Jan 27 2009Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig, Good Writers Making 'Tintin'
Paramount and Sony Pictures have put out a full press release for Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, revealing that Daniel Craig will play the antagonist and Jamie Bell will play the lead. Sounds like someone (Steven Spielberg) saw Defiance!
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.
Edgar Wright, Steven Moffat, and Joe Cornish wrote the screenplay, too? I might have to watch this in a theater. You know?
Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig Join Tintin! [Coming Soon]
Reader Comments
1. leujin - January 27, 2009 12:33 PM
Holy crap. Andy Serkis in a 3D mo-cap movie produced in part by Peter Jackson? I am so completely shocked at this information! WHAT A GREAT IDEA FOR A MOVIE.
2. erin - January 27, 2009 1:21 PM
I bet this movie will get awesome ratings! I actually can't wait to see this one and I usually don't care to go watch cartoons in the theaters!
3. Sub-Zero - January 27, 2009 1:40 PM
Hopefully we'll be crawling out of the uncanny valley by 2011
4. Jannah - January 27, 2009 2:48 PM
This is great! Last I heard the project was off. I hope that they do it well, these are very popular comics in Europe and are recently getting attention in the US.
Sirkis would be great in it, earlier news last year had him playing the crusty Capt.Haddock who is very animated, which he should do very well. Craig as Rackham? Interesting.
http://www.tintin.com/index.html#home/une.swf&lang=uk/
5. wendy - January 27, 2009 4:30 PM
No shit Steven Moffat is a great writer.
6. The Imaginary Reviewer - January 27, 2009 4:33 PM
Holy crap, that writing team could be any better if God himself was on it!
7. Morono - January 27, 2009 7:40 PM
THIS IS BLASPHEMY
You can not rape Tintin like this, he doesnt deal with fairytale shit like unicorns. He gets down to business with Pirates, Gangsters, Sharks and Drugdealers. (no lie)
8. Morono - January 27, 2009 7:41 PM
And let's not not forget he fought the Yeti (Incredible ape-man who lives in the himalaya?)
9. Jannah - January 28, 2009 2:28 PM
LOL. The Unicorn is Rackham's ship. I wish they'd make the one with the Yeti. :o)
10. Sarah - January 28, 2009 6:06 PM
The yeti one would be sickkkk.
We'll see we'll see.
11. Nick - January 29, 2009 3:53 PM
This sounds ridiculously amazing. They couldn't have a better voice cast, group of producers and collection of writers than this.