Bobby Boermans, director of the Netflix new film, iHostage, is speaking out about the inspiration behind the story. Speaking with Time, Boermans explained how the new thriller is connected to the ...

This week, a surprising newcomer topped the Netflix charts, offering some foreign language thrills based on a shocking true story. The film, iHostage, adapts the events of a bizarre extortion and ...

as it was just released as a Netflix original. The movie is iHostage, a Dutch thriller that is using that “i" quite literally, as the plot is well, very Apple-centric: “When a gunman enters an ...

iHostage debuted on April 18 and quickly broke into Netflix's Top 10 in several countries. The film's popularity has reignited public interest in the 2022 hostage event that briefly gripped the ...

Netflix recently dropped a new crime thriller based on a true story, and it’s already grabbed the top spot in the streamer’s top 10 list. The new movie, “iHostage,” landed on the streaming ...

A scary real-life incident is the basis of iHostage (now on Netflix), Dutch filmmaker Bobby Boermans’ dramatization of a tense hostage situation that played out in 2022, not far from his urban ...

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at the true story behind Netflix's iHostage. Moving forward, it's important to note that Boermans has changed the names of everyone involved to preserve ...

Sports-lover turned journalist, born and bred in Scotland, with a passion for football (soccer). He’s also a keen follower of NFL, NBA, golf and tennis, among others, and always has an eye on ...

iHostage is a Dutch crime thriller movie that was released on Netflix on April 18, 2025. Bobby Boermans directed the film from a script he co-wrote with Simon de Waal. As reported by TIME on April ...

Bobby Boermans, who lives near the Apple store in Amsterdam’s Leidseplein square, still remembers the surreal sequence of events that unfolded on the night of Feb. 22, 2022. Boermans, who ...