Trivias

• Eric Goldberg' was at one point attached to direct.
• The open call for Max was huge. It took several months and thousands of boys auditioned from several countries worldwide.
• Spike Jonze was approached by Maurice Sendak and was asked to take on the film adaptation. A movie had been on the burner since the early 90s, and Mr. Sendak had not being able to find anyone fitting to take it on.
• The creatures will be actors in 6-8 foot tall costumes, operating from inside. The faces will be computer-generated.
• Throughout the writing process, Jonze and Eggers kept in close contact with Maurice Sendak, consulting and sharing script changes, models of the monsters, etc.
• It's said that Actors in the monster costumes would wear the head for no more than half an hour at time, after which they'd have 10-15 minute breaks in front of an air-conditioner. Stunt Performers would remain fully suited for hours at a time, without air conditioning.
• Numerous cameras followed the actors around to get our expressions and feelings. The images would then be digitally 'infused' onto the faces of the puppets and the how they moved would move based on the actors' performances.
• Originally, the film had a May 2008 release, which was pushed back to October 2008, after that, it was pushed back to a 2009 release.
• Filming began in 2005.
• Early development of a film version were leaning towards a fully animated film.