Finally, a new film from Spike Jonze, his adaptation of the beloved children’s book, Where The Wild Things Are . Is it really possible that this is only his second full-length directorial effort, his first since Being John Malkovitch (my personal favorite absurdist science fiction comedy?) Needless to say, his eminence is underscored by plenty of extraordinary music videos. I particularly like his Gap commercial. But then again, I like breaking things.
If that weren’t exciting enough for geeky fanboys like myself, the script is the film debut of none other than the ubiquitous Dave Eggers, of McSweeneys and 826 fame, and the soundtrack features those mighty purveyors of orchestral pop, the Arcade Fire.
It seems twitter is all atwitter over this story. To give credit where credit is due, I first heard about it through filmdrunk, who’s currently blogging about a Farrely brothers Three Stooges remake starring Sean Penn [sic], Benicio del Toro [sic] and Jim Carrey [of course].
