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Spielberg's 'Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn' Movie Due in 2011
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by Blaine Metzgar | May 29, 2009 at 10:40 am
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Steven Spielberg's silver screen adaption of the classic Tintin will journey into theaters in late 2011. Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn will premiere in U.S. theaters just prior to Christmas on December 23, 2011.
The holiday movie is a 3-D motion-capture feature inspired by the renowned character created by Herge -- the pen name of Belgian writer and artist Georges Prosper Remi -- in two dozen stories first published 80 years ago.
Jamie Bell stars as the globetrotting young reporter Tintin, who faces off against the nefarious Red Rackham, played by Daniel Craig. Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook co-star.
The star-studded movie adaptation's screenplay was written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, and Joe Cornish. Alongside Spielberg, Lord of the Rings director, Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy will serve as producers. Spielberg started officially filming the upcoming sure-to-be blockbuster in January.
Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is intended to be only the first in a series of films based off of the famed Hergé comic strips. Jackson is slated to direct the second film.
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at 04:44 on June 20th, 2009
I'm not happy that Peter Jackson is part of the team creating the new Tintin films. After what, in my opinion, was a near complete destruction of Tolkien's classic, I would hope that Spielberg and Kennedy will be able to keep him from messing about with the story of Red Rackham's Treasure which has always been my favorite single Tintin story. Though the most recent Indiana Jones adventure was not the best of the bunch, it in fact had a very Tintin-ish feel to it. (Of course Tintin was one of the original inspirations for the original Raiders of the Lost Ark so this is really no surprise). I look foreward to The Secret of the Unicorn with great anticipation!