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Updates and Pics from ‘The Box’

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On his own blog, director Richard Kelly has put up some updates on how his next film, ‘The Box,’ is progressing.

Here are his most recent updates:

  • WB is releasing the film on October 30, 2009. The release date has been shuffling around a bit, but this is common with studios, and everyone feels like this is the best date for the film.
  • The film is completely finished. Principal photography was completed in March 2008, and it was officially delivered to WB right before Christmas 2008. A March 2009 release was briefly considered, but a Fall 2009 release was always a better fit.
  • We shot in Massachusetts and Virginia. The film takes place predominantly in Virginia, 1976.
  • The running time is 1 hour 55 minutes long including end credits.
  • The film was digitally photographed using the Panavision Genesis camera. In my audio commentary on Tony Scott’s Domino, I mentioned that I would never shoot a 1970s period piece using a digital camera. My position on this changed when I saw David Fincher’s extraordinary Zodiac. It can be done.
  • There are more than 300 visual effects shots, which required eight months of post-production. The digital work-flow of the Genesis was essential to completing these visual effects properly.
  • Win Butler, Regine Chassagne (of Arcade Fire) and Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy, frequent collaborator with Arcade Fire) recorded more than 80 minutes of score for the film.
  • Here is a list of artists whose songs appear in the film: GRATEFUL DEAD, DEREK & THE DOMINOS, WILSON PICKETT, THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, SCOTT WALKER
  • The official website for the film is www.thebox-movie.com – it will unveil sometime this summer.
  • This is my most personal film to date, and I’m very proud of how it turned out.

Also, in searching for other news about this film, I came across these production stills that are over a year old.   However, we haven’t shown them to you before, so enjoy:

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‘The Box’ comes out on October 30th, just in time for Halloween.   Awesome!

Source: Richard Kelly’s Web Blog

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