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Trailer Watch: Where The Wild Things Are, Sherlock Holmes, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Jennifer’s Body, District 9
Posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Want to know when new trailers for Where The Wild Things Are, Sherlock Holmes, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Jennifer’s Body and District 9 are scheduled to hit? We have some updates after the jump.
Warner Bros has officially announced the panels they will be presenting at the 2009 SAn Diego Comic-Con International. Films include The Final Destination, Where The Wild Things Are, The Book Of Eli, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Box, Jonah Hex, Sherlock Holmes, and Shorts. Full information after the jump.
Amazon are now taking pre-orders for The Wild Things, Dave Eggers‘ novel “based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay cowritten with Spike Jonze“. The hardback is set to street in October, just ahead of the Where the Wild Things Are movie. Jonze’ film must be one of my most anticipated pictures of the year, and to think… well, to think how close we were to losing it for a while.
You might want the standard edition
Director Spike Jonze has launched a website titled “We Love You So” , where he is blogging about the upcoming big screen adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are, in addition to other random stuff.
“In October 2009 Spike Jonze’s feature film rendition of Maurice Sendak’s classic story Where The Wild Things Are will hit movie theaters worldwide. The film represents years of work from hundreds of different artists, writers, photographers, musicians, actors, and creators of all degrees. This place has been established to help shed some light on many of the small influences that have converged to make this massive project a reality. Simply put, this a place to learn about things we think are great and to share with you the things those things helped make. Wild Things indeed… And also probably a lot of other randoms things that catch our eye along the way. We hope you like it. We love you so.”
Apparently the website was launched a couple weeks ago, but we’re just finding out about it now, so there is all sorts of wonderful goodies to sort through in the achieves. One of the goodies being passed around in e-mails today is this video, shot by Lance Bangs, showing Spike Jonze testing out one of the early masks on an unwilling child. Funny stuff. Check out the video after the jump.
Spike Jonze, fresh off directing Where The Wild Things Are has decided to adapt another popular 10-page children’s book into a feature film. Watch the trailer for “Everyone Poops” after the jump.
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Warner Bros has released a beautiful new poster for Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are on Yahoo . I might even like this one more than the teaser poster. What do you guys think? See the whole poster after the jump.
/Filmcast Ep. 44 - Monsters vs. Aliens (GUEST: Matt Singer from IFC)
Posted on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 by David Chen
In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley debate the retitling of The Karate Kid, praise the tremendous new trailer for Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, ridicule the changed subtitles of Let the Right One In’s home video release, and delve into the merits of Universal Soldier: The Return. Special guest Matt Singer joins us from IFC.
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Movie Trailer: Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are
Posted on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 by David Chen
It premiered this morning on the Ellen show; now it’s hit the internet for your consumption. The trailer for Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are is by turns beautiful, moving, and thrilling. I’ve always believed that Jonze could deliver a magical adaptation and this certainly does a lot to reinforce my faith in him. Your mileage may vary but either way, hit the jump to check out the trailer and, as always, let us know what you think in the comments. [Update: A big thanks to various /Film commenters for pointing out that the songs used in the trailer are different versions of "Wake Up" by Arcade Fire.]
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New Photos From Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are
Posted on Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Warner Bros has released a bunch of new photos from Spike Jonze’s big screen adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are in USA Today. Here are some of the details we found in the article:
- The film expands on “Max’s home life that shed light on why he felt the need to run off to a magical place.”
- The only words in the teaser trailer (attached to Monsters vs. Aliens) is one single line spoken by the Wild Thing called Carol (seen above), voiced by James Galdofini, welcoming Max to the new world: “I didn’t want to wake you up. But I really want to show you something.”
- Though the Wild Things are nameless in the book, Jonze decided who was who based on their personalities.
- Other cast members include: Catherine O’Hara, who voices the Wild Thing with the rhino horn named Judith, Forest Whitaker, who voices the Wild Thing with the big nose, Lauren Ambrose who voices the Wild Thing named KW (shown after the jump in the face to face shot), Chris Cooper who voices Douglas the chicken and Paul Dano who voices Alexander the goat.
Check out more photos after the jump.
The Spike Jonze Fan Blog have been mining in the pages of Nick Magazine, and have come up fist-first with a beautiful, beautiful nugget of gold - the first poster for Where the Wild Things Are. You can see the whole poster underneath the fold, but I’d recommend anybody interested in the film go over to the fan blog and have a good rummage there too.
Where The Wild Things Are Trailer Attached to Monsters vs Aliens?
Posted on Monday, March 16th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
A full 3-minute trailer for Spike Jonze’s big screen adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are will screen in front of DreamWorks Animation’s Monsters vs. Aliens, which hits theaters on March 27th 2009. Scored to the song Wake Up by Arcade Fire, a scooper over on CHUD describes the trailer as “beyond the most grandiose superlatives: ‘beautiful’ and ‘gorgeous’ and ‘breathtaking’”, calling the environments “a work of incredible vision” and the finalized monsters “some kind of incredible technical achievement”, “nothing short of real and feel very alive and very, very huggable.” I’ve been waiting for this movie since I was a little kid, and I can’t explain how excited I am just reading a vague description of a trailer.
Sneak Peek: The Monsters of Where The Wild Things Are
Posted on Friday, January 16th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Do you want to get a sneak peek at the monsters of Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are? The skateboard company that Jonze co-founded, Girl Skateboards Company, will be releasing a limited series of skateboards featuring the monsters from the film adaptation. Check out more images after the jump. Thanks to /Film reader Adam Pope for the tip.
