Spike Jonze Responds to Where The Wild Things Are Video Clip

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SPIKE JONZE RESPONDS TO 'WILD THINGS' CLIP
Published 2/20/2008 at FilmDrunk.com
... Meanwhile, /Film is reporting that Where the Wild Things Are's release has been pushed to 2009 and the studio is "extremely unhappy" with it, because it's "too adult", and "too scary for children." ...

'Where The Wild Things Are' Test Screenings Are Making Children Cry [Leaks]
Published 2/20/2008 by Molly Friedman at Defamer
When that alleged clip from Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are hit the internets earlier this week, the reactions to the footage varied widely. Even though we loved it, a barrage of negative feedback almost immediately began taking root in the comment sections of many blogs who covered the leak ("a piece of crap," said a Movieweb reader; "looks like a car crash," said a Gawker commenter). The furor caused Jonze to make a statement defending his highly-anticipated project: That was a very early test with ...

Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are is Being Entirely Reshot?
Published 2/21/2008 by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net
... ). Jonze recently released a statement through Warner Brothers saying that the clip was very old test footage (read that here), and not actual footage from the movie. Devin points out that this may be a good sign for the film, saying that possibly "not all is lost" with this "glimmer of good news." Maybe Where the Wild Things Are isn't entirely doomed and maybe Jonze is attempting to work with Warner Brothers to resolve any issues. At least it's a good sign to see that Jonze is communicating positively with Warner Brothers. ...

Hey Warners! Leave Spike Jonze and ‘Wild Things’ Alone!
Published 2/21/2008 at Vulture
... Is Spike Jonze about to get fired from Where the Wild Things Are? Rampant speculation on the Web suggests things might be getting tense at Warner Bros. owing to the adaptation of Maurice Sendak's book Jonze wrote with Dave Eggers. According to /Film, recent test screenings of the film yielded poor responses, and Cinematic Happening Under Development reports that Warner Bros. is panicking because the $75 million production looks "uncommercial," and ...

Hollywood Shuffle - Where the Wild Things ... Aren't?
Published 2/22/2008 at Radar: Fresh Intelligence Blog
... reports that the $75 million movie is on the verge of being lost to a start-to-finish reshoot that will turn it into Monsters Inc. 2 . The plan was to use Jim Henson Creature shop for the beasts' suits; their faces would be added in later with CGI. Some whispers have the studio blaming the animation process and Jonze's overall vision for the reshoots, but, as depicted in the ultra-twee test- scene above (a kid in a bunny suit doing the robot? Jesus!), the look is signature Spike. What did the studio expect? The real issue, Chud reports, citing studio sources, is the choice ...

Odds: "Expelled" trumps Ono and Godard drops out.
Published 6/2/2008 by Alison Willmore at IFC: Indie Eye
... with his frequent screenwriting collaborator John August on the script and Johnny Depp rumored to star as Barnabus Collins. Meanwhile, having reportedly made children in test audiences cry, Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are" will be reshooting in L.A. from June 5-30, according to ...