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Wild Things film stills emerge, Oct. release still set
After a slew of problems previously reported by Paste, new screenshots from Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are surfaced at USA Today this week.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSpike Jonze working on Maurice Sendak documentary
Hunter Hill and Perry Moore were unlikely directors for Lake City. It was their first feature and the two had extremely limited experience with film, the only other credits to their names Moore's work as executive producer on the Chronicles of Narnia films. Whatever its success, it was a bold undertaking. Apparently it or Hill's work with Paper magazine attracted the notice of Spike Jonze, who's currently at work on the effects and post-production of Where the Wild Things Are.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSpike Jonze reuniting with Weezer for band's next video
Like peanut butter and jelly, Sonny and Cher, or a monkey and a cowboy outfit, some things just go together well. Collaborations between Weezer and Spike Jonze have always been fruitful, producing some of the most inventive music videos ever conceived. Videos for "Undone," "Buddy Holly," and "Island in the Sun" helped Jonze get the notice he needed to transition into the feature director he is today.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJonze's Where the Wild Things Are back on for Oct. 2009
You just kind of have to wonder what happened on the first round of shooting for the adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSpike Jonze has final cut on Wild Things?
At this point, it almost feels like we've been worried about Where the Wild Things Are for as long as the project has existed... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCharlie Kaufman to make directorial debut at Cannes
Charlie Kaufman will make his directorial debut on Friday when his film Synecdoche, New York premieres at the Cannes Film Festival.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsGandolfini, Washington, Travolta to star in Pelham 123
James Gandolfini, Denzel Washington and John Travolta have signed on to star in the upcoming Columbia Pictures film The Taking of Pelham 123, Variety reports. Action movie aficionado Tony Scott (Top Gun, Man on Fire) will direct the film, which is a remake of the 1978 thriller starring Walter Matthau. Washington will play a transit cop forced to go head-to-head with a group of hijackers who hold a packed subway car ransom. Travolta will play the gang’s leader, and Gandolfini's casting as the mayor of New York City was announced only yesterday. Fresh off of his Golden Globe win for... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKanye West reveals tour dates, hangs out in car trunk
What better way to celebrate the day after Valentine's Day (take that, Hallmark!) than with a viewing of the new Kanye West "Flashing Lights" video? Why, this Spike Jonze/Kanye-directed clip has everything you and your sweetie need for the day after a night of romance: a roasty-toasty fire, a Playboy model in skimpy lingerie, a speedy automobile, some light bondage (for the adventurous lovers)—and...wait, she stabs Kanye with a shovel at the end? And then the screen abruptly cuts to black? Before the song's even over? On second thought, maybe scrap that whole video-watching idea and consider presenting your significant... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKaren O says "Yeah Yeah Yeah" to Wild Things
Although the release of the highly anticipated film version of Where the Wild Things Are may have been pushed back to 2009, work on the film’s soundtrack seems to be moving full speed ahead. Director Spike Jonze has teamed up once more with famed film composer Carter Burwell (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich). But Burwell won’t be the only one setting the whimsical score for the famed children’s book. As previously reported, Karen O, lead singer of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, has been rumored to be linked to the project as well. Although the extent of her involvement has remained fuzzy, Burwell... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKaren O is Where the Wild Things Are
There were a few reasons why we did a hop and a leap into bed out of fear that something under the bed would eat us when we were five. Namely: monsters. And not amiable, cuddly creatures like Monster Inc.'s Sulley. We're talking jaundiced, googly-eyed monsters like in Maurice Sendak's classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are. With a gigantic budget of a speculated $80 million, the fiercely protective Sendak is enthused about the movie adaptation by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers. The Daily Swarm led us to a report that Jonze's ex-flame and Yeah Yeah Yeahs doyenne Karen... read more
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