May 15 2007Spielberg and Jackson Team Up for Tintin
Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have announced they will develop a trilogy of computer animated 3D Tintin films. Based on Georges Remi's (under the pen name of Herge) popular Belgian comic strip, each director will helm at least one of the pictures, though it's still unclear who will do the third.
Jackson explained that the characters will retain Remi's original designs, but alter the cartoon look to a photorealistic level, making them look "like real people — but real Herge people!" Or, in other words, they're going to look really f***ing creepy. Looking like Tintin works in an illustrated world, but can you imagine it as reality? Imagine those beady little eyes, glassy and real, staring out of his perfectly ovular head, straight into your soul. Absolutely terrifying.
Reader Comments
1. edb87 - May 15, 2007 1:55 PM
Kind of like the "realism" they used in The Polar Express?
Heaven help us all...
2. Big Nog - May 15, 2007 2:18 PM
ditto
3. Johnny G. - May 15, 2007 4:37 PM
Uhhh......
Would an American audience really be that interested in 3 Tintin movies?
I mean, I can understand one, but how does anyone know that the first one will actually be worth 2 sequels yet?
4. John Raide - May 16, 2007 10:05 AM
Why three?
I'm kind of interested, because I liked the cartoon as a small child. But... why three movies?
I really don't understand the whole "Trilogy Fever" that the film industry is seeing right now. It's like you can't make a successful movie without spawning millions of sequels. Next thing you know, they're going to make a sequel to The Departed.
... Oh wait.