Posts with tag WhereTheWildThingsAre
Posted Jun 12th 2008 1:03PM by Elisabeth Rappe
Filed under: Classics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Warner Brothers, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Exhibition, Family Films, Newsstand, Images
MTV
snagged an exclusive photo from the mysterious
Where the Wild Things Are, which they spotted at the New York Licensing Expo. Click on the tantalizing photo on the right to see the whole thing over on MTV. It isn't very big, but it is one of those evocative images that makes you absolutely crazy to see this movie. It really is perfect -- from the wolf suit down to those mysterious monster paws.
The rumors still abound about it. The fact that it is appearing at the Licensing Expo gives one hope that we will see it, and that they won't actually recast a child they have featured on the advertising. To catch you up,
Kim talked to Tom Noonan at Cannes. He thought the film would be released as Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers had intended it to be.
Yet,
as Monika reported at the beginning of June, Warner Bros is prepping a month of reshoots. It was unclear how much was being changed, but new casting calls went out for various stand-in roles. That suggests that it is more than a few pick-up shots, and that all the whispers of unhappiness and drastic alterations are true. The silence from all involved (with the exception Noonan and
Forrest Whitaker) doesn't help. At least we can enjoy the picture and wonder.
[via
Empire]
Posted Jun 1st 2008 11:32AM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, Exhibition, Family Films
From Cannes last week,
Kim shared a discussion with Tom Noonan about Spike Jonze's
Where the Wild Things Are. Although she wasn't able to ask about the whole
Wild kerfuffle that has been going on, between
test screenings and
release dates, she said: "He seemed to think the film will be released in his current iteration, though of course, if that's not the case, he wouldn't necessarily be in the loop."
No, it looks like he wasn't. According to
Bloody Disgusting, Warner Brothers has scheduled reshoots for Jonze's film, which will take place in Los Angeles from June 5-30. They say: "It is unclear how much is being reshot, but there are new casting calls out for various stand-in roles."
Considering the fact that test screenings reduced some kids to tears, begging to be let out of the screening, I imagine the reshoots will try to wipe away the scary bits. That'll be good for sensitive young tykes, but not so much for adults, and those who said positive things about the test screenings. Maybe they can just put out two; it would be a shame for the original vision to go to waste. Then again, all of this depends on SAG not striking.
What do you guys think? Should kids get a less-scary version? And, what should be done with Jonze's original vision?
Posted May 24th 2008 9:15PM by Kim Voynar
Filed under: Festival Reports, Family Films
During the roundtable interviews for Synecdoche, NY today, actor Tom Noonan, who plays one of the "wild things" in Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, chatted with us a bit about the film.
Noonan confirmed that the film was not shot using motion capture, but is "mostly live action -- they shot us (the actors) in a room, they video-taped us doing the parts, and then they trained acrobats and dancers and had them imitate our gestures, then put them in the costumes and had our voices coming out."
Continue reading Live from Cannes: Tom Noonan Talks 'Where the Wild Things Are'
Posted Mar 7th 2008 10:32AM by Jessica Barnes
Filed under: Comedy, Romance, Casting, Scripts, Focus Features
John Krasinski has had a bit of a rough start transitioning his TV career into a movie career. For starters, have you seen
License to Wed? Luckily for my favorite office drone, his upcoming projects look a lot more promising. Variety
reports that Krasinski, SNL's
Maya Rudolph, and
Cheryl Hines have signed to star in
Sam Mendes' new untitled comedy. News of the film first
appeared back in January, and just over a month later, three top-notch comedians have signed on for the film. That has got to be a good sign, right?
Celebrity novelist
Dave Eggers and
Vendela Vida (author of
Girls of the Verge and Egger's wife) wrote the script for the romantic comedy. Eggers made his name with his memoir,
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, but is still relatively new to the screenwriting trade. In the film, Krasinski and Rudolph will play an expectant couple traveling around the country looking for a place to settle down and start a family.
If you have ever read anything written by Eggers or the
McSweeney's 'brand' then you know that this slight premise is just the kind of story you would expect. Knowing Egger's penchant for personal touches, I'm sure some of the details of his life with his own family found their way into the script. The production is expected to start shooting this April in Connecticut, and the film is set for release in 2009.
Posted Nov 26th 2007 10:02AM by Patrick Walsh
Filed under: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, Warner Brothers, Scripts, Family Films, Newsstand
No, it's not another sequel to the Neve Campbell/Denise Richards classic! The extremely likable
Lauren Ambrose (Claire on
Six Feet Under, Denise Fleming in
Can't Hardly Wait) will voice a character in the upcoming adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved childrens' book --
Where the Wild Things Are. According to
The Hollywood Reporter, Ambrose is playing KW -- "one of the giant characters in the land of the Wild Things. When a young boy named Max visits their strange world, KW and company turn him into their king."
Ambrose is taking over the role from
Michelle Williams. Apparently Williams got along well with the filmmakers, but "her voice didn't match their original vision of how the Wild Things should sound."
Where the Wild Things Are mixes flesh-and-blood actors, computer animation, and live-action puppetry. I can't wait to see it, I adored the book as a kid and I love pretty much everyone involved with the film.
Spike Jonze (
Being John Malkovich, Adaptation -- a couple of my favorite flicks) will direct, and wrote the screenplay with
Dave Eggers (
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, one of my favorite books). You can go into the
Wild in Fall 2008.
Posted Jul 1st 2006 4:35PM by Scott Weinberg
Filed under: Action, Animation, Family Films
Got a small boy nearby that you wouldn't mind subjecting to some Wild Things? Is he yours? Do you both live in New York?
Then head on over The Church of St. Paul the Apostle (60th & Columbus) on Saturday, July 8th (between 10am and 4pm), because that's where WB will be holding an open casting call for
Spike Jonze's
Where the Wild Things Are, which is the big-screen adaptation of
Maurice Sendak's well-beloved book. The casting directors are looking for young boys between the ages of 7 and 11. (No, Michael Jackson does not work for the casting directors. Matter of fact, all kids
must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.)
Adapted for the screen by Jonze (
Adaptation.), Michael Goldenberg (
Contact), and award-winning author / first-time screenwriter
Dave Eggers,
Where the Wild Things Are tells the story of "Max, a headstrong young boy who runs away from home and finds himself in a thriving forest bordering a vast sea. Misunderstood and rebellious, Max sets sail to the land of the wild things were mischief reigns."
The live-action / animation combo will star
Benicio Del Toro,
Forest Whitaker,
Catherine Keener,
Michelle Williams,
Catherine O'Hara, and ... maybe your kid.
Continue reading Want Your Little Boy to Play With the Wild Things?
Posted May 5th 2006 2:05PM by Mark Beall
Filed under: Animation, Classics, Casting, Deals, Scripts, Family Films
Details are beginning to emerge about the previously announced movie adaptation of Maurice Sendak's children's classic
Where the Wild Things Are. Major casting decisions have been
declared, although due to the nature of the film most of the casting is for voice work, of course.
Catherine Keener will play the only live-action part cast thus far; the
mother of main character Max. Max himself has yet to be cast. Six other actors will be tapped for voice work:
Benicio Del Toro,
Forest
Whitaker,
Michelle Williams,
Catherine O'Hara,
Tom
Noonan and
Michael Berry.
I know it is just a
children's movie, but I am super-excited for this flick. Who among us doesn't have tremendously warm and fuzzy memories
of
Where the Wild Things Are from our childhood? If I had children, I'd take them to see it several times. As I
don't, I'll just have to go myself and buy the DVD for my children of the future to watch.
After they've
heard/read the book, of course.
