"The Boy in the Iron Box" Movie in Works with Guillermo Del Toro Producing

A feature adaptation of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's six-part horror novella series "The Boy in the Iron Box" is in development at Netflix.

Rupert Friend has been tapped to lead the feature, which will also have Kevin Durand and Jaeden Martell on the manifest.

David Prior, who previously helmed the 2020 horror movie "The Empty Man," wrote the script and will direct. He also collaborated with del Toro on an episode of "Cabinet of Curiosities".

Del Toro is producing the feature with longtime producing partner J. Miles Dale, with principal photography is set to commence in October.

Published by Amazon Original Stories for its Kindle platform last year, the story told of a group of mercenaries that crash-land on a remote snow summit. Taking refuge from wolves in a long-abandoned fortress, the men find a concealed pit witha box wrapped in chains. Terrors are soon unleashed.

Friend will play the leader of the group, a man named Liev. Durand is one of the mercenaries while Martell is the titular boy in the iron box.

Del Toro is in the midst of a banner fall season unlike he’s ever had. His adaptation of "Frankenstein" wrapped up its festival premieres and heading to a limited theatrical release October 17 before hitting the streamer November 7, while a Making & Art of book goes to stores October 28.

Beyond Fest is throwing a 12-film retrospective for him beginning at the end of September, he’s the guest artistic director at October’s AFI Fest, and he’s put a selection of his renown memorabilia collection up for auction.

"Boy in the Iron Box" is the latest collaboration between del Toro and Hogan, the author who wrote the crime novel Prince of Thieves, adapted as "The Town" by Ben Affleck.

The duo famously co-wrote the horror book trilogy "The Strain," which was later adapted as a horror drama by FX in the mid-2010s.