Lauren Ambrose (TV's "Six Feet Under") is set to voice one of the monsters in Spike Jonze's fantasy film "Where the Wild Things Are" for Warner Bros. Pictures says Reuters.

An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's children's book, Ambrose will play KW, one of the giant creatures in the land of the Wild Things. When a young boy named Max visits their strange world, KW and company turn him into their king.

Ambrose replaces the previously cast Michelle Williams. Shooting on the project took place in secret last year in Australia.