EXCLUSIVE: Rupert Friend In Talks To Star In Netflix’s ‘The Boy In The Iron Box’

Sources tell Nexus Point News that Rupert Friend is in talks to star in The Boy in the Iron Box, based on the series of books from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan.

Friend will star as Liev, the leader of a Russian Special Forces crew who crash lands in a mountain range in China with his crew. They take shelter and discover an iron box housing the corpse of a mummified entity who terrorizes them.

Del Toro will produce for Netflix with his longtime collaborator J. Miles Dale. David Prior (The Empty Man) is set to adapt the series and direct. Prior previously collaborated with del Toro on “The Autopsy” segment of Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, del Toro’s Netflix horror anthology. Del Toro is collaborating once again with Netflix, with Frankenstein set to release later this year, starring Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac. 

Friend is best known for his roles in Pride & Prejudice, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, and his 5-season long run on Homeland which earned him an Emmy nomination. Friend most recently starred in the latest entry in the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World Rebirth. Friend is repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Production is set to begin in October in Toronto.