Cameron Diaz to star in 'The Box'

Hollywood -- Cameron Diaz is set to star in the Hollywood adaptation of "The Box," a horror film directed by "Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelly.

Kelly wrote the script based on a Richard Matheson short story, Variety reported Thursday. Production will begin this fall.

In the movie -- based on the Matheson short story, "Button, Button" -- Diaz will play a woman given a mysterious box by a stranger. She's told that certain things will happen, depending which buttons are pressed.

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