Cameron Diaz's Box horror

Jun 29, 2007, 13:00 GMT

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Cameron Diaz is set to become a scream queen in a new horror movie.

The blonde actress will play a young woman given a mysterious package by a stranger in 'The Box'.

Cameron's character is told certain things will happen depending on which buttons she presses.

'Donnie Darko' director Richard Kelly is set to helm the project. He wrote the script, which was based on Richard Matheson short story 'Button, Button'.

Kelly said: "My hope is to make a film that is incredibly suspenseful and broadly commercial, while still retaining my artistic sensibility."

Media Rights Capital (MRC) is set to fund the entire $30 million-plus budget and are confident 'The Box' has the potential to become a huge hit.

Modi Wiczyk, who founded MRC, said: "The storyline has all the commerciality of 'The Ring,' but with Richard and Cameron, this film can rise to the level of 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Others'."

Production is set to begin this autumn.

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