Massively uplifting news today. The dream project "Where The Wild Things Are" is not only in production, but trailers are being released this weekend and stills have finally hit the interweb. Possibly one of the best adaptations of all time (except for
Jodorowsky's ill-fated Dune, perhaps, or
Terry Gilliam's Watchmen). If you haven't heard, this is like, a fortuitous alignment of impossible forces: The story is apparently very faithful to Sendak's 1963 children's masterpiece, it's directed by Spike Jonze, written by Dave Eggers and starring Catherine Keener and Forrest Whittaker.
And the test footage was so heart-warming it almost melted my ice-encrusted soul:
The pictures that surfaced on
USA Today look amazing. Max is irritated instead of cute, the movie looks thoughtful instead of oafish and there is a general sense of expanse and melancholy.
Oh, and to top it all off, the boy who PLAYS Max is actually NAMED Max as well. I can't wait til October.
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