Forest Whitaker defends 'Where the Wild Things Are'

The controversy surrounding Spike Jonze's film version of Where The Wild Things Are continues. As we previously reported, this movie has been experiencing its fair share of troubles. The film is currently set for reshoots and eventual release in late 2009 which really sucks since we've been waiting on this film for quite a while now.

Now Forest Whitaker joins the debate. He of course is one of the A-list actors voicing the wild things and he is coming out in support of Spike Jonze's original film. He and his kids have seen the film and he completely endorses Jonze's vision saying that it's completely appropriate for the kids (which seems to be Warner Brothers' main concern).

Whitaker was recently interviewed by MTV and had this to say:

"I play Ira, he puts the holes in the trees," the Oscar-winner grinned. "I have a wife and kid, and we're the only family unit inside [the land of the Wild Things]. It's a good movie. I saw an early cut of it. I brought my kids to see it, and I was really impressed."

"[The dark scenes] are the point of the movie, and I hope that they maintain that point, because I think children can identify with a character who is upset. ...[Max] rolls by himself, no father figure; this is a single family home...These are real issues that the character deals with, and I hope that [the filmmakers] continue to explore them, because kids need to see that; they need to see that other kids are dealing with it."