Langella has joined Richard Kelly’s horror tale THE BOX, playing the mystery man who delivers the devious container to Diaz. The movie from the DONNIE DARKO virtuoso is based on a story called “Button Button” by Richard Matheson (“I Am Legend”), and revolves around a couple who discover that this strange box gives them fortune but causes misery to random people. Not a bad deal, really. Diaz’s significant other has yet to be cast, although rumors suggested Seann William Scott would reunite with his SOUTHLAND TALES director for the flick.
Before the box-handling, Langella will finish up Ron Howard’s adaptation of the Broadway play FROST/NIXON, portraying the role (Nixon) that won him a Tony Award.