Awesome

Where the Wild Things Are, based on Maurice Sendak’s classic picture book, is slated for major motion picture release in mid-2009.

via Wild Things All Over – 2/4/2008 – Publishers Weekly.

and…

the film will carry a blockbuster of a tie-in—and it’s not the book the film is based on: it is a solo novel, written by Eggers (working title: The Wild Things) inspired by Sendak’s iconic tale, to be published by Ecco Press.

Awesome… Where the Wild Things Are is my favorite children’s book of all time.