Question. Where exactly are the wild things? Well, you could ask Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Max Records… or you could just listen the podcast and find out! Does the childhood classic turned hipster fantasy movie deliver? We’ll tackle that question as well as the ostensible Hollywood cash-grab, “Michael Jackson’s This is It.” How does the [...]
The announcement that Maurice Sendak’s beloved landmark children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” would be adapted into a full-length Hollywood film sparked an epidemic of convulsive rejection among the large and diverse community raised on its beautifully simplistic tale of an unruly boy dealing with discipline and the emotional turbulence of childhood through magical [...]
Maurice Sendak’s classic book comes to the big screen in an adventure tale for every generation. Where the Wild Things Are follows the adventure of Max (Max Records), a mischievous young boy who is sent to his room after rebelling against his mother (Catherine Keener). Max’s imagination is free to roam, and it soon transports [...]
In an effort to appease fans of Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic, “Where the Wild Things Are,” Warner Bros. put together a video that first screened at this year’s Comic-Con in which Sendak gives his whole-hearted endorsement of Spike Jonze film version of the cherished book. Take a look:
Spike Jonze, director of mind bending films like “Being John Malkovich” and “Adaptation,” has acquired the feature rights to Shane Jones’ debut novel “Light Boxes.” Variety reports that Ray Tintori is attached to direct. The narrative to the Genius Press published “Light Boxes,” focuses on a mysterious town that endures a relentless and deadly 1,000-day [...]
For those of you unable to contain your excitement for the new Spike Jonze adaptation of the children’s book, “Where the Wild Things Are,” there’s a relatively new blog out there that may hold you over until the film’s release in October. The blog is updated by Spike Jonze, director of the landmark films, “Being [...]
Maurice Sendak’s classic book Where the Wild Things Are comes to the big screen in an adventure tale for every generation. Director: Spike Jonze Cast: Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, James Gandolfini
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