Director Spike Jonze wasn’t looking to make a kiddy movie when he signed onto Where the Wild Things Are.  He had a much larger idea in mind.

Good thing the author of the Caldecott-winning book, Maurice Sendak, had wider goals himself and Jonze instinctively knew what Sendak really intended.

Click onto two media bars for Spike Jonze early plans and conversations with Maurice Sendak for the movie version of Where the Wild Thngs Are.

Where the Wild Things Are opened Friday.