We finally have a release date for Where the Wild Things Are.
Director Spike Jonze's highly-anticipated adaption of the classic children's book will hit theaters on October 16, 2009.
As the big screen adaption of Where the Wild Things Are continues to face trouble, The Los Angeles Times spoke to Warner Brothers President Alan Horn to go on the record about the troubled project, specifically director Spike Jonze's efforts to make it work.
"We've given him more money and, even more importantly, more time for him to work on the film," Horn told the newspaper.
Horn continued:
"We'd like to find a common ground that represents Spike's vision, but still offers a film that really delivers for a broad-based audience. We obviously still have a challenge on our hands. But I wouldn't call it a problem, simply a challenge. No one wants to turn this into a bland, sanitized studio movie. This is a very special piece of material and we're just trying to get it right."
Where the Wild Things Are, of course, is based on the wildly popular children's book by Maurice Sendak.
Lauren Ambrose will be voicing one of the title roles in Spike Jonze's fantasy film Where the Wild Things Are. The movie, of course, is based on the wildly popular book by the same name.
In the feature adaptation of Maurice Sendak's children's tale, Ambrose will play KW, one of the giant creatures 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 replacing the previously cast Michelle Williams. According to a production source, the filmmakers enjoyed working with Williams, but her voice didn't match their original vision of how the Wild Thing should sound.