The release of the made-in-Boston horror thriller “The Box,” starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden and directed by “Donnie Darko” filmmaker Richard Kelly, has been postponed to coincide with next year’s post-Halloween weekend.
Originally slotted for release on March 20, 2009, Warner Bros. moved the film’s launch to Nov. 6, 2009.
Based on the short story by Richard Matheson, “The Box” stars 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.
