Source:Tom Tinneny

January 14, 2009

ComingSoon.net talked to Andy Serkis, who stars in the January 23 fantasy-adventure Inkheart, about returning to performance capture in Steven Spielberg's Tintin, Peter Jackson's Tintin 2, and The Hobbit.

"We are starting 'Tintin' the week after next," Serkis said. "Peter Jackson is producing and Steven Spielberg is directing. I remember reading them as a child. I wasn't this massive fan. I loved the almost storyboard nature of the beautiful, beautiful drawings. And the way its going to be done... It's obviously performance capture so it's is going to be perfect. There isn't a more perfect way of doing it."

As was previously reported, Spielberg will direct the first film and produce the second, while Jackson will direct the second and produce the first.

About The Hobbit, Serkis said that he "met Guillermo prior to him actually being attached. It was all very much going to happen so we met at an awards and sort of giggling at the fact we were going to be working together actually. I am going to really be looking forward to it. I mean the combination between he and Peter is extraordinary as well. I know they are writing at the moment. But other than that, I really have no idea. Peter is producing. Same writing team of Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens is writing with Guillermo."

The first of the two "Hobbit" films is scheduled for a release in December of 2011 followed by the second film in December of 2012.

Serkis' performance capture credits include playing Gollum/Smeagol in the "Lord of the Rings" films and Kong in King Kong.