"Where the Wild Things Are" Screen Test!

[erin anadkat]

Apparently, someone "happened" to let loose on YouTube (yeah, right Warner Bros., likely story) a video clip of a screen test from music video director Spike Jonze and acclaimed novelist Dave Eggers's Where the Wild Things Are, which doesn't reach theaters until 2009. The film Where the Wild Things Are is based on a famed classic children's book of the same title by Maurice Sendak.

Interestingly enough, the final version of the film is expected to incorporate both CGI and puppetry. For example, presumably in the video clip link posted below, the puppet's face will be animated by CGI.  Of course, this doesn't always emulate the script itself; does anyone remember MirrorMask? 

[Sheridan Passell]

That's my mantra for good creature effects, you have to mix cg and practical. They've done it here, and it looks great.