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Where the Wild Things Are (film)
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| Where the Wild Things Are | |
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| Directed by | Spike Jonze |
| Produced by | Tom Hanks Maurice Sendak Gary Goetzman John B. Carls Vincent Landay Jon Jashni (executive producer) Scott Mednick (executive producer) William Fay (executive producer) |
| Written by | Maurice Sendak (Picture book) Dave Eggers (screenplay) Spike Jonze (screenplay) |
| Starring | Catherine Keener Max Records James Gandolfini Angus Sampson Forest Whitaker Melissa Davis Rachel Rivera Paul Dano |
| Cinematography | Lance Acord |
| Editing by | Eric Zumbrunnen |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | October 3, 2008 (USA) |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Where the Wild Things Are is a film adaptation of a Maurice Sendak picture book of the same name. The film will be directed by Spike Jonze and written by Dave Eggers. It was originally set for release from Universal, and a teaser of the film was attached to How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a vehicle from the same studio. However, disagreements with Jonze led him to take the film to Warner Bros. The movie will combine live action, suitmation, animatronics and CGI.
The seven creatures will be actors in up to 9 foot tall suits made of foam, although it is expected that their faces will be computer-generated.
The film's target release date is October 3, 2008.[1] Filming began in April of 2006 at Central City Studios in Melbourne, Australia. [2] Some location filming happened in the Queensland rain forest early in 2007. Adam Keenan and John Nolan will be responsible for the animatronics. The film is currently in post-production.
The cast includes Catherine Keener, Max Records, James Gandolfini, Angus Sampson, Forest Whitaker, Michelle Williams, Catherine O'Hara, Rachel Rivera, Melissa Davis and Paul Dano. Recently, Lauren Ambrose has been cast to replace Williams as the voice of one of the monsters. The filmmakers reportedly "enjoyed working with Williams, but her voice didn't match their original vision of how the Wild Thing should sound."[3]
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The film concerns the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is angry after being sent to his room without supper. He then creates a forest inhabited by many large imaginary monsters, who crown him their ruler.
- Catherine Keener
- Max Records
- James Gandolfini
- Rachel Rivera
- Forest Whitaker
- Melissa Davis
- Michelle Williams
- Catherine O'Hara
- Tom Noonan
- Paul Dano
- Angus Sampson
- Steve Mouzakis
- Directed by Spike Jonze
- Screenplay by Dave Eggers, Michael Goldenberg and Spike Jonze
- Based on the book by Maurice Sendak
- Produced by John B. Carls, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Vincent Landay and Maurice Sendak
- Executive producers Jon Jashni, Scott Mednick and Thomas Tull
- Director of photography Lance Acord
- Production designer K. K. Barrett
- Edited by Eric Zumbrunnen
- Visual effects supervisor Marc Kolbe
- Costume designer Casey Strom
Creature Effects Supervisor Dave Elsey
- Where the Wild Things Are The Movie at Scary For Kids
- Where The Wild Things Are Movie Fansite
- The Rosenbach Museum & Library, home to the complete catalog of Maurice Sendak's works (Philadelphia)
- New York Magazine Script Review