Wondering Where The Wild Things Are?
January 18th 2009 13:30
MOVIE NEWS
If the answer is yes, well, they've in fact made onto a series of skateboards, that's where (see below).
They will be part of the promotion for Spike Jonze's extremely long-awaited big screen adaptation of the classic kids book by Maurice Sendak.
The director Jonze (Being John Malkovich), you see, is co-founder of Girl Skateboards Company which will be releasing the limited edition Wild Things range.
These shots, which give us our first look at some fo the monsters featured in the movie, were found at slashfilm.com.
Jonze's movie version - there has been other attempts in the last couple of decades - has itself been in development for four years now with filming beginning in early 2006, right here in good old Melbourne.
It was originally scheduled for a May 2008 release, but was then pushed back to October 2008 and then finally October 2009.
From the many reports over the last couple of years, the delay appears to stem from the makers trying to find a balance between what studio heavyweight Warner Bros. wants - family-orientated fare - and what director Jonze wants - a dark and edgy tale.
As most would know, the story - probably my favorite growing up in the early '80s - centres around Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, who creates his own world - a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.
Speaking of forests - Forest Whittaker, the Academy Award-winner, has lent his voice to one of the creatures, along with James Gandolfini and Catherine O'Hara, while Max Records (not sure if that's his real name) plays Max and Catherine Keener his mum.
Other actors will portray the seven 'Wild Things' in massive suits, but have CGI faces. It should give then a unique look.
If the answer is yes, well, they've in fact made onto a series of skateboards, that's where (see below).
They will be part of the promotion for Spike Jonze's extremely long-awaited big screen adaptation of the classic kids book by Maurice Sendak.
The director Jonze (Being John Malkovich), you see, is co-founder of Girl Skateboards Company which will be releasing the limited edition Wild Things range.
These shots, which give us our first look at some fo the monsters featured in the movie, were found at slashfilm.com.
Jonze's movie version - there has been other attempts in the last couple of decades - has itself been in development for four years now with filming beginning in early 2006, right here in good old Melbourne.
It was originally scheduled for a May 2008 release, but was then pushed back to October 2008 and then finally October 2009.
From the many reports over the last couple of years, the delay appears to stem from the makers trying to find a balance between what studio heavyweight Warner Bros. wants - family-orientated fare - and what director Jonze wants - a dark and edgy tale.
As most would know, the story - probably my favorite growing up in the early '80s - centres around Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, who creates his own world - a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.
Speaking of forests - Forest Whittaker, the Academy Award-winner, has lent his voice to one of the creatures, along with James Gandolfini and Catherine O'Hara, while Max Records (not sure if that's his real name) plays Max and Catherine Keener his mum.
Other actors will portray the seven 'Wild Things' in massive suits, but have CGI faces. It should give then a unique look.
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