Blistering Barnacles!

[Blue Velvet]

Spielberg & Jackson to produce/direct Tintin movies.

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming to direct and produce three back-to-back features based on Georges Remi's beloved Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin for DreamWorks. Pics will be produced in full digital 3-D using performance capture technology.

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=cannes2007&jump=story&articleid=VR1117964927&cs=1

Jackson said WETA will stay true to Remi's original designs in bringing the cast of Tintin to life, but that the characters won't look cartoonish.

"Instead," Jackson said, "we're making them look photorealistic; the fibers of their clothing, the pores of their skin and each individual hair. They look exactly like real people — but real Herge people!"

I've always thought that the supporting characters in Tintin were far more interesting than Tintin himself. He's a bit bland and a bit of a cipher; can he carry a three film series? Still, it sounds more intriguing than Spiderman 3.

Any Tintin fans keen to see these? Which books would make the best movies?

 

[Jaffa Cake]

I've always thought that the supporting characters in Tintin were far more interesting than Tintin himself. He's a bit bland and a bit of a cipher; can he carry a three film series?

I'd certainly agree hat the supporting characters tend to have more depth to them than the titular hero – mind, despite this they managed to publish nearly 30 books so there must be something about him! I don't see any reason though why the Tintin films couldn't be a success if they stay true to the original stories.

I read this story on the BBC website a little earlier, and my immediate thought was that I'd be very interested to see some images from the test reel they've made. As your link says...

Jackson said WETA will stay true to Remi's original designs in bringing the cast of Tintin to life, but that the characters won't look cartoonish.

"Instead," Jackson said, "we're making them look photorealistic; the fibers of their clothing, the pores of their skin and each individual hair. They look exactly like real people — but real Herge people!"

Interesting.

 

[Telp]

Omg I Love Tintin!!

 

[Blue Velvet]

And will Snowy 'talk?'

Don't think they'll be adapting Tintin in Thailand somehow...

 

[joepunk]

Sweet!

All of the movies have got to have Mister Billions of Blue Blistering Barnacles and Calculus and Thomson and Thompson in them for me. For a guest appearance why not include Bianca Castafiore.

I would love to see "Destination Moon" or "The Calculus Affair.