Post by beepbeepelizabot on Sept 18, 2008 17:38:31 GMT -5
i'm super excited to see spike jonze's adaptation of where the wild things are 
i think it's coming out next year? its in post-production. it's live action, ANIMATRONICS!, and some cgi. it was written by dave eggers, an author who's pretty popular among the hip kids. i've never read his stuff but i've heard good things i'm excited.
[for those of you who never read it -- an illustration from the book]
i've seen stills and a leaked clip of it-- which was apparently just a screen test? but it looks really good i guess it's going to be a bit dark, as it should be, and the studio wanted to dilute it and dumb it down for the wee ones. (which, on a side note, if i were a kid, i would be insulted by the children's movies they've come out with in the past decade. kids are smart, and they can follow a storyline, and they can stomach unhappy endings. but if they keep releasing things like that chihuahua movie? who knows.) so i think jonze took it somewhere else that wouldn't stifle his work.. and that's why it's taking so long...
and, speaking of children's book adaptations....
whatever happened to wes anderson's stop-motion animation of roald dahl's fantastic mr. fox
they started that SO long ago. i was starting to think it was canned 'cause i haven't heard anything on it for so long. but i guess the release date is november 6th 2009.
i'm glad to see some of my favorite directors stepping in and bringing animatronics and stop animation (and undiluted storylines!) back to children's films.
i'm happy now just thinking about it.
i think it's coming out next year? its in post-production. it's live action, ANIMATRONICS!, and some cgi. it was written by dave eggers, an author who's pretty popular among the hip kids. i've never read his stuff but i've heard good things i'm excited. [for those of you who never read it -- an illustration from the book]
i've seen stills and a leaked clip of it-- which was apparently just a screen test? but it looks really good
i guess it's going to be a bit dark, as it should be, and the studio wanted to dilute it and dumb it down for the wee ones. (which, on a side note, if i were a kid, i would be insulted by the children's movies they've come out with in the past decade. kids are smart, and they can follow a storyline, and they can stomach unhappy endings. but if they keep releasing things like that chihuahua movie? who knows.) so i think jonze took it somewhere else that wouldn't stifle his work.. and that's why it's taking so long...and, speaking of children's book adaptations....
whatever happened to wes anderson's stop-motion animation of roald dahl's fantastic mr. fox
they started that SO long ago. i was starting to think it was canned 'cause i haven't heard anything on it for so long. but i guess the release date is november 6th 2009. i'm glad to see some of my favorite directors stepping in and bringing animatronics and stop animation (and undiluted storylines!) back to children's films.
i'm happy now just thinking about it.
