So, that test footage from Where the Wild Things Are shows up online and then a statement is released by Warner Bros. courtesy of director Spike Jonze and now today CHUD is reporting that executives behind the scenes at Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures are right now trying to figure out whether or not to essentially reshoot the entire film.

Personally this doesn't matter to me in the slightest. I don't quite know how this film would have turned out and was really unsure how they could turn it into a movie based on that kid's book it was adapted from. However, the fact that Jim Henson's folks designed the suits for the creatures in the film gives me pause and makes me think it is a movie I would dig. So what is this business about reshooting the entire film? The last time something like this happened at WB it resulted in two shitty Exorcist prequels.

Devin at CHUD gives us this:

[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 (check out some of the test screening responses that Slashfilm is running).

I've been on the phone to Warner Bros and Legendary and have not been able to get official statements about the status of the film, or whether Spike has final cut. A less reliable source has told me that he does in fact have final cut, which means that if he doesn't want to go back and do the reshoots he doesn't have to – but Warner Bros could still fire him and assign the reshoots to someone more compliant. Spike has a crew he likes to work with and they have not yet been told to gear up for additional shooting although they do know that it could be coming.

You can read the full report right here, and I will keep you updated on any new information that comes down the pike.

Where the Wild Things Are is aiming for a 2009 release… at least for now.

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