Spielberg & Jackson?! | Movie News
Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have signed on to direct two installments of a planned TINTIN trilogy for DreamWorks based on the Belgian comic strip. Wow. Two of the biggest directing powerhouses agreeing ahead of time to work together on a trilogy. It can often take years for just one of these guys to get a project off the ground, so it's pretty amazing that DreamWorks is planning to start filming this year. TINTIN will be produced using performance capture technology (MONSTER HOUSE) and Jackson's WETA Digital has already produced a 20-minute promo reel. Says Jackson of adapting the comic characters for the screen: "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!" One thing Spielberg and Jackson haven't worked out is a script. Though they've picked the stories they'd like to adapt, no screenwriter has been brought aboard to start writing a script. TINTIN tells the story of a young reporter investigating stories (and getting in and out of adventures) with his dog Snowy. Spielberg and Jackson will be busy shooting INDIANA JONES 4 and THE LOVELY BONES respectively later this year but would make TINTIN each their next projects.
Source: Variety
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I saw this show when I was little, completely forgot about it until now, mostly due to the fact it's just a kids comic/cartoon and while the technology for the movie will be cool, it's otherwise just another kids movie with unexpected...
I saw this show when I was little, completely forgot about it until now, mostly due to the fact it's just a kids comic/cartoon and while the technology for the movie will be cool, it's otherwise just another kids movie with unexpected talent behind it. Don't hate me for not being educated in the ways of Tintin.
Well, wake me up something truly badass comes out, and by that I mean Toy Story 3.
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This has GOT to be THE MOST EXCITING news I've heard since...well, at LEAST since hearing about the greenlight on the fourth Indiana Jones and seeing the Transformers preview.
Holy christ, this is...
This has GOT to be THE MOST EXCITING news I've heard since...well, at LEAST since hearing about the greenlight on the fourth Indiana Jones and seeing the Transformers preview.
Holy christ, this is going to be specfrakintacular!!
Two of the best - let's face it people, THE BEST - contemporary directors, working TOGETHER on adapting one of the most exciting and wonderful series EVER.
I may well have to get a new pair of shorts on now...
YAHOO!!!
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