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Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig Join Tintin!

Source:Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment

January 26, 2009

Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced the start of principal photography on the 3D motion capture feature The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig. The full press release:

Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment have announced the start of principal production in Los Angeles on the 3D Motion Capture Film "The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn," directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Jamie Bell ("Billy Elliot," "Defiance") as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig ("Quantum of Solace," "Defiance") as the nefarious Red Rackham.

Bell and Craig are joined by an international cast that includes Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook.

"The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn," from a screenplay by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, is produced by Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy, is the first in the series of 3D motion capture films based on the iconic character created by Georges Remi, better known to the world by his pen name "Herge" and is due for release in 2011. Executive producers are Nick Rodwell, Stephane Sperry and Ken Kamins. Paramount Pictures will release domestically and in all English speaking territories and Asia, excluding India. Sony Pictures Releasing International will distribute the film in Continental Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, India and the remainder of the world.

The second feature in the series is scheduled to be directed by Jackson, with a potential for a third film as well.

Eighty years ago, Herge introduced the world to a unique cast of characters who have been embraced by readers of all ages. The Adventures of Tintin - a series of 24 books, the final unfinished adventure was published after Herge's - death became Herge's life's work. The first adventure was published in 1929. Over 200 million copies have been sold worldwide. The popular series has been translated into 70 languages and still attracts thousands of new fans each year.

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson will bring Herge's stories to life employing state-of-the-art performance capture technology developed by Jackson's Weta Digital.

From ComingSoon.net

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The Adventures of Tintin Hits Theaters on Dec. 23, 2011
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn
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COMMENTS (58)

Posted by:

January 26, 2009

I'm interested in seeing what this looks like. The new motion capture is becoming a big hit with top directors. Hopefully this will be good and open the doors to plenty of projects for all types of genres

Posted by:

Frozone

January 26, 2009

I'm surprised they cast such a big name for Red Rackham - he's a minor baddie with just a couple of lines in the book. Smells like desperately adding a big name to what looks more and more like an ill-fated franchise.

Posted by:

john

January 26, 2009

The Tintin series is amongst the best comics book stories in the world. Hope this lives up to it.

Posted by:

leather clad crotch

January 26, 2009

Daniel Craig is pretty awesome

just saw Defiance last night, and while it was a little too long, Craig and Schreiber were both dyno-mite!!!

Posted by:

January 26, 2009

Frozone, who says this is exactly like the book?

Posted by:

Roger, Roger

January 26, 2009

nice to see Criag in the mix, although I was hoping he would play a different character. Not too sure yet what to think of Bell as Tintin, but I'll wait and see.

I still wish they would have selected a different book to adapt into a film, but oh well. I really, really hope they don't mess this up.

Posted by:

mike

January 26, 2009

awesome! it's nice to see edgar wright, simon pegg, and nick frost involved in this! Hot Fuzz and Shawn of the Dead are comic/action masterpieces IMO. them, joining up with pete jackson, steven spielberg, and daniel craig! Sounds like a perfect movie-making team to me!

Posted by:

ked

January 26, 2009

will daniel craig be the villain?

Posted by:

Dollarreel

January 26, 2009

This cast keeps getting better

Posted by:

Film nerd

January 26, 2009

Darth Vader: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Daniel is so overrated because he played James Bond. And what he offer in this movie? He repeat himself to act same roles like in Bond, Tomb Raider etc...