This decade's 10 riskiest book-to-film adaptations

'Where the Wild Things Are'

For a long, long time no one thought Maurice Sendak’s 1963 book “Where the Wild Things Are” could be brought to the big screen. But Sendak selected co-writer/director Spike Jonze to take on the project, and the rest is (a long, complicated, expensive) history.

This certainly isn’t the first time the cinematic adaptation of a book has been risky business. With that, a look back at the risks and results of other recent page-to-screen gambles. – Matt Pais