Trailer For The Box Online Richard Kelly returns to coherence Source: AOL
Richard Kelly Makes Straight Thriller Shock! The Box, adapted from a short story by Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, Duel) stars James Marsden and Cameron Diaz. Check out the super-tense new trailer here. Isn't that the theme from Saw?
The writer-director of the awesome-as-it's-supposed-to-be Donnie Darko, and the what-the-hell-is-it-supposed-to-be Southland Tales (he also wrote the screenplay for Domino) has clearly had a career re-think following Southland's production problems and box office disappearance. If this trailer is anything to go by, the self-indulgence has been truly reigned in, leaving something leaner and more focused in its place.
Which is not to say it doesn't look as if there are some nicely bizarro touches in there. We like the Father Christmas / train wreck snippet particularly, although we're less convinced by the CGI splodge on Frank Langella's face.
The story was adapted once before, in 1986, as a Twilight Zone episode. The movie's angle seems to be a melding of Indecent Proposal and The Game: normal life unravelling following the offer of a million dollars, no questions asked, if you push a button that kills a stranger (it was $50k in the story: that's inflation for you). It also feels - in a good way - a little like the premise from Brian Azarello's 100 Bullets comics, although obviously Matheson's story pre-dates them by 30 years.
So do we welcome Kelly to mainstream Hollywood, or do we lament the fact that, for the time being, his crazy indie pics are on hold? One thing's certain: this ought to be better than s.Darko...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKnhOJ-R80
Finallist for YouTube Awards 2007 - very similar concept. Hope Kelly's been able to embellish the basic (and, apparently, centuries old) premise ... Read More
Kellys back! this looks like it could be a very good movie, its taking it time to come out! but the best thing about the whole movie is that Win Butler is doing the music for it, bring it on..... ... Read More
It wouldn't work! Had to get it from MovieBox. Trailer itself looks very good. Stylish, tense and hopefully retains the creepy elements from Matheson's story. ... Read More
Wow, this looks really good. I was totally gripped in my seat watching the trailer, Diaz and Marsden look a good-looking pair and the plot is intense. Might go and see this one, especially if it's been done by the dude who did Donnie Darko. ... Read More
I encountered the same problem. Go watch it here instead: http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/the-box/trailer
And yes, that's a ruddy fantastic trailer! ... Read More
Eh? They set up this button, and then flash a hundred exciting moments that I can't for the life of me imagine having anything to do with the button. What the heck is Richard Kelly up to? Is this, like, anarchic to the point of being just a bland, mainstream thriller? ... Read More
Yay it looks like a return to form for Richard Kelly. Donnie Darko is an out and out classic (can't believe they're risking soilking Darko's good name by making a seemingly dodgy follow-on in Darko S). I get what Southland Tales was about (a take on biblical folklore and prophecies) but the story it messed with utter balls with all the actors performances hit-and-missing everywhere. In a way Southland was to Richard Kelly to what Revolver was to Guy Richie. The Box looks more streamlined and, w... Read More
