Poster for Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are

I'm really looking forward to Director Spike Jonze's live action film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book Where the Wild Things Are. (the screenplay is written by Dave Eggers)

The official movie trailer is going to air as a preview for DreamWorks' Monsters vs. Aliens (in theaters March 27th, 2009).

A preliminary trailer leaked last month on the web, and later came with a disclaimer from the director that it was premature.

(film poster found via slash film via Nick magazine)

Cathleen Elliott said on March 20, 2009

I can NOT wait :-) Great poster. Looks like the "wild things" are well done.

Kirk DouPonce said on March 20, 2009

I'm both excited and scared. What if they don't do it justice? Could they?

Gretchen Hehlo said on March 20, 2009

No Kidding. The scariest thing about this movie COULD be the quality of the kid-actor. He already looks a bit forced. Nice poster!

Celia Baker said on March 21, 2009

I'm really excited about this film. Seriously, Sendak is my hero, and from this interview - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39145 - it sounds like Spike is doing an awesome job of keeping the feel of the book and not over hollywoodizing it.

Chad Mangers said on March 24, 2009

oh man that's great! i remember that book as a kid! i loved it!!!

Karen Horton said on March 26, 2009

The trailer for WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE went live today:

Brian Slawson said on March 26, 2009

Also at this link in HD -- http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/wherethewildthingsare/. UF professor John Cech is a Sendak expert. Here is a short audio podcast about Sendak. You can listen to other podcasts here.