Disney’s Where the Wild Things Are
Weird. Apparently Disney was planning on making an animated version of Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic Where the Wild Things Are in 1983, and just now about 20 seconds of animation for the tanked movie has surfaced on the infonet as part fo some documentary. The early ’80s were not Disney’s strongest time, but at least if it had been released it wouldn’t have had all the incredibly forced musical numbers and comedian voice actors of the ’90s films. Still, I’m perfectly happy to wait for Spike Jonze’s version in a few months. Thanks to MyNoNos for the tip. (Via I Heart Chaos)
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