The movie poster for director Spike Jonze’s much-anticipated and long-gestating adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s children classic Where the Wild Things Are is out. (You’ll have to wait until Oct. 19 for the movie itself.) And no shocker here (judging from the stills we’ve already seen of the movie), the poster is pretty creepy in that slightly skin-crawling kind of way.
First there’s the big, scary Wild Thing dominating the frame — he’s so big, in fact, he can’t even fully fit on to the poster. Are you like me and dying to see his face up close? The glimpse of his lips is almost too much to handle. Are they, like, gonna maybe eat Max?
Speaking of Max… The tiny little crown-wearing guy is in the seemingly friendly clutches of the Wild Thing, yet he seems to be screaming? Why, you ask, when he and the Wild Thing seem to be coexisting so well — anyone who’s read the book knows that Max is eventually raised up as the King of All Wild Things? Your guess is as good as mine. Next, the ominous tag line: "There’s one in all of us." Oooh, provocative…
The sparse poster only makes me want to see the movie more. For most people, like myself, the Where the Wild Things story is super-familiar. So what delights me about this poster is the intrigue that it conjures: How’s Jonze gonna turn the short, simple story into a feature? What did he add? Will the movie scare kids just as much as the book did? We’ll all certainly have a better idea starting March 27 when the movie’s trailer debuts before showings of Monsters vs. Aliens.
PopWatchers, are you intrigued by this poster? Does it make you want to see the movie more or less? Sound off!
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I LOVE the poster – I think it’s perfect. We all know what the Wild Things look like anyway – no need to show them. It doesn’t weigh on whether or not I want to see the movie – I’m quite curious as to how Spike Jonze will treat this book and expand it into a feature-length production.
I think it’s adorable. The Wild Thing looks like he’s smiling and holding Max, and Max just looks like he’s trying to roar like a wild thing. And he’s wearing a crown. Come on naw.
And the tag line isn’t provocative … there’s [a wild thing] in all of us.
I think the kid is practicing his growl, under the watchful supervision of a Wild Thing. Probably have to develop a good growl to be King of All Wild Things. That’s my theory and I’m sticking with it.
“Wild Things” never scared me as a kid…it took me to a really strange, wonderful, off-the-wall world. I read and re-read that book so many times it had to be replaced over and and over again. Can’t wait for this.
That poster is absolutely brilliant. I keep forgetting about this movie coming out, but I won’t be forgetting now. Can’t wait for October!
Great poster. Can’t wait to see this. I saw a test scene on AICN last year and all I can say is bring your Kleenex. The little bit I saw had a wistfulness to it that tends to lead to tears…
I think the poster’s great. As for the movie can’t wait to see it – although there was a wistfulness to the scene I saw last year that some people (me) can find heartbreaking.
What exactly are those items hanging from the lower section of the wild thing? They appear to either be teats, or possibly testicles. Either way, very disturbing…
This is going to be adorable and cool.
People who loved Maurice Sendaks work are going to love this movie.
On another note, I just saw the trailer for The Land of The Lost. It looks ok, but I must agree with my mom who said that the original television show was better.
Horatio, those “teats” are scales on his legs.
Poster looks great, looking forward to the movie.
I don’t find it creepy or scary. It looks quirky, original, and intelligent. If I had kids, I’d take them to see this is a heartbeat. But that won’t stop me from going myself!
It looks awesome.
You really missed the point of the story, how sad.
This poster really gets me pumped.
I don’t see the creepy…
absolutely nothing creepy about this poster. seriously, lay off the java.