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WHO is writing TINTIN for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson?!?

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Who's writing TINTIN? Steven Moffat, that's who. He's a British writer most known for his work on DR. WHO and JEKYLL. I actually just got the first season of JEKYLL... can't wait to check it out.

If you haven't been keeping up on the project, it's pretty fascinating. Both Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg are big TINTIN fans and they'll both be directing one film each of a trilogy of TINTIN flicks, all done using performance capture technology for a digital 3-D release. The third director has yet to be chosen... but who is going to feel at home there? They can't just go pick anybody... "Steven Spielberg! Peter Jackson! And... McG!" See, it doesn't work.

Might be Zemeckis. We know he loves the technology and this sounds up his alley.

The trade story isn't too clear, but it appears Moffat is writing all three movies. Thoughts?


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First?
by Ech0dek
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:16:04 AM
Spielberg! Jackson! Boll!
by performingmonkey
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:16:05 AM
interesting choice
by Bob Muttonchops
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:16:13 AM
Fuck you First motherfucking cuntflapped bastard
by performingmonkey
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:16:54 AM
Oh and it will be
by Bob Muttonchops
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:17:36 AM
Well, performingmonekey
by Ech0dek
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:19:33 AM
Ugh
by Zappary
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:20:41 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:24:44 AM
I love the Tintin books BUT...
by peter skellen
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:30:35 AM
Sounds good to me
by red_weed
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:39:37 AM
Zappery
by red_weed
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:44:57 AM
Speilberg and Jackson's time would be better spent...
by Abin Sur
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:46:30 AM
Moffat is the man!
by penhapus
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:53:16 AM
The only thing I know about TinTin....
by Bobo_Vision
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:54:21 AM
Wrote the best new Dr Who Episodes by a long way.
by Boba Fat
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:54:29 AM
Good choice in writer.
by Knuckleduster
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:56:07 AM
Moffat is my God now
by SpeakerWiggin
Oct 2nd, 2007
07:10:13 AM
Moffat
by kwisatzhaderach
Oct 2nd, 2007
07:25:07 AM
You know it's gonna be Lucas...
by Human Tornado
Oct 2nd, 2007
07:26:42 AM
"Steven Spielberg! Peter Jackson! And... me!" (snort!)
by JDanielP
Oct 2nd, 2007
07:26:54 AM
Gotta Be Lucas
by Bluereader
Oct 2nd, 2007
07:38:35 AM
Spielberg and Jackson team up for third- World's Finest
by messi
Oct 2nd, 2007
07:45:57 AM
i agree with hechtal
by MatDGZ
Oct 2nd, 2007
07:46:59 AM
If he did Coupling
by messi
Oct 2nd, 2007
07:50:23 AM
David Lynch
by Mirrorball Man
Oct 2nd, 2007
07:59:05 AM
Mo-Cap, Mo Problems
by Gozu
Oct 2nd, 2007
08:19:40 AM
Best Dr Who writer out there
by turk128
Oct 2nd, 2007
08:28:06 AM
Do we know if the films will be based on Herge's...
by Bubba Gillman
Oct 2nd, 2007
08:48:47 AM
Spielberg doing a MoCap movie?
by Osmosis Jones
Oct 2nd, 2007
09:14:13 AM
Introducing: Sir Pimpmaster Tintin & coke dealer Snowy.
by Uncapie
Oct 2nd, 2007
09:35:22 AM
The Movie title: Tintin and the Lake of Shit
by The Duke Of Madness
Oct 2nd, 2007
09:37:24 AM
Steven Fucking Moffat? Spielberg chose...wisely.
by SpyGuy
Oct 2nd, 2007
09:38:42 AM
Lucas : Dont you dare, touch Tintin!!
by wowsah156
Oct 2nd, 2007
09:41:43 AM
I closed my eyes and threw a rock . . .
by Nice Marmot
Oct 2nd, 2007
09:49:32 AM
They just have to watch out for racial quips
by theonecalledshoe
Oct 2nd, 2007
10:04:36 AM
Doctor Sucks Who?
by The Duke Of Madness
Oct 2nd, 2007
10:16:55 AM
Dovtor Who and the cheese factor
by half vader
Oct 2nd, 2007
10:29:55 AM
OH. MY. GOD.
by PVIII
Oct 2nd, 2007
10:30:50 AM
Speaking of Jaws blowing up
by Bobo_Vision
Oct 2nd, 2007
10:48:27 AM
moffat
by copernicus
Oct 2nd, 2007
10:56:16 AM
...and RATNER????
by TedSallis
Oct 2nd, 2007
11:07:54 AM
Always wanted to see Bernard Hill..
by The Chosen
Oct 2nd, 2007
11:10:20 AM
Steven Spielberg, Stephen Sommers and Steven Seagal.
by Stalin vs Predator
Oct 2nd, 2007
11:25:55 AM
Piltdown Joey
by m2298
Oct 2nd, 2007
11:39:53 AM
The UK "Coupling" was damn funny
by Raymar
Oct 2nd, 2007
11:48:09 AM
Spazmo
by SKULL1138
Oct 2nd, 2007
11:55:08 AM
Moffat-mania
by danowen
Oct 2nd, 2007
11:56:46 AM
Call me stupid but...
by GeekyAnimeNerd79Beyotch
Oct 2nd, 2007
12:03:50 PM
I say let McG have it
by hktelemacher
Oct 2nd, 2007
12:14:41 PM
RE: GeekyAnimeNerd79Beyotch
by Right Bastard
Oct 2nd, 2007
12:15:28 PM
Piltdown Joey
by Right Bastard
Oct 2nd, 2007
12:26:43 PM
Spielberg! Jackson! Jodorowsky!
by the_man_from_Rio
Oct 2nd, 2007
12:50:45 PM
I can't believe...
by Madines Sideshed
Oct 2nd, 2007
12:52:03 PM
Thanks, Right Bastard
by GeekyAnimeNerd79Beyotch
Oct 2nd, 2007
12:52:08 PM
Word is the third director will be Scorcese...
by Sidius
Oct 2nd, 2007
01:07:34 PM
Huge Tintin Fan (Comics and Cartoon)
by 18to88
Oct 2nd, 2007
01:13:03 PM
Tintin is the best comic ever
by Evil Hobbit
Oct 2nd, 2007
01:13:55 PM
tintin rocks, and a film adaption is cool...
by human2
Oct 2nd, 2007
01:19:07 PM
GeekyAnimeNerd79Beyotch
by DocPazuzu
Oct 2nd, 2007
01:28:34 PM
What the fuck is a Tintin?
by Kentucky Colonel
Oct 2nd, 2007
01:36:59 PM
Kentucky Colonel
by DocPazuzu
Oct 2nd, 2007
01:40:04 PM
Doc
by Kentucky Colonel
Oct 2nd, 2007
01:46:36 PM
This is great news for Tintin
by Lighthouse
Oct 2nd, 2007
02:04:12 PM
WES AAANNNDDDDRRRRSSSSSONNN!
by :-o
Oct 2nd, 2007
02:05:56 PM
I'll give you a hint of who's gonna end up as Tintin
by The Artist FKA Vesuvio
Oct 2nd, 2007
02:08:36 PM
Moffat wrote the best episodes of Dr Who
by Ray Gamma
Oct 2nd, 2007
02:08:39 PM
OMG! HE is GOD &DID THE UK COUPLING the best show EVER!
by Proman1984
Oct 2nd, 2007
02:08:49 PM
MOFFAT OWNS! Seriously this is BEST NEWS EVER
by Proman1984
Oct 2nd, 2007
02:09:30 PM
Motion capture? Call Ralph Bakshi!
by Spandau Belly
Oct 2nd, 2007
02:15:29 PM
No one remember Press Gang?
by richiejohnston
Oct 2nd, 2007
02:47:01 PM
SpazmoCalrissian
by kwisatzhaderach
Oct 2nd, 2007
04:10:51 PM
Jekyll
by Dubster32
Oct 2nd, 2007
04:47:48 PM
Ech0dek: Big ups
by thebearovingian
Oct 2nd, 2007
05:04:04 PM
third director
by Fineus Fog
Oct 2nd, 2007
05:10:50 PM
Tintin was Alan Tracy's squeeze from Thunderbirds.
by Uncapie
Oct 2nd, 2007
05:17:40 PM
For the love of God, no performance capture!
by comedian_x
Oct 2nd, 2007
05:46:02 PM
Yeah right Uncapie
by half vader
Oct 2nd, 2007
06:48:12 PM
Mo Cap
by Jaws Wayne
Oct 2nd, 2007
07:12:50 PM
DOCTOR WHO and Moffat rule
by UMAGA
Oct 2nd, 2007
07:32:38 PM
PERF CAP IS FUCKED! STOP THE MADNESS!
by Laserbrain
Oct 2nd, 2007
08:20:55 PM
Egoism.
by Bubba Gillman
Oct 2nd, 2007
09:16:18 PM
Brilliant choice!
by Terry the geek
Oct 2nd, 2007
10:27:27 PM
Yeah how dare he make a movie about his Childhood fav?
by Proman1984
Oct 2nd, 2007
10:44:29 PM
Good one, half vader!
by Uncapie
Oct 2nd, 2007
11:22:42 PM
Seems like you mean egotism
by half vader
Oct 2nd, 2007
11:25:49 PM
Press Gang!
by Mr_Sinister
Oct 3rd, 2007
01:06:12 AM
See the quality of Moffat's dialogue
by hrogthrar
Oct 3rd, 2007
05:05:59 AM
god this stupid forum
by hrogthrar
Oct 3rd, 2007
05:06:51 AM
TinTin will go over like a lead brick in the U.S.
by Dingbatty
Oct 3rd, 2007
05:15:55 AM
Doing bad in the USA
by Jaws Wayne
Oct 3rd, 2007
07:33:51 AM
actually...
by m2298
Oct 3rd, 2007
08:41:41 AM
Moffat is TV writing God. I'll watch anything he's
by CrichtonAstronut
Oct 3rd, 2007
10:41:39 AM
Heard some other names tossed around...
by C00L DUD3
Oct 3rd, 2007
12:02:15 PM
So wait, you mean this film could introduce America
by half vader
Oct 3rd, 2007
12:22:05 PM
Uncapie
by half vader
Oct 3rd, 2007
12:31:28 PM
Spielberg, Jackson, KENAN.
by Son of Hades
Oct 3rd, 2007
02:43:12 PM
Krack, if they can sell Ice Age they can sell Tintin
by Proman1984
Oct 3rd, 2007
05:53:10 PM
Tintin's hair will thicken SUBTLY...
by couP
Oct 3rd, 2007
08:05:09 PM
O.K. Krack
by half vader
Oct 3rd, 2007
10:45:19 PM
O.K. Tallboy
by half vader
Oct 4th, 2007
11:16:52 AM
This movie will own!
by Proman1984
Feb 27th, 2008
10:37:04 PM

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