Richard Kelly's Thriller 'The Box' Delayed (Again)

by William Goss Nov 23rd 2008 // 1:02PM

Filed under: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Mystery & Suspense, Warner Brothers, RumorMonger

Oy vey: after shifting more dates than an old lady working in the produce section, it appears that Richard Kelly's thriller The Box has been bumped once more, from next March to next November. Usually, this would be a bad thing, but I'm still seriously intrigued by this adaptation of Richard Matheson's short story, in which a young couple (James Marsden and Cameron Diaz) are given a mysterious box that can make them wealthy, but at the cost of killing a stranger the moment they use it.

The film is completed enough to merit a PG-13 from our pals over at the MPAA (for "thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images"), so it's not post-production woes holding the film up. One suspects this is a much less sprawling film than his Southland Tales, which we'll come back to soon enough. Is it part of WB's strategy to spread out product as the strike catches up to them, as they had by moving Harry Potter from this week to next summer?

Man, if I could just kill a stranger to get some answers...

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-23-2008 @ 2:07PM

The Addict said...

"...which we'll come back to soon enough"

Care to elaborate?

That movie's so freaking awesome, I think, even if it is unintelligible. Every time I watch it, I just want to watch it again. It's rare a movie does that to me these days.

11-23-2008 @ 2:04PM

William Goss said...

I intend to have a Discuss post up soon about 'Southland Tales', about which you can go on and on and on. :)

11-23-2008 @ 2:08PM

The Addict said...

Cool cool. I was just talking about how much I love it this morning to someone. Funny how things coincide.

11-23-2008 @ 9:45PM

Matt D said...

I have heard rumors floating around that Warner Bros is not only happy with Kelly's film (test screening came back in the 90's), but they're considering pushing the film for a couple of awards next year depending on how well the film is received. Such as : Best Supporting actor(Frank Langella), Best Original Score(Owen Pallet + Win Butler), and possibly Best Adapted Screenplay(Richard Kelly).

The reason for the film being pushed back is because everyone knows that films releasing later in the year have the best shot at winning the big awards.