Opening on November 6th is writer/director Richard Kelly’s “The Box”. The movie is set around a deceptively simple moral dilemma.  An average couple is offered an opportunity to get themselves out of financial difficulty: a million dollars, in exchange for the knowledge that their acceptance of this gift will result in the death of one person somewhere in the world - someone they don’t know.  The big question is, “What will they do?”  But writer/director Richard Kelly is also asking, “What would you do?”
While many of the various giveaway’s we’ve run on Collider have been cool, one of the prizes for “The Box” might be the best yet.  That’s because we’ve been given a replica of the box used in the movie!  According to the people providing the items, it’s retail value is two hundred dollars.  Needless to say, this is the grand prize. »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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If you had to make an important choice in your life knowing it could cost someone else there's, would you be able to do it? What if it meant you'd be rich? That's the dilemma facing Norma (Cameron Diaz) and Arthur (James Marsden) Lewis in Richard Kelly's The Box! This new thriller finds the young married couple having to face the consequences of accepting the gift of a mysterious box that could save their son's life, but end the life of a complete stranger in the process. To celebrate this mysterious and creepy moral quandary, we are offering you the chance to win a bunch of cool prizes from the movie. Enter our contest today, and you may walk away with a really cool T-shirt, Hat, or keychain from The Box. But beware! By accepting this contest into your life, and clicking on that entry button, you may be »

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David Slade's still in the thick of "Eclipse" filming, and in his most recent tweetage from the set, it sounds like there's some violence in the mountains getting underway with some celebration on the side. A few of his cast members still seem to have Rome on their minds, which is understandable given the "New Moon" footage premiering there.
In completely non-"Twilight"-related posting, Ashton Kutcher's been hanging out with Barbra Streisand and Jeremy Piven headed out to an event being held by Matt Damon in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Ice-t's been shooting up the post-apocalyptic world of "Borderlands." To find out what he thoughts of it, as well as what Amanda Bynes thinks of marriage and what Arnold Schwarzenegger's been up to with a bunch of boy scouts, click onward to the Twitter-Wood report for October 22, 2009.
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- Brian Warmoth

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With the November 6th release of Richard Kelly's The Box coming up on us fast, we figured there'd be no better way to celebrate the arrival of this new headsy horror flick than by giving away a prize pack full of all manner of goodies including a replica of The Box itself!


So what exactly are we giving away, you ask? Check out the pictures below. For more on the film visit the The Box website, and to receive exclusive Warner Bros. movie news updates click on the banner below.

Ok, enough talking! On to the prizes! To win yourself some of the cool swag below (see below for official rules and regulations), just hit us off with an E-mail Here that includes your Full Name And Mailing Address, and we'll do the rest.



And a replica of The Box for one lucky winner as pictured below.

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- Uncle Creepy

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In an interview in Los Angeles to promote the release of Wolverine on DVD and Blu-ray, producer Lauren Shuler Donner has shed further light on upcoming films in the X-Men franchise.
Although the interview doesn't give us any more detail on the X-Men 4 and New Mutants projects that Donner had previously mentioned, it does talk about Wolverine 2, X-Men Origins: Magneto, X-Men: First Class and Deadpool.
It appears that Magneto is at the back of the queue and may not end up being made, while Wolverine 2 is at the most advanced stage of development and is likely to be filmed in Japan to give an authentic flavour to its story, which will be based on the comic book tales set in the Far East.
Meanwhile, First Class - about the early years of Xavier's School - is envisaged as a potential franchise along the lines of the Harry Potter series. But »
- David Bentley

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About six months ago, we reported on Jason Statham being cast in the remake of the 1972 action crime-thriller, The Mechanic, about a hitman who takes on an apprentice. At the time there was word that the remake would be a remake in name only, and the story would be changed to a modern-day spy thriller. However, with the latest casting news, it appears the story will be pretty similar if not the same as the original.
Promising news, I say.
Variety is reporting that Donald Sutherland and Ben Foster (Pandorum, X-Men: The Last Stand) are set to co-star with Statham in The Mechanic remake, which is set to be directed by Simon West (Con Air - one of my favorites, Fyi ) from a screenplay by Karl Gajdusek. Foster is set to play Statham’s hitman apprentice, Steve McKenna (the original role was played by Jan-Michael Vincent), and Sutherland will play »
- Ross Miller

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While most studios have closed their wallets for the year, as far as development spending goes, Paramount recently spent $2 million to purchase a pitch from writers Aline Brosh McKenna and Simon Kinberg.
Nothing has been revealed about the film’s plot, but with the two writers coming from very different backgrounds genre-wise, this information will be anxiously awaited.
McKenna’s writing has generally leaned towards the ‘chick flick’ category, with such films as The Devil Wears Prada and 27 Dresses to her name. Kinberg, on the other hand, tends more towards the action-drama side of things, with Mr. and Mrs. Smith and X-Men: The Last Stand both to his credit.
With such different areas of expertise, it will be interesting to see how the two writers managed to fuse their respective styles into something Paramount was so eager to snatch up.
McKenna and Kinberg worked with Bad Robot Productions execs J.J. Abrams »
- Carly

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Paramount, going against the recent trend amongst Hollywood studios to halt spending for the rest of the year, just closed a deal valued at nearly $2 million on a pitch for a feature film penned by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses) and Simon Kinberg (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, X-Men: The Last Stand, Sherlock Holmes) with J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk producing.
All parties are currently staying quiet as to what the plot of the film is and with writers whose genres differentiate so greatly, any cute/endearing film expert (like myself) can make an educated guess that it’s probably going to involve mutated husband and wife spy detectives who have 27 Prada dresses made by the devil. Well, may not exactly like that, but close… real close.

 

With McKenna’s background being more female-driven and Kinberg’s that of action, I’m extremely excited to see what these two »
- Anthony Ocasio

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X-men scribe Simon Kinberg and The Devil Wears Prada writer Aline Brosh McKenna have sold a film idea to Paramount for almost $2million, reports Variety.
The untitled feature film will be produced by Star Trek director (and Lost creator) Jj Abrams and Bryan Burk, through their Bad Robot production company.
Paramount has a first-look deal with Bad Robot, which honed the pitch with the two writers. The plot of the project is not being disclosed at this stage.
London-born Kinberg (right) has writing credits including Mr and Mrs Smith, X-Men: The Last Stand and the upcoming Guy Ritchie-directed Sherlock Holmes. He's also a producer on the planned X-Men: First Class prequel.
McKenna's work includes 27 dresses and the upcoming Morning Glory which stars Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton.
The two writers are friends who recently worked together on a rewrite of Fox's Date Night, starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey. »
- David Bentley

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My high school reunion wound up being not at all traumatic, so I'm not certainly not going to let the week's movies get me down.

This week marks the long-awaited premiere of Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, adapted (by Jonze and novelist Dave Eggers) from the beloved children's book by gay author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. I can imagine audiences being widely divided over this movie — after all, even the book has had its detractors over the years — and I can say that I definitely liked it without ever really loving it.

Max Records stars as Max, the wolf-suited boy who misbehaves and runs off to an island inhabited by monsters who make him their king. The movie offers delightful visuals, a sweetly plaintive score by Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Carter Burwell, and terrific performances by Records and Catherine Keener, along with the voices of James Gandolfini, »
- ADuralde

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