Studio fickle with Matheson adaptation
Warner Bros. has shifted The Box, the latest thriller from Donnie Darko helmer Richard Kelly, from March to November 6, 2009. This is yet another release date change for the Cameron Diaz vehicle which is based on the Richard Matheson story “Button, Button.”
The official synopsis goes: Norma and Arthur Lewis 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.
Frank Langella and James Marsden also star.
Source: Warner Bros.
