EXCLUSIVE: Last winter, we broke the news that Tim Fehlbaum, director of the Oscar-nominated September 5, would direct an English-remake of the French thriller Boîte Noire (Black Box) for Netflix. And now, we can tell you that Adam Gyngell and Fred Fernandez-Armesto are set to write the adaptation.

A paranoid thriller in the tradition of The Conversation and The Parallax View, Black Box follows an NTSB black box analyst who, after being assigned to investigate the aftermath of a catastrophic plane crash, uncovers chilling audio anomalies that no one else seems willing to acknowledge. As he digs deeper for the truth, he provokes powerful forces determined to silence him before he exposes a shocking conspiracy.

Yann Gozlan directed the original film, which was released by Studiocanal in 2021, with Distrib Films handling a limited release in the U.S. Pierre Niney and Lou de Laâge starred.

1.21’s Andrew Mittman (Together, Wednesday) is producing the remake, along with Wassim Beji, Thibault Gast, and Matthias Weber, who produced the original. 1.21’s Kai Dolbashian is executive producing.

Gyngell and Fernandez-Armesto are writing partners based in the UK whose credits include an episode of Idris Elba-led series Hijack for Apple TV and three episodes of Strangers for ITV. In addition to Netflix, they’re currently developing series and feature projects at Carrousel Studios and Thunder Road. They are repped by CAA, Untitled, and Sayle Screen in the UK.