Richard Kelly’s The Box in September 2009?!
Richard Kelly’s new film The Box finished shooting four plus months ago, and the first test screening is supposedly later this week. So we can probably expect to see the movie in theaters in October, November or December, right? Wrong.
According to Collider, Warner Bros is planning a 2009 release for the Donnie Darko director’s ney’s w sci-fi film. Not only that, but the date they are eyeing is over a year away - September 11th 2009. Why are they interested in a date so far away? And why September 11th? Does the date have anything to do with the plot? Not that I’m aware of. Of course, everything could change if the test screening scores are through the roof.
The Box tells the story of Norma and Arthur Lewis (James Marsden and Cameron Diaz), a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don’t know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
Video Footage: Behind the Scenes of Richard Kelly’s The Box
This Week at NASA has some cool (possibly spoilerish) behind the scenes set footage from Richard Kelly’s The Box. Kelly shot on location at Langley for the last week of filming. Watch the footage in the player below.
“In the footage you will see brief glimpses of some of the (very large) sets constructed for the film in the large-scale wind tunnel, which has never been used in a motion-picture… until now!” says Kelly.
You can also read more about one of the sets, NASA’s oldest operating wind tunnel, which was officially de-commissioned in 1995, on NASA.gov. Seems to me like there are some very strange locations for a sci-fi film which starts off so very simple. Looks like we know so little about the whole story. Speaking of the story, the first official plot synopsis can be found below.
Based on the short story by Richard Matheson, “The Box” stars Cameron Diaz as Norma Lewis and James Marsden as Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child who receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, played by Frank Langella, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world…someone they don’t know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the crosshairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
27 Dresses Movie Trailer
You probably think that the only reason why we’d be posting the 27 Dresses trailer is because of Katherine Heigl. And you would be right in your assumptions. It’s a romantic comedy about marriage, so what more can I say? They are promoting it as “From the screenwriter of The Devil Wears Prada and starring “Knonked Up’s Katherine Heigl”. It’s so funny how studios decide to market movies now-a-days. I’m not saying they are wrong, it’s just very amusing. Check out the trailer.
A single woman is tired of always being the bridesmaid at her friends’ weddings. This time, she sets off to find her own Mr. Right. The movie stars Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Edward Burns and Melora Hardin. 27 Dresses hits theaters on January 11th 2008.
You can also watch the trailer in HD on Yahoo! Movies.
Disney’s Enchanted Movie Poster
Cinematical has gotten a first look at the poster art for Disney’s half animated / live-action crossover Enchanted (movie trailer). Sure, we did post some of the early poster art back in March, and the official poster isn’t too far off from the conceptual art. You can click on the image to the right to enlarge.
In an animated fairy tale world, a young girl meets and falls in love with the handsome prince of her dreams. News of this romance upsets the prince’s mother, the evil queen, who uses her black magic to send the girl hurtling out of the animated world into the one place in the universe where there is no true love: modern day Manhattan. The now-real girl has to survive in New York City and find her way home again to her true love. Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden and Susan Sarandon star.
The online reception to the movie trailer has been for the most part negative, but I still think this film has potential as a family comic fantasy film.
Enchanted hits theaters on November 21st 2007.