Where the other 'Wild Things' are: Children's picture books that became movies

Maurice Sendak's 1963 classic "Where the Wild Things Are" brings Max and the Wild Things to the big screen on Oct. 16. It's the latest in a line of storybooks to find their ways to movie screens. From Walt Disney's classic animation to modern CGI, the images that spark children's imaginations have proved fertile inspiration for moviemakers.

While Sendak's book is only nine sentences long, the movie looks to fill an hour and a half with the wild rumpus. Will it succeed? Director Spike Jonze should look to the children's book adaptations that came before.

-- Andy Grieser, Zap2it