2009 is the year of indie adaptations of kids' books

Here's the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are, which comes out in October. I probably read that book. I probably owned that book. But the book was not beloved to me and in my memory, only a gray blur comes to mind. So, while this trailer is probably meant to target people in my demographic from several angles - indie director, indie band, childhood memories - it doesn't fully succeed for me personally. But it probably does for people who like Spike Jonze or liked the book a lot. I always knew that Arcade Fire song was meant for a trailer, though.

Fantastic Mr. Fox apparently intends to pull at the same heartstrings. I'll definitely be going giddy over that one, even though that particular Dahl novel never really made an impact on me at a young age. I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple other films pop up over the next 18 months that follow this curious little mini-sub-genre forming.