Tintin (film)
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| Untitled Tintin project | |
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| Directed by | Peter Jackson Steven Spielberg |
| Produced by | Steven Spielberg Kathleen Kennedy Peter Jackson |
| Written by | Screenplay: Steven Moffat Comic Book: Hergé |
| Distributed by | DreamWorks (through Paramount Pictures) |
| Release date(s) | TBA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100 million |
| IMDb profile | |
The untitled Tintin project is an announced film project of three back-to-back features that are going to be based on The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books created by Belgian artist Georges Remi, better known by his pen name, Hergé.
Steven Spielberg, during the Cannes Film Festival 2008, has confirmed that he will direct the first film himself before his project Lincoln. Main shooting is scheduled to start in September 2008. The second film will be directed by Peter Jackson, and the third will be co-directed by Spielberg and Jackson.[1]. Steven Moffat is writing the scripts for the three films, which will be filmed using motion capture.
Thomas Sangster and Andy Serkis will star.[2]
[edit] Development
Spielberg has been an avid fan of The Adventures of Tintin comic books, which he discovered in 1981 when a film critic compared Raiders of the Lost Ark with Tintin. Spielberg wanted to adapt the comic book series as a motion picture for over 25 years. He had the opportunity to talk about the project on the phone with Hergé himself, but the artist died before actually meeting with Spielberg. He and his production partner Kathleen Kennedy of Amblin Entertainment have obtained and lost various rights throughout the years, never going beyond the development stage. Spielberg bought an option on the Tintin character shortly before Hergé's death in 1983. However, at that point Spielberg was not confirmed to be directing and hence Hergé refused to sign the contract.[3] In November 2002, Dreamworks bought the film rights to the Tintin series.[4]
Spielberg announced he would be collaborating with Jackson for a motion capture film trilogy in May 2007. Weta Digital has produced a 20 minute test reel that has demonstrated the method of using motion capture combined with the latest 3-D technology to bring Hergé's famed characters to life. Both Spielberg and Jackson felt that a live action adaptation would not do justice to the comic books and felt that using live actors over whose movements animated characters would be created would be the best way of representing Hergé's world of Tintin.[5] Jackson stated that "For well over a year now, artists at Weta have been quietly testing the theory of creating life-like reproductions of Tintin, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and many of the other core cast - faithfully replicating Hergé’s original designs, but not rendering them as cartoons, or the familiar looking computer animated characters – instead we’re making them look photo realistic, the fibers of their clothing, the pores of their skin and each individual hair. They look exactly like real people – but real Hergé people!"[6]
In October 2007, Steven Moffat signed on to write the screenplay for the three Tintin films.[7] The story will be taken from among the twenty-three Tintin books published between 1929 and 1976.[8] Spielberg stated he will direct the first film, that Jackson himself would direct the second, and that they would co-direct the third.
[edit] References
- ^ Cendrowicz, Leo. "Spielberg reveals more Tintin plans", The Dominion Post, 2008-05-20. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
- ^ BBC - Doctor Who - News
- ^ Cendrowicz, Leo. "DreamWorks to film comic hero Tintin", The Hollywood Reporter, 2007-03-09. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.
- ^ "Tintin 'to become movie hero'", BBC News, 2002-11-22. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- ^ Thompson, Anne. "Spielberg, Jackson team for Tintin", Variety, 2007-05-14. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.
- ^ Murray, Rebecca. "Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg Unite for Tintin Movies", About.com, 2007-05-15. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
- ^ Carly Mayberry. "Scribe Moffat on 'Tintin' case", The Hollywood Reporter, 2007-10-02. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
- ^ "Spielberg to make Tintin movie'", BBC News, 2007-05-15. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.
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