I can’t begin to tell you how much of a profound effect this book had on me (as well as everyone else) when I was a kid.  I can remember reading Where The Wild Things Are and then acting out the story in my mind or by myself, it just opened a world of imagination that I still feel some connection to to this day.

Through the years I’ve seen many (kids) books translated onto the big screen, but always wondered when this one would would have its day.  When I heard Spike Jonze was directing, I was absolutely elated, in my opinion it was either him or Michel Gondry who would truly be able to tackle the story and give it justice.  Then there was the leak of the ‘test shoot’, which made me anticipate the film even more, but then the stories of studio heads demanding there be a re-shoot and re-edit because kids were scared into crying during screenings and my hopes once again started to fade.

Then low and behold….

The trailer looks amazing and I even love the taglines:

Inside all of us is hope,

Inside all of us is fear,

Inside all of us is adventure,

Inside all of us is a wild thing…

Can’t wait till October 16th!

For those of you who are fans of Maurice Sendak, you could take a trek down to NYC’s unofficial 6th borough to check out a retrospective of his work.