Everyone’s talking about Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak, which has been adapted and directed by Spike Jonze. 
Where The Wild Things Are poster for sale for $14.5o at 123posters.com
But, I’m actually more excited about another upcoming movie that has been adapted from a beloved children’s book–Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox! I love this book. The stop-motion film is directed by Wes Anderson and features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, and Jason Schwartzman.
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This first edition copy of the Fantastic Mr Fox book, with Tony Ross’ illustrations, is available at The Wee Web
I’m stoked! Just found out that PBS has a new film version of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles in their Masterpiece series. It’s showing January 4-11, 2009 on PBS. Gemma Arterton stars as Tess, Eddie Redmayne as Angel, and Hans Matheson as Alec D’Urberville. Should be interesting to see how it compares to the book.
