Is Richard Kelly's 'The Box' Cursed or What?
Filed under: Fandom, Exhibition
I sometimes wonder if the best way to enter Hollywood is with the littlest splash, whether that be with a terrible feature one can look back at with humor, or a moderately good film -- one that pleases without setting up terribly high expectations. Would Richard Kelly's path had been different if Donnie Darko wasn't his introduction to the cinematic world?After being juggled back and forth like an angry pinball, and almost getting a breath of relief with a Halloween release date, Bloody Disgusting reports that The Box has been bumped again. It's not going back to the Thanksgiving release it once had, but rather November 6 -- up against A Christmas Carol, Precious, Men Who Stare at Goats, Pirate Radio, and The Fourth Kind. Will this date stick? Your guess is as good as mine. Once a film gets shot around, anything is possible.
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8-03-2009 @ 12:44PM
Stan Winsome said...
The trailer looks pretty underwhelming...
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8-03-2009 @ 5:18PM
Brendan H. said...
Want another sign of his bad luck? At the SDCC WB panel, Cameron Diaz gave away The Box's big plot secret. So Kelly's biggest fans, the ones who waited in line to see him and some clips from the movie, now have the movie's surprise ruined.
Poor guy. Although I guess all this bad luck might be karma for Southland Tales.
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8-03-2009 @ 10:11PM
Chris said...
This actually might be better for the movie. Zach and Miri proved that movies don't open well Halloween weekend, and The Box doesn't face much direct competition.
Precious opens in limited release, Christmas Carol is going after families, Men Who Stare At Goats and Pirate Radio are both going after adults, and The Box's only possible competition, The Fourth Kind, seems like it's being given a mercy killing without any advertising. I'm just hoping Kelly can deliver something that returns to the quality level of Darko.
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