Spielberg on Board for "Tintin"
Steven Spielberg has lined up his next project, directing the first movie in the Tintin trilogy for DreamWorks. It will be his next project after directing directing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which grossed $780 million worldwide so far.
I must really be out of the loop, because I’ve never heard of this series. Written by Herge between 1942 and 1944, Tintin follows the adventures of popular Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy. It’s going to take a while to get “Rin Tin Tin” out of my head when I hear the name.
The first movie will be based on two of the books, “The Secret of the Unicorn” and “Red Rackham’s Treasure.” Scripted by Doctor Who writer Stephen Moffat, it’ll be animated with motion-capture technology and star 18-year-old Thomas Sangster as Tintin and Andy Serkis as his friend Captain Haddock.
Hmmm…
More after the jump…
Apparently, there are some crossed wires somewhere, though. On Tuesday, Herge Studios, which holds the rights to the character, announced that Peter Jackson was moving into the director’s chair for the first film. But both Jackson’s and Spielberg’s camps say that Jackson remains attached to direct the sequel, though he will still be a producer on the first film.
In the meantime, Jackson is wrapping The Lovely Bones for DreamWorks/Paramount before moving on to co-write the two “Hobbit” movies for New Line and MGM.
Image: Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount Pictures, 2008; Source: Hollywood Reporter
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Jan 5, 2009 at 9:35 pm
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