'Where the Wild Things Are' Gets a Poster and a Trailer Update
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It's been so long since we heard anything about Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are that you would be forgiven if you thought it had been shelved indefinitely. But no! The poster has arrived, courtesy of the Spike Jonze Fan Blog who scanned it from Nick Magazine. You can see it in our tiny Wild Things gallery below. I have to say, I love that all the promotional materials are keeping to a misty, mysterious theme -- in an age where everything is spoiled the moment it starts filming, I love when a studio can keep some suspense going.
However, we'll get our first look at the monsters and Max in action very, very soon. CHUD is reporting that the first trailer (no teaser this time, it'll apparently be a full three-minute trailer set to the Arcade Fire's Wake Up) will be attached to Monsters Vs Aliens, so you have a mere nine days to wait! But just to tease you, here's what CHUD's scooper described: Try as I might, I can't verbalize how I felt about the trailer beyond the most grandiose superlatives: 'beautiful' and 'gorgeous' and 'breathtaking', making me sound like Pete Hammond. The environments in particular (there's a sequence of cutting between 4 shots of Max running through different environments that is absolutely magical) are a work of incredible vision, especially in light of the production methods Spike opted for. It does feel like a 'kids movie' (not pejorative): the trailer repeatedly made me about eight years old, over and over again. Unless I'm an idiot, and you'll see yourself in a week or two, the finalized monsters are some kind of incredible technical achievement.
Anything that sends a person into superlatives has to be worth seeing. Can't wait.
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3-18-2009 @ 11:21AM
Raven said...
Best movie poster I've seen in a while. Can't wait for the trailer :)
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3-19-2009 @ 2:20AM
L.G. said...
Saw an early workprint test screening of this movie way back in '07. Even in its rough form, the film was beautiful, haunting, and thoughtful trip. And the creature effects were fantastic and it all worked so well, I didn't notice the largely completely animation-less faces of the wild things.
On a side-note, the temp score was largely comprised of choice Arcade Fire tunes, including the brilliant "Wake Up" purportedly featured in the trailer and it worked wonderfully.
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3-20-2009 @ 2:17PM
chaingunzx said...
Looks pretty good! Has enough of that dark feel to probably put it on "the most creepiest films watched" list 20 years down the line, for those children who see it presently. the muted tones really gives me that Time Bandits by Terry Gilliam vibe off of it. And i loved Time Bandits as a kid. Found it creepy as hell too.
And that poster is fantastic!!!
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