By Kofi Outlaw

We’ve got the first photos from Spike Jonze’s (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH) big screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE.

The film follows the tale of young Max, a mischievous little boy in a monster-suit who imagines himself away to a fantastic world inhabited by the ‘Wild Things’,’ giant, wily creatures who anoint Max their king.

Lauren Ambrose (SIX FEET UNDER) will star as KW, one of the wild things. This will also be Jonze’s first feature film not written by eccentric scribe Charlie Kaufman (ADAPTATION). Slashfilm.com is reporting that audiences of early test screenings for WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE have come back saying that the film is “Not for children.” Sounds good to me.

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE is currently scheduled for release on October 3rd, 2008. Rant back and tell us what you think of the pics.