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1. Kurt says:

   June 12, 2008 at 6:10 am

   As usual, stills from WTWTA look fabulous. Last I read, everything was fine with this production, so fingers crossed!

   We’ve all heard that the film is allegedly “too dark for children,” but ‘Wild Things’ producer John Carls insisted to EW that “there is nothing inappropriate for a child.”

   EW says “bloggers fueled the bad buzz” (see? we told you guys to calm the fuck down) and evidently “Alvin & The Chipmunks” screenwriter Jon Vitti was requested by Warners to make “significant changes” to the script (calm! calm people, he also wrote for “The Simpson’s” movie, SNL and the “Larry Sanders Show”).

   However, Carls said the tone of the script would not change and explained, “We’re inserting new moments that will make the individual ‘Wild Things’ story line more clear.”

   [ed. Hear that thud? Someone on the Internet just fainted...]

   Warners issued a statement, “We have always believed in and continue to support this film. As with all films, post-production is an evolving process, and Spike Jonze will be shooting some additional scenes.”

   EW also notes that Jonze also doesn’t have, GASP, final cut over the final film. Online geeks have encouraged Jonze to leak his cut over the Internet, but Carls said that won’t happen. The original author of the children’s book Maurice Sendak is evidently, “very pleased with what Spike has accomplished thus far.

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2. rot says:

   June 12, 2008 at 7:17 am

   release date appears to be October so maybe this will make it to TIFF.

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3. stump says:

   June 12, 2008 at 11:01 am

   I heard rumors months ago originating from inside production that there were serious script problems on this. Eggers has never written a screenplay – I’m thinking this it the cause for delay. The fact that they just went back for reshoots is not encouraging. However, it’s nice to see that some progress may have been made.

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4. rot says:

   June 12, 2008 at 11:47 am

   Eggers can tell a story, Jonze can envision it… that should have been enough

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5. Andy says:

   June 12, 2008 at 2:07 pm

   As long as Dakota Fanning isn’t starring in this, I’m fine with it.

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6. Marina Antunes says:

   June 12, 2008 at 2:30 pm

   @ Andy

   BRILLIANT

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7. Andrew James says:

   May 15, 2009 at 9:26 am

   Updated with MUCH nicer looking version of the image.

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