In theatres Oct. 16
Australia. That’s where the wild things are. Director Spike Jonze made extensive use of Down Under locales for his long-awaited take on Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s tale. ”The look and feel is very naturalistic—when our creatures knock down trees, they really knock down trees,” says Jonze. ”When I was a boy, reading this story, I imagined myself really being there—not in front of a bluescreen.”
Jonze has been in production since 2006 and admits ”none of it was easy.” Among the challenges: evoking the rich interior life of a precocious child (newcomer Max Records, left). ”The movie rests on Max’s performance,” says Jonze. ”It’s all about taking this 9-year-old seriously as a person.”
via: EW.com
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