Check out some of the first pictures from “Where the Wild Things Are,” showing Max and “beast” Carol, voiced by James Gandolfini.

Where the Wild Things Are is the big screen version of the 1963 Maurice Sendak classic.

USAToday has a great slideshow of scenes from the movie.

The first trailer for Where the Wild Things Are will show with Monsters vs. Aliens, opening March 27.

Where the Wild Things Are opens October 16 and stars Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara and Forest Whitaker.