Netflix warn AGAINST viewers taking part in the Bird Box Challenge
Bird Box is a Netflix Original film
Last updated 3rd Jan 2019
If you're a Netflix subscriber, then it's highly likely you will have seen Bird Box, the new Netflix Original film starring Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich and Sarah Paulson. And now there's a challenge taking the Internet by storm!
For those who haven't yet watched the grueling, heart-stopping, psychological thriller, here's a quick synopsis. A deadly force is taking over the world, causing mass suicides, so when pregnant Malorie (Sandra Bullock) finds herself holed up inside a stranger's house, six years later, she has to find undertake the perilous two-day journey, blindfolded, in search of hope.
Now, following the film that has become super popular over the Christmas period, some viewers have decided to take part in the Bird Box Challenge, which sees people doing mundane tasks blindfolded. However, it seems that a few fans are taking the challenge too far, causing Netflix US to issue a warning.
In a tweet which has now had more than 200K likes, the online streaming service have said, 'Can’t believe I have to say this, but: PLEASE DO NOT HURT YOURSELVES WITH THIS BIRD BOX CHALLENGE. We don’t know how this started, and we appreciate the love, but Boy and Girl have just one wish for 2019 and it is that you not end up in the hospital due to memes.'
Since the challenge started there have been reports of people blindfolding themselves and getting close to traffic, with another report telling of a child running into a wall.
Now take a look at what series you can look forward to on Netflix in 2019:
Nightflyers
Based on a short book, set in the future, Nightflyers follows a crew of explorers on a journey on the most advanced ship in the galaxy, The Nightflyer. As they near their destination, they discover their ship might actually be taking them towards deadly and unspeakable horrors!
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2
Star Trek: Discovery is back for another series! The first season of Star Trek: Discovery featured a new ship, new characters, and new missions, while staying true to the original franchise.
The Umbrella Academy
Based on a popular, award-winning comics and graphic novels, The Umbrella Academy follows forty-three babies who are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women. Seven of the children are adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a billionaire industrialist, however as teenagers the family becomes fractured.
The Rain Season 2
The first season of The Rain was released in 2018 and has been so successful it's back once again in 2019. The Rain is set six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wipes out almost all humans in Scandinavia. However, two Danish siblings have survived and emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilisation gone.
Our Planet
Our Planet was filmed over four years, and combines the spectacular photography of Planet Earth with an unprecedented look at the planet's remaining wilderness areas and their animal inhabitants.
ELITE Season 2
ELITE returns for another season in 2019. Following the children at Las Encinas, the best and most exclusive school in Spain, in the first season viewers got to see what happened when three working class kids were admitted to the elite school after their academy was destroyed by an earthquake.
Disenchantment Season 2
From the creator of The Simpsons, Disenchantment returns for a second season. This adult animated comedy fantasy series was super popular earlier this year and returns for Netflix in 2019.
Stranger Things 3
Another popular Netflix series that we can watch is Stranger Things 3.
This isn't the first time that people have had to be warned against an Internet challenge. Last year, Drake's song 'In My Feelings' spawned the Keke challenge which saw people jumping out of moving cars, resulting in a number of people hurting themselves.
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