The Box

[Stefen]

Whenever another filmmaker does something out of the box, I ask myself, would PTA do this? The answer is no. PTA would not work with Arcade Fire. He'd probably go to their show and check them out but involve them in his filmmaking? Not a chance. He'd work with someone like Brion, Greenwood, or someone new who fits his extremely creative style like Andrew Bird. Arcade Fire are good and I'm a fan, but they aren't the type of band you should be aligning yourself with when making a movie.

Donnie Darko dude is a hack anyways.

[john]

I like your criteria.

Though, saying he'd work with Andrew Bird seems as speculative as saying he wouldn't work with Arcade Fire.

[Stefen]

He was the first musician who came to mind when trying to think of someone really creative and multi-talented.

[Pozer]

now what, Donnie Darko Dude?  better look to your WW(ouldn't)PTAD bracelet. 

[MacGuffin]

Richard Kelly's The Box Gets Release Date
Source:Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. has marked March 20, 2009 as a release date for Richard Kelly's The Box, a feature adaptation of the Richard Matheson story "Button, Button." Starring Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella and James Marsden, Kelly's film tells of Norma and Arthur Lewis who 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.

[MacGuffin]

The Box Delayed Until September 2009
Source: Cinema Blend 

Movie geeks anxious to meet Southland Tales and Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly at this summer's Comic Con will have to hold their horses. Collider.com is reporting that Kelly's next movie, The Box, has been pushed back to a September 2009 release date, instead of February 2009 as planned. That means that a big promotional push at July's Comic Con would be a waste, and anything Warner Bros. has up their sleeve will probably happen at next summer's Con.

More importantly, of course, this means that those awaiting Kelly's next film will have to wait even longer to wash the taste of Southland Tales out of their mouths. The new date for the film is supposedly September 11, 2009. Now don't get all worked up—that's a Friday, and hey, some movie has to come out that day. But it's not necessarily a good sign for a director who really needs to get back in Hollywood's good graces. The Box, starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden, has been finished for a while now, and its plot about a mystical box that causes murders seems like a good fit for the January-February time frame, which has been kind to thrillers like Cloverfield and The Messengers. If Warner Bros. thought they had something worthy on their hands, it seems like they would have stuck with the original plan.

Collider also reported that test screenings of the movie are being planned in the Los Angeles area, and they predict that word will leak out soon enough on whether or not the movie is a stinker. If the buzz isn't great, though, this could be the beginning of a negative campaign that could sink The Box as effectively as Southland Tales was torpedoed last fall. Richard Kelly sure needs a break, and this doesn't look like it's going to be it.

[Fernando]

The new date for the film is supposedly September 11, 2009. Now don't get all worked up—that's a Friday, and hey, some movie has to come out that day.

hahahah this movie is already doomed.

[MacGuffin]

Richard Kelly's Box Moves Again
Source: ShockTilYouDrop

Warner Bros. has shifted The Box, the latest thriller from Donnie Darko helmer Richard Kelly, from March to November 6, 2009. This is yet another release date change for the Cameron Diaz vehicle which is based on the Richard Matheson story "Button, Button."

The official synopsis goes: 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.

Frank Langella and James Marsden also star.

[Kal]

Wow, Richard Kelly is a disaster.

[hedwig]

Kelly's gift for trivializing really serious ideas to death is rivaled only by Paul Haggis. why haven't those two collaborated yet?

[MacGuffin]

Confirmed: Arcade Fire Scoring Richard Kelly's 'The Box'
Source: Cinematical

Well, now I just feel silly -- thanks a lot, Win Butler. Back in May, rumors began to circulate that Arcade Fire members Butler, Regine Chassagne and Owen Pallet were working on the score for Richard Kelly's The Box, but Butler had insisted there was nothing to those rumors. Now it's eight months later, and as it turns out he was just messing with us. In an interview with Pitchfork, Butler finally fessed up that he had been working with Kelly on the orchestral score for the Twilight Zone-inspired drama. He says, "We didn't really think we were going to do the whole thing, and then it just kind of was easier once we got in. It was like, 'Oh well, we'll just keep going.' It has so much to do with the editing, and your job is just to help the director. It's a very different experience."

Kelly's follow-up to Southland Tales is based on Richard Matheson's short story, Button, Button, and centers on a couple who come into possession of a mysterious box that can make all their financial dreams come true. But there's a catch: if they use the box, an innocent person will die (I can almost hear Rod Serling in the background telling me to "Picture a couple..."). The film stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as the husband and wife with financial woes, and Frank Langella as the box's strange 'delivery man'. It's a pretty creepy premise that would appear to be a perfect fit for the music of Arcade fire ... and Kelly's own twisted sensibilities.

Back in November, James brought us the news that the film had been pushed back for a second time from March to November 6, 2009. Hopefully the delays aren't signs of another troubled production for Kelly.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/148217

[Stefen]

I'm gonna dial into The Box and request Thuggish Ruggish Bone.

[Kal]

I had forgotten about this shit and it was OK.

[RegularKarate]

(I can almost hear Rod Serling in the background telling me to "Picture a couple...")

Except this episode was on the 1980s Twilight Zone... not the Serlings

[MacGuffin]

Where is Kelly's Box Going Now?
Source: ShockTillYouDrop

Richard Kelly's The Box is moving from a November 6th release to November 25th. This comes after flirting with an early debut this year before moving to November. Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella and James Marsden star.

Synospsis: 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.