EXCLUSIVE: Last winter, we broke nan news that Tim Fehlbaum, head of nan Oscar-nominated September 5, would nonstop an English-remake of nan French thriller Boîte Noire (Black Box) for Netflix. And now, we tin show you that Adam Gyngell and Fred Fernandez-Armesto are group to constitute nan adaptation.
A paranoid thriller successful nan contented of The Conversation and The Parallax View, Black Box follows an NTSB achromatic container expert who, aft being assigned to analyse nan aftermath of a catastrophic level crash, uncovers chilling audio anomalies that nary 1 other seems consenting to acknowledge. As he digs deeper for nan truth, he provokes powerful forces wished to soundlessness him earlier he exposes a shocking conspiracy.
Yann Gozlan directed nan original film, which was released by Studiocanal successful 2021, pinch Distrib Films handling a constricted merchandise successful nan U.S. Pierre Niney and Lou de Laâge starred.
1.21’s Andrew Mittman (Together, Wednesday) is producing nan remake, on pinch Wassim Beji, Thibault Gast, and Matthias Weber, who produced nan original. 1.21’s Kai Dolbashian is executive producing.
Gyngell and Fernandez-Armesto are penning partners based successful nan UK whose credits see an section of Idris Elba-led bid Hijack for Apple TV and 3 episodes of Strangers for ITV. In summation to Netflix, they’re presently processing bid and characteristic projects astatine Carrousel Studios and Thunder Road. They are repped by CAA, Untitled, and Sayle Screen successful nan UK.