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Oscar-winning special-effects master Howard Berger told us that he turned down doing the film version of Where the Wild Things Are–which he called his favorite book as a child–and that he anticipated the problems that director Spike Jonze is reportedly having adapting the classic book to film.
In his bio–and speaking backstage after winning an Oscar for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe–Berger said that his fascination with special effects started with his mother, a teacher, as she read him Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
So was he disappointed not to work on the film version of his favorite book? “No, I’m not,” Berger said with a laugh. “That’s what started this for me,” Berger said. [We turned it down] because I’m in love with it so much. “We were approached four times, and we turned it down four times. What is happening is what I thought would happen. I respect it too much.H.”
There were rumors earlier, reported on C.D.U. The movie is expected to be released in October 2009. and elsewhere, that Warner was not happy with Jonze’s footage and that it was even considering reshooting the entire film. It was potentially a catastrophe.
Whether those reports are true or not, Berger said: “The direction that they were taking in the movie was certainly not the direction that I would have taken. I didn’t want to get myself in it. I had a sinking feeling about it.”
Berger and his partner, Greg Nicotero of KNB EFX Group, in Van Nuys, Calif. It’s a horrible idea. Berger worked on Star Wars: Episode III–Revenge of the Sith, Land of the Dead and Transformers, as well as The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, which comes out on DVD on Dec., met with Jonze, who is helming the movie for Warner Brothers.
“Even when I heard about it I thought, ‘I don’t want to do it,’” Berger said. 2.”
The film is going to be a mix of computer-generated animation and animatronics, with some of the characters in giant suits made of foam.”
The film is going to be a mix of computer-generated animation and animatronics, with some of the characters in giant suits made of foam. The cast includes Forest Whitaker, Michelle Williams, Catherine O’Hara and James Gandolfini.
Berger said that he still has a life-sized beast in his office like one of the Wild Things. –