It seems as though that Warner Bros. aren't happy with the Spike Jonze film adaptation of our favorite childhood book, Where The Wild Things Are, originally scheduled for release in October. According to various reports, it looks like the execs are worried that the boy playing Max isn't likable enough, and further complicating the matter are reviews from test screeners reporting that the movie can be scary for children. Massive re-shoots have been discussed, obviously putting the release date on hold indefinitely.
Spike is one of my favorite directors, and the people who hired him should have known what they were in for. I really hope they can salvage this movie (word is that Jonze has the final cut and could release it) in any way possible. Go here for a clip, but hurry because the man has been taking them down one by one. Note that it's only a test clip- here's Spike's explanation.
“That was a very early test with the sole purpose of just getting some footage to Ben our vfx (visual effects) supervisor to see if our vfx plan for the faces would work. The clip doesn’t look or feel anything like the movie, the Wild Thing suit is a very early cringy prototype, and the boy is a friend of ours Griffin who we had used in a Yeah Yeah Yeahs video we shot a few weeks before. We love him, but he is not in the actually film...Oh and that is not a wolf suit, its a lamb suit we bought on the internet. Talk to you later...“ - Spike Jonze
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