Where the Wild Things Aren't

Earlier this week some “test” footage from “Where the Wild Things Are” – that’s the new Spike Jonze-directed Guys-in-Bear-Suits/CGI flick that was shot mostly in Melbourne – was leaked onto the internets.

Now, it seems, there’s more trouble for the film.

CHUD reports that the film could essentially be returning to square one – in other words, the studio wants a re-shoot. An entire re-shoot. Of the whole movie. Top to Bottom. Start to Finish. A to B.

Devin from CHUD says, “I'm hearing that just such a massive reshoot is what is on the table right now. And it's not because of technical issues, unless you want to consider the lead kid actor and the script technical issues. Sources tell me that the suits at Legendary and Warner Bros are not happy with Max Records, the actor playing Max, the mischievous boy who is crowned King of the Wild Things. Worse than that, they don't like the film's tone and want to go back to the script drawing board, possibly losing the Spike Jonze/Dave Eggers script when they do it. Apparently the film is too weird and 'too scary,' and the character of Max is being seen as not likable”.

Since Jonze has final cut on the film it’ll be interesting to see what happens here – will, as Devin points out, Warner Bros be forced to release an art-house film in commercial-film garb?

Source: MovieHole