Do you care about Tintin yet? If you’re American, it’s unlikely, but if you’re reading this in Europe you’re probably massively curious, at the very least. What a weird dichotomy, one that two of fandom’s favorite directors – Spielberg and Jackson – have yet to be able to breach.
While Spielberg has finished the first Tintin film, Peter Jackson says that he hasn’t even fully decided on which story will be the base for the second, which he is directing. Talking to Le Monde (found via Dark Horizons), Jackson says that while he’s leaning towards the South America-set The Seven Crystal Balls/Prisoners of the Sun, “the choice is not final. I will read all the albums of Tintin again
over Christmas and will make a decision before the New Year.”
Spielberg’s film, by the way, while mostly based on The Secret of the Unicorn incorporates many elements of The Crab With the Golden Claws, an opium smuggling tale that introduced Captain Haddock, one of the most colorful of Tintin’s supporting characters.
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isnt this about a german sheppard?
It is, though they never contacted me about it. They'll be hearing from my lawyers.
they're making a tintin movie? they're making TWO tintin movies? what's next, "boris the bear: the series"?
GOD DAMN IT! Like we need another fucking K-9 Cop! It's going to be Milo & Ottis all over again!
yup, spot in. Even though herr spielberg and petey jackson are involved, i could honestly not care less about this movie. What a boring subject
I read all Tintin books many times as a child (had them all) and they could make fantastic movies. I can't wait for this to come out…
Seeing a Peter Jackson version of Prisoners of the Sun would be amazing. That books' as Indiana Jonesy as you can get without being Indiana Jones.
A billion blistering barracuda! Anyone that mentions Tintin and Boris the Bear in the same sentence deserves to be flogged.
Also, the ol' Captain had better get drunk in this one. The lack of a boozed up Haddock was the main problem with the otherwise very good cartoon.
I'm from Canada and I'm psyched for this. I don't know why it's mocap though. I think it would be better shot traditionally. A throwback to North By Northwest, but a bit sillier.
People who are not excited about this are, in fact, homosexual.
I'm homosexual and am pretty excited about this regardless. It's funny such a huge european phenomenon has almost no weight in the u.s. Sort of like soccer. My interest in tintin comes from the cartoon that used to be on nickelodeon when i was growing up in the late 80's/early 90's. I bet that will be one of the major entry points for most americans who don't know the comic.
maybe next they'll make a movie about the swedish cartoon viking that has no vowels in his name.
I'm holding out for Asterix the Gaul.
@sankofa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi7ohVPuk-Y ?
not only has Asterix been filmed in many ways-though not as well done as the comics- you yanks haven't even found out that there's a fantastic new Lucky Luke live-action film out with Dujardin…People not exited about Tintin are zombies. I dare a zombie to answer that one.
Why?? Drop this TinTin stuff and get to Interstellar.
Europeans had Tin Tin and the US had Wheres Waldo. You figure it out.
Luck Luke was shite.
Actually, I'm quite excited about this.
I think cartoons on TV are how most comic book characters become widely known now. Even in US comics, the endless parade of superheroes are largely unknown. Nerds still think that Burton's Batman was based on the comics and not the 60s TV show. NOBODY reads Batman comics.
tintin is amazing and i'm very excited about this movie. my whole family got hooked when my little bro started reading them. they're great!
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