10 Movies That Changed Hugely From The Trailers
4. Where The Wild Things Are
The trailers for Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book suggested a whimsical, feel-good movie about a young boy (Max Records) heading off on a wondrous adventure with a group of majestic creatures.
And this couldn't be much further from the truth.
3.5 years passed between Jonze starting shooting and the final film hitting cinemas, with Warner Bros. delaying the film by a year after VFX tests were leaked online and met with an intensely hostile reaction from fans.
Word soon did the rounds that the studio was considering re-shooting the entire movie, prompting Warner Bros. to issue a statement that they had simply given Jonze more money and time to finish the film.
With rumours of test screenings scaring children, it was felt that the studio wanted Jonze to broaden the film for more mainstream audiences.
Jonze then spent six more months re-tooling the movie, largely focused on tightening up the VFX.
Yet ultimately, despite Warner Bros. striving for a film reflective of that teaser trailer, the final result is actually surprisingly downbeat and depressing, and feels much closer to Jonze's intended vision - yet not the one bore out by the marketing.