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| October 30, 2009 |
| DIRECTOR |
| Richard Kelly |
| CAST |
Cameron Diaz
Frank Langella
James Marsden |
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CURRENT RATING:
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The Box
Norma and Arthur Lewis are faced with a terrible dilemma when a mysterious glass box turns up at their door. If they press the button inside the box, they'll get enough money to save their ailing son, but in exchange, someone, somewhere in the world will die. When the temptation to save their beloved son becomes too much to bear, Norma pushes the button. Immediately, a gunshot rings out somewhere nearby. Consumed with guilt, Norma must do everything in her power to solve a murder she has knowingly caused.
UHM
6.25.09
I've added the trailer.
4.06.09
You can find the artwork above.
3.19.09
Release date has moved forward almost a month.
2.19.09
Release date has been pushed back a couple weeks.
11.24.08
The release date has been pushed from March to November '09.
6.09.08
The film has received a March 20th '09 theatrical release.
2.28.08
The image gallery is now open with a handful of pics, courtesy of USA Today.
10.14.07
Veteran actor Frank Langella co-stars in the film as the man who gives Cameron Diaz the box.
7.01.07
Things are finally moving forward with the project, as Cameron Diaz is set to star, with filming said to begin sometime this November.
7.29.06
Joblo reports that Eli Roth has stepped down as director with co-writer Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) replacing him.
9.27.05
Finally an update on this project has surfased over at DC. Writer Richard Kelly revealed the following: "We’re still just trying to get the script right and make it early next year. Eli, I think, wants to do it next. We’re dying to do it; it’s just us getting the script just right. I’ve had the option on the [Richard Matheson] short story for many years. We both have so much respect for Matheson’s work. There are just so many horror movies that get churned through right now that we don’t want it to be in any way like a conventional horror film. We want it to be something special, so it’s very high, very high, on the priority list."
5.12.04
Co-writer Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) briefly spoke
with SciFi
Wire about the film, saying... The Box "is
about a mysterious box that arrives on a young couple's doorstep,"
Kelly said. "There's a button on the box that presents them with
an offer that says they will receive a great financial reward if they
push the button, but someone they know will die. Madness ensues, and
that's what the rest of the story's about."
He continued... "It's kind of a cult story
that Richard Matheson wrote long ago that was later formed into a Twilight
Zone episode that I'd fallen in love with as a kid. Once I arrived in
the business and had the opportunity to option the material, I thought
it would be a great film, and Eli and I found a lead into the material.
It should be a good movie. We'll see."
1.23.04
An official plot has finally been revealed thanks to The Hollywood Reporter.
11.12.03
Some time ago Richard Kelly did an interview with about.com about the
film where he revealed the origin of the story saying...
"It is based on a very
obscure Richard Matheson story that was never published but was ultimately
made into a "Twilight Zone"episode. In the early 80’s
when a new version of "The Twilight Zone"aired on CBS, the
producers went back to a lot of the original writers like Matheson,
Arthur C. Clarke [and] a lot of other big writers. Even Harlan Ellison,
I think, wrote an episode. It was a really interesting kind of revival
of the show, with new material. I optioned one of the episodes that
Matheson wrote. The episode was called "Button, Button"and
the screenplay that I’m working on with Eli, we’ve retitled
it"“The Box." It’s basically a story that I’ve
been obsessed with since I saw it when I was probably 11 years old or
something."
- Warner Bros. will distribute.
- The film takes place predominantly in Virginia, 1976.
- Filmed in Massachusetts and Virginia.
- Originally set for a March 20th, then November 6th, then a November 25th '09 theatrical release.
- Principal photography was completed in March 2008, and it was officially delivered to WB right before Christmas 2008. A March 2009 release was briefly considered, but a Fall 2009 release was always a better fit.
- There is more than 300 visual effects shots, which required eight months of post-production. The digital work-flow of the Genesis was essential to completing these visual effects properly.
- Win Butler, Regine Chassagne (of Arcade Fire) and Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy, frequent collaborator with Arcade Fire) recorded more than 80 minutes of score for the film.
- Budgeted at an estimated $30-million.
- Eli Roth was originally set to direct, but he was replaced by co-writer Richard Kelly, presumably due to his busy schedule.
- Eli Roth and Richard Kelly worked on the script that was based on
the Richard Matheson short story "Button, Button."
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did they have to pick her? Why not someone more beautiful like:
Jordan Ladd; Drew Barrymore or Christina Applegate? Because
Cameron is not all that beautiful okay.