French Mind-Bending Thriller ‘Black Box’ Getting English Remake from ‘September 5’ Director

A chilling mystery is about to take off again—this time in English.

The French thriller Black Box (Boîte Noire) is officially getting an English-language remake, and it’s bringing a darker, more paranoid edge with it.

According to Deadline, Tim Fehlbaum (September 5) is set to direct, working from a script by Adam Gyngell and Fred Fernandez-Armesto (Atomica).

The story follows a National Transportation Safety Board black box analyst tasked with investigating a devastating plane crash. But what he uncovers isn’t just wreckage—it’s something far more disturbing. Hidden within the recovered audio are anomalies no one else seems willing to acknowledge. As he pushes deeper into the recordings, the truth begins to twist… and powerful forces start closing in, determined to bury whatever he’s about to expose.

The remake is being described as a paranoia-driven thriller in the same vein as The Conversation and The Parallax View—films where the real horror isn’t what you see, but what’s hiding just beneath the surface.

Producing the project is Andrew Mittman (Together, Wednesday) under his 1.21 banner, alongside original producers Wassim Beji, Thibault Gast, and Matthias Weber. 1.21’s Kai Dolbashian will executive produce.

The original Black Box, directed by Yann Gozlan, was released in 2021 by StudioCanal and quietly built a reputation as a tense, slow-burning mystery. Now, with a new team behind it, the story is getting another chance to dig even deeper into its unsettling conspiracy.