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Review: Where the Wild Things Are (2009) ****

Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s story should appeal to imaginative children and adults who still remember their own tumultuous childhoods.

Where the Wild Things Are: All Is Love

Old news by internet standards but All Is Love, the first tune from Karen O’s soundtrack to Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, went live on Myspace today. It’ll be available for purchase beginning tomorrow.
The great Carter Burwell is composing the score while Karen O is contributing the songs.
The first listen didn’t do much [...]

Shots interview with ‘Wild Things’ DP Lance Acord

The people involved with Spike Jonze’s upcoming adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are continue to say exactly the right things to convince me the movie is going to be better than a grilled cheese sandwich, a glass of grape Kool-Aid, a Ding Dong and a huge box of Legos.
Here’s cinematographer Lance Acord [...]

There Were Wild Things in San Diego

Some of the buzz surrounding Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are coming out of San Diego Comic Con

Featurette: Where the Wild Things Are

Apple has a featurette with Maurice Sendak talking about Spike Jonze’s adaptation of his children’s classic Where the Wild Things Are.

Trailer: Where the Wild Things Are

Yeah. Screw the haters and the doubters. My inner 12-year-old is alive and well and all over this one (my outer 39-year-old is still a big fan of bourbon and waking up next to naked, frazzle-haired supermodels, but that’s another story).
Anyway, not really at all what I expected, but it completely fits. Check it out [...]

‘Wild Things’ Reset for October ‘09

According to ComingSoon, the Spike Jonze directed adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are has resurfaced on Warner Bros’ October 2009 Calendar.
Unsubstantiated rumors about the allegedly troubled production have swirled for months like turds in a toilet bowl and the film recently dropped off of WB’s release radar, but no one has gone [...]