Queen Of The Wild Things

...til Gaga said "JUST DANCE"
and tamed them with the disco stick
(reddit via BuzzFeed)

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The first trailer for Spike Jonze's adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are is out — with Arcade Fire's Wake Up as the backing track — and it looks great, if a little creepy. Of course that could just be me. The book always scared me a little.

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Where The Wild Things Are

So they really are making a movie of Maurice Sendak's classic kid lit book, Where The Wild Things Are? Seems so.

Will it terrify little children? I would have thought so, but we read this to Tristan all the time and he's 2 1/2 and has no qualms about it. I suppose if nobody has ever told you monsters are scary, you have nothing to fear.

The film is being directed by Spike Jonze and adapted by Dave Eggers, so the material is in good hands, but I never thought we'd see this on the big screen, let alone a live action version.

Here's a bit of leaked footage:


(Poster via ComingSoon)