Where the Wild Things Are is a highly anticipated upcoming 2009 film adaptation of the Maurice Sendak children’s book of the same name. The film is directed by Spike Jonze and written by Jonze and Dave Eggers. The film combines live action, suitmation, animatronics, and CGI. Its release is currently scheduled for October 16, 2009.
Plot: The film concerns the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is angry when his mother, Connie, invites her boyfriend over. After causing one mischievous antic after another, he is sent to his room without supper. Feeling angry and unloved, he then creates a forest bordering a massive ocean, and sails away to an island inhabited by many imaginary monsters called the Wild Things, who crown him as their ruler.
Cast
* Catherine Keener as Connie, Max’s Mother
* Mark Ruffalo as Connie’s boyfriend
* Max Records as Max
* Lauren Ambrose as KW (voice)
* James Gandolfini as Carol (voice)
* Catherine O’Hara as Judith (voice)
* Forest Whitaker as Ira (voice)
