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Spike Jonze's WHERE THE WILD THINGS is getting ready to shoot!

Could be cool by Doc_McCoy	Feb 25th, 2006 02:52:12 PM
Hope they're careful with the CG effects. Bad CG will kill this movie.
I'm glad that Spike Onze is back working again by seppukudkurosawa	Feb 25th, 2006 02:53:05 PM
We need our latest dose of mind-spliced bizarrity from the man.
First by OGREISHERE	Feb 25th, 2006 02:54:30 PM
And this is just way cool
by poopadoopah	Feb 25th, 2006 02:54:56 PM
puppets.
At long last... by Poacher	Feb 25th, 2006 02:55:00 PM
...someone who was destined to make kick ass children's movies...really looking forward to this one.
Muppets by MR INBETWEEN	Feb 25th, 2006 03:02:58 PM
Glad to hear it. I think that's the way to go with the Wild Things. Looking forward to it.
damn. only got second by moondoggy2u	Feb 25th, 2006 03:03:02 PM

Second? by The+Hitman	Feb 25th, 2006 03:03:14 PM
Loved this book as a kid, Spike's take on it sure to be tripy.
and apparently, it delayed forever in doing so..oh well by moondoggy2u	Feb 25th, 2006 03:03:36 PM

Yes, Henson! by Shaner Jedi	Feb 25th, 2006 03:04:03 PM
F****** puppets!
puppets!!!??? that totally ROCKS! by emu47	Feb 25th, 2006 03:04:09 PM
Damn, this movie will be good!
What in the name of Zombie Jesus is an "Onze"? by seppukudkurosawa	Feb 25th, 2006 03:04:40 PM
I err meant to type Jonze. And despite the fact that it's intelligent date-movie perfection, I kind of missed the presence of Jonze (see I spelt it right that time) in the director's chair on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Let's hope he re-links with Kauffman sometime in the near future, but until then this looks very good. Hopefully it'll make a nice three-parter with those other Child's Nightmare movies coming out, Tideland and Pan's Labyrinth.
I can't wait to see this by Bean_	Feb 25th, 2006 03:05:35 PM
The book is a classic, can't see how they can screw this up.
It'll be weird seeing a Spike Jonze film....rated "PG" by masheen81	Feb 25th, 2006 03:07:05 PM

could be sweet.... by moondoggy2u	Feb 25th, 2006 03:08:19 PM
I love all things muppet...but im curious--are the monsters gonna be like the gords (gourds??) from Fraggle Rock? If so, then I am pleased to be the first one to scream MAN IN SUIT!!! MAN IN SUIT!! MAN IN SUIT!!!
Hmm... by Ribbons	Feb 25th, 2006 03:08:50 PM
...the talent on this project has a pretty good pedigree. And I think Maurice Sendak gave his blessing, actually, but adapting 20-some-odd-page books into feature length films seems like risky business. I know all that "extra" material certainly did the Grinch no favors. I wonder sometimes if certain movies wouldn't benefit from being shorter. Well whatever. If it works, it works; if it doesn't, it doesn't. For now I'm cautiously optimistic.
Lame. by kintar0	Feb 25th, 2006 03:28:42 PM
Do we really need to adapt everything into a fucking film? Some things are cool because of what they are and don't need to be films. This is probably a symptom of our retarded education film. When I worked in a video store, all kinds of students would come into the store trying to find film versions of books they were assigned in class. We don't need a Halo, Dark Knight Returns or Watchmen film. Why do we need a Where The Wild Things Are and a Harold And The Purple Crayon film?
and you posted news about this... by kintar0	Feb 25th, 2006 03:47:08 PM
less than two months ago. Doesn't seem "way, way, waaaay too long" to me. Did Jonze call you up and remind you haven't mentioned him for a few weeks?
F___ YES!!!!! by jimmy_009	Feb 25th, 2006 03:56:01 PM
I can't wait. What a crazy but perfect combination of material and director. This will be oscar worthy, no doubt.
can we please destroy New Zealand by HypeEndsHere	Feb 25th, 2006 04:02:42 PM

Spike should direct 'Where The Girls Gone Wild Are' by Det. John Kimble	Feb 25th, 2006 04:07:17 PM
One for the kids, and then one for, you know, the kids.
seppukudkurosawa maybe you meant 'Spike Ownz' by Det. John Kimble	Feb 25th, 2006 04:08:52 PM
I'd also like to know what Charlie Kaufmann has up next.
Henson don't make puppets... by Lone Fox	Feb 25th, 2006 04:33:47 PM
They make muppets! Damn good ones too. Jonze and muppets? Sweeet
YEAH by gravitasone	Feb 25th, 2006 04:37:17 PM
Bye Don Knotts, you will be missed, but you will forever live on in syndication
Nope, sorry... by DocPazuzu	Feb 25th, 2006 04:54:40 PM
...I've been waiting for some cool news to hit AICN for the past couple of weeks but so far nothing, NOTHING, beats Genndy's The Power of the Dark Crystal.
I was wondering why they hadn't signed up Henson by Bryan	Feb 25th, 2006 05:04:32 PM
I guess they had and nobody had reported it yet. It seems so perfect if you think about Sweetums and other oversized monster muppets that were obviously at least a little bit inspired by Sendak. This is great to hear. I agree that expanding such a simple story into a movie is risky, but I trust Spike Jonze. The best sign though is Maurice Sendak, who is not only producing the movie but who said that he loved the approach Jonze and co-writer Dave Eggers have planned so much that if this doesn't end up happening he doesn't ever want a Where the Wild Things Are movie.
"I by Stan the Bat	Feb 25th, 2006 05:06:01 PM
Well, I'm glad to hear they're making up a bunch of shit that's not in the book to pad seven minutes of story out to an hour and a half. I'm sure that'll turn out well. You know, not everything has to be made into a movie. Wild Things is not merely a great children's book- it's as near to perfect as it could be. Nothing essential omitted, nothing inessential retained. Why not just leave it alone?
No CGI? by Cabron	Feb 25th, 2006 06:22:00 PM
Interesting...
Now this is cool news!!!!!!!!! by Orionsangels	Feb 25th, 2006 08:29:26 PM
Bet anything this will be something special. Spike Jonez doesn't just make any ol' movie. can't wait!
Inspiring. by hallmitchell	Feb 25th, 2006 08:58:44 PM
It's great after hearing the stories from x3 and james bond. A movie that you feel excitement for. I need one right now.
Spy Shots of Henson's Puppets! by donkpunch	Feb 25th, 2006 09:37:18 PM
I've got a buddy in "the biz" who managed to get his grubby lil' mitts on some early puppet tests straight outta Henson's workshops. If this pic is any indication, this movie is gonna melt your pants. Seriously, just look at that blue fur... http://tinyurl.com/pkq2n
Not every book should be a movie. by Ingeld	Feb 25th, 2006 10:12:26 PM
Especially when the only reason behind doing is not out of some kind of creative energy inspired by the original work, but simply by a movie company wish to cash in on a built in audience. We didn't need the Grinch or the Cat in the Hat. We don't need this. I hate this movie already.
Actually, Sendak's book will not be a movie by eraser_x	Feb 25th, 2006 11:44:39 PM
Because this movie being made will have very little connection with the book, in actuality, other than that the movie stole the title of the book.
this project is doomed if Dave Eggers wrote it... by beamish13	Feb 26th, 2006 12:14:10 AM
That pretentious bastard has almost single-handedly turned American literature into the bad joke it now is.
Okay, I'm a purist too, but... by Bryan	Feb 26th, 2006 04:20:40 AM
...there are great movies based on literature, both faithful and unfaithful. With this kind of attitude we might as well not have The Wizard of Oz. Sendak has often done designs for operas and ballets (including an opera of WTWTA) and it will be great to finally see his creations in cinematic form. Meanwhile, Spike Jonze is a director you can trust to be worshipful of the spirit of the book and not turn it into some commercial garbage. I would be skeptical too except that this is about as perfect of a set-up as you could get. The creator of the book is a hands-on producer working with a great director. And it's not like they're just in it for the money. They're taking their sweet time. If you read the article in Variety, you see that the holdup had to do with Sendak not seeing eye-to-eye with Universal. Sendak says he's "in love" with the Jonze-Eggers vision of the movie. Since Universal wasn't, they let it go and Warner Brothers took it. So it's not like Dr. Seuss where his widow is haphazardly handing over the reins to whichever hack wants them. (You thought Ron Howard was bad doing the Grinch - I read somewhere that Audrey Geisel's second choice was the guy who directed The Nutty Professor.) Sendak has control over the movie and is fighting to make sure it's the one he wants. This is the movie I'm most looking forward to right now.
ah, Air Conditioning... by halfmoth	Feb 26th, 2006 04:22:28 AM
Wild Things suits and not CG? I've been there -- sweaty! http://tinyurl.com/n8uzh I trust Henson and Jonze, tho... Very much looking forward to this!
Now that I know Keener is in it... by paddington	Feb 26th, 2006 05:10:23 AM
I'm all set for this to be awesome. Keener + Jonze = Awesome for those not in the know.
WTWTA Opera by Anna Valerious	Feb 26th, 2006 08:18:52 AM
I remember years ago that an opera company in Chicago performed "Where the Wild Things Are". We saw it on the news and my dad wondered if those were Henson's puppets... Of course, when you think of full-bodied puppets, you immediately think of Henson....though I have no idea what is up with the Creature Shop.
What does Spike Jonze gotta do to convince people?! by one9deuce	Feb 26th, 2006 03:49:16 PM
Everything the man has done has been the opposite of a corporate sell-out. He is the quintessential filmmaker. Nobody could protect the integrity of the original book better than he will. Did The Grinch live action film suck? Yes. Because Universal was cashing in on the popularity of Dr. Seuss. Did The Cat in the Hat suck? Hell yes! Because Universal was continuing to cash in on the popularity of Dr. Seuss. Even more blatantly than with The Grinch, at least Ron Howard IS a director and a decent one. Bo Welch, who "directed" The Cat in the Hat isn't even a director, he is a production designer. The Cat in the Hat is as big a cinematic abortion that has ever been, and it's because greedy corporate suits were running the show and they don't give a shit about the source material, only the money it can generate. Spike Jonze only cares about making an interesting film that does respect the source material.
Being a fan of non-sequiter humor... by Anna Valerious	Feb 26th, 2006 07:04:44 PM
I found "Cat in the Hat" funny. Who doesn't want to watch Amy Hill as the narcoleptic babysitter? Like Andrew Adamson said when he was working on "Narnia", they have to find out some way to get a 2-hour movie out of a thin book. And "Family Guy"-esque shenanigans (Like the part where he's hit in the crotch with a baseball bat and he has this castration fantasy where he's dressed as a woman on a swing to Marvin Gaye's "Easy") made up a lot of it. Same goes for "Jumanji" and "Zathura". "The Grinch" however, was a cinematic freak show that I still don't want any part of. Now please bring us the second installment of "Lemony Snicket" or I'll be forced to riot.
Muppets?! No CGI? by loodabagel	Feb 27th, 2006 09:40:47 PM
That's the best news I've heard since, well, since Spike Jonze started making Where The Wild Things Are! But I gotta say, for the record, I really hate Charlie Rose. For a year or so, that and "Cooking With Julia" was all we got on PBS.
The Jonze director series is great. by loodabagel	Feb 27th, 2006 09:52:30 PM
All the videos, except maybe tthe Chemical Brothers, are great. But you really have to check out his short films with skateboard stars Jason Lee and Marc Gonzales. There's also one of the best lines ever skated in there, so, yeah. Just thought you should know. And out of curiosity, did Gondry make all those White Stripes videos? I have to find that guy. Up above, someone mentioned "child nightmare movies" and I thought "Huh. When are we going to here some more about Coraline? In Wired, it said Tim Burton was making it, and the few pictures they had looked pretty good. (Non CG. Thank God.) Is that one of those movies AICN is just ignoring entirely, like The Golden Compass? (Which I am quite stoked for) or has nothing much happened? Eh, I guess time will tell. And finally, is it just me, or should Where The Wild Things Are be a musical? Discuss.

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