenon as it was viewed by 45 million accounts worldwid e in its first week on the streaming service, according to Netflix, catapulting Malerman’s book on the New York Times bestseller list four years after its publication. ![]()
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