Exclusive: The Box Script Review

By Kellvin Chavez on November 5, 2007

Our old buddy, studio reader and Donnie Darko fan CAXE - took a look at Richard Kelly's upcoming THE BOX for us.

Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella and James Marsden have been cast in Richard Kelly's The Box, a supernatural thriller based on the short story Button, Button by Richard Matheson.

The budget on the PG-13 thriller has been set at $30 million. Kelly wrote the screenplay, will direct the film and will serve as a producer.

The film follows 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.

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Source:CAXE