Source: WJBK
(FOX 2) – The Netflix phenomenon “Bird Box” was viewed by 45 million accounts in the first week.
It is the biggest hit for the streaming service yet – and also the first novel published by metro Detroit’s own Josh Malerman.
What’s happening right now has reached sort of a surreal, surreal tone – I mean I’m thrilled and having the time of my life with it,” said Josh Malerman.
It has led to the red carpet, Sandra Bullock, Hollywood. But Malerman is so down to earth, he’s 43, lives in Ferndale with his fiancé and is friendly and easy-going and he’s even in a band.
The High Strung is already successful with the theme song for Showtime’s hit “Shameless” but this Bird Box success is a whole new world.
“You can set out to write a great book and make a great movie and promote it but I don’t think you can set out to accomplish what is going on with Bird Box right now,” he said.
Malerman wrote Bird Box in 2006 after many re-writes, it was published in 2014 but the book…
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