Wild Things Movie Might Be Too Good For Kids

I try to stay away from speculation and rumor whenever I run a newsy type entry. But since I've been posting a lot about Wild Things lately and because CHUD.com's Devin Faraci is a reliable source, I'll break my rule.
There's now talk going around that the movie will go through a massive reshoot because it's just too offbeat. From Faraci's article-

Yet I'm hearing that just such 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.

Where The Wild Things Are screened for a test audience in Pasadena late last year; my friend BC, who watches a horror movie a day, caught the screening and liked what he saw, but I've also been told that the movie is 'subversive,' which is just the sort of thing that drives studio suits up the wall. The film, I keep hearing, is pretty great at this early stage of post-production, but it could very possibly not be a commercial movie. You can imagine the panic at Warner Bros when they realized they'd made a reportedly 75 million dollar kiddie art house film.

You can read the full CHUD.com article HERE.

Let's hope the good guys win and we get to see an unmolested version in theaters next year. The thought of an adaptation with poop jokes and a Hannah Montana cover of the Troggs' Wild Thing (complete with end credits dance number) makes me throw up in my lap.