Box ready to open?

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 19 years ago

Last Updated on July 27, 2021

Shock till you Drop is reporting that Richard Kelly (DONNIE DARKO) is getting ready to begin shooting his thriller THE BOX on November 17th, with locations in Boston and Virginia being scouted (so all you New Englanders and Virginians keep an eye out!).

Cameron Diaz is the lead in this adaptation of Richard Matheson’s short story “Button Button.” In the story, a mysterious man gives a box to a couple, telling them if they push the button on it, someone in the world that they don’t know will die – and they’ll receive a large cash sum in return… It’s a very short story with a cute little punchline at the end, and I’m very curious to see how Kelly expands on it. He’ll have a lot of work to do, I can tell you that.

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