Awesome
Where the Wild Things Are, based on Maurice Sendak’s classic picture book, is slated for major motion picture release in mid-2009.
via Wild Things All Over – 2/4/2008 – Publishers Weekly.
and…
the film will carry a blockbuster of a tie-in—and it’s not the book the film is based on: it is a solo novel, written by Eggers (working title: The Wild Things) inspired by Sendak’s iconic tale, to be published by Ecco Press.
Awesome… Where the Wild Things Are is my favorite children’s book of all time.
AND Spike Jonze is directing AND I believe Karen O from YYYs is did some music for it. I’ve become quite curious about this.