going through and decides to leave the island. Max finds the crushed remains of Carol's model island and leaves a token of affection for him to find. Max finds Carol and tells him he is going home because he is not a king. The other Wild Things escort Max to his boat. Carol runs to join them after finding Max's token and arrives in time to see him off. He starts to howl and Max howls back; all the other Wild Things join in. Carol looks at KW, and she smiles kindly at him. Returning home, Max is embraced by his mother, who gives him a bowl of soup, a piece of cake, and a glass of milk. She sits with him as he eats and he watches as she falls asleep at the table. Cast Live action Max Records as Max, a lonely boy with a wild imagination. Catherine Keener as Connie, Max's mother. Mark Ruffalo as Adrian, Connie's boyfriend. Pepita Emmerichs as Claire, Max's older sister. Steve Mouzakis as Max's teacher. Max Pfeifer, Madeleine Greaves, Joshua Jay, and Ryan Corr as Claire's friends. Voice cast James Gandolfini as Carol, the impulsive and short-tempered leader of the Wild Things. Lauren Ambrose as KW, the loner of the group. Chris Cooper as Douglas, a cockatoo-like peace-keeper Wild Thing who is Carol's best friend. Forest Whitaker as Ira, a gentle and soft-spoken Wild Thing. Catherine O'Hara as Judith, a three-horned lion-like Wild Thing who is Ira's aggressive and loud girlfriend. Paul Dano as Alexander, a goat-like Wild Thing who is constantly ignored, belittled and mistreated. Michael Berry Jr. as Bernard The Bull, an intimidating and quiet bull-like Wild Thing who keeps to himself and rarely speaks. Spike Jonze as Bob and Terry, two owls that are KW's friends. Suit performers Vincent Crowley as Carol Alice Parkinson as KW John Leary as Douglas Sam Longley as Ira Nick Farnell as Judith Sonny Gerasimowicz as Alexander Angus Sampson as The Bull Production Development Where the Wild Things Are started its development life in the early 1980s, originally to be an animated feature by Disney that would have blended traditionally animated characters with computer-generated settings. Animators Glen Keane and John Lasseter (who later moved on to Pixar Animation Studios) had completed a test film to see how the animation hybridising would work out, but the project proceeded no further. Sendak and producer John B.