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Steven Spielberg Still Batting Leadoff On TINTIN Trilogy!

Beaks here...

Good ol' Herge Studios caused a little confusion today when a spokesperson announced that Peter Jackson would be taking over the reins on the first TINTIN movie. "Not true!", bellows The Hollywood Reporter. Steven Spielberg is still in place to direct the initial installment of the trilogy. So there.

In case you missed the news the first time around, Spielberg's entry will be written by Steven Moffat (who's won three Hugo Awards for his work on the new DOCTOR WHO); he'll be combining the narratives of "The Secret of the Unicorn" and "Red Rackham's Treasure". Since TINTIN wasn't exactly required reading in the U.S. when I was growing up, I have no idea if that's a good thing.

The Reporter item doesn't mention a start date for the all motion-capture production, but it does remind us that Thomas Sangster and Andy Serkis are still cast as, respectively, Tintin and Captain Haddock. Jackson, who's currently finishing up THE LOVELY BONES (coming to a theater near you, October 9, 2009), will direct the second movie.

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sweet jesus am i first??
by quantize
Aug 26th, 2008
07:41:41 PM
Tintin is fucking bad ass.....
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 26th, 2008
07:43:36 PM
FUCK MO-CAP
by mish87
Aug 26th, 2008
07:43:48 PM
quantize -- you are indeed first
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 26th, 2008
07:44:43 PM
an excellent pair to start off with
by jon pertwee
Aug 26th, 2008
07:45:18 PM
Lovely Bones - 2009
by Fineus Fog
Aug 26th, 2008
07:45:57 PM
Wow, Lovely Bones has been taking forever!
by Lyghthouse
Aug 26th, 2008
07:45:58 PM
serkis bugs.
by MEMEOVORE
Aug 26th, 2008
07:46:09 PM
Yes, it is a good thing
by Gelatinousman
Aug 26th, 2008
07:47:10 PM
man -
by Fineus Fog
Aug 26th, 2008
07:48:15 PM
Aint it cool...ALWAYS 2 hrs behind Comingsoon.net
by future help
Aug 26th, 2008
07:49:31 PM
Tintin - won't be going.
by hallmitchell
Aug 26th, 2008
07:49:52 PM
Needs more Temeraire!
by scrivener
Aug 26th, 2008
07:50:41 PM
I've only heard of this recently...
by KCViking
Aug 26th, 2008
07:52:14 PM
I don't understand why the fuck this is mocap......
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 26th, 2008
07:52:31 PM
Grand Moff-at Steven
by Amy Chasing
Aug 26th, 2008
07:53:38 PM
Jeez, I forgot about the Lovely Bones entirely...
by StarWarsRedux
Aug 26th, 2008
07:54:40 PM
yeah...and Moffat already quit....
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 26th, 2008
07:59:10 PM
I hate books about rape
by mefrog
Aug 26th, 2008
08:00:51 PM
Rin Tin Tin?
by HB_Dad
Aug 26th, 2008
08:01:14 PM
But... TINTIN!
by mefrog
Aug 26th, 2008
08:01:51 PM
But... TINTIN!
by mefrog
Aug 26th, 2008
08:01:51 PM
Tight
by mefrog
Aug 26th, 2008
08:02:06 PM
Yeah, I thought Moffat quit as well
by MMacKK
Aug 26th, 2008
08:03:01 PM
The third director
by TheNorthlander
Aug 26th, 2008
08:12:03 PM
Script For LOVELY BONES Is Jackson/Walsh/Boyens' Best Work
by mrbeaks
Aug 26th, 2008
08:12:11 PM
Lovely Bones 2009
by Mattyboy122
Aug 26th, 2008
08:22:15 PM
What is this Tin Tin bullshit?
by Banzai Rootskibango
Aug 26th, 2008
08:27:11 PM
Tintin?
by Rupee88
Aug 26th, 2008
08:29:12 PM
I hope Spielberg picks it up a little
by Turd Furgeson
Aug 26th, 2008
08:31:43 PM
deliciouscowbell
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 26th, 2008
08:34:04 PM
Is this going to be in 3-D?
by Rupee88
Aug 26th, 2008
08:35:25 PM
Please don't fuck up Tintin
by Gungan Slayer
Aug 26th, 2008
08:39:17 PM
the best Tintin books are...
by gringostar
Aug 26th, 2008
08:43:49 PM
Those two Tintin books are sort of a two-parter
by fiester
Aug 26th, 2008
08:54:49 PM
Are you all insane???
by performingmonkey
Aug 26th, 2008
09:01:24 PM
Really? Gawd-
by Judge Briggs
Aug 26th, 2008
09:04:10 PM
i guess there are no decent literary properties out there
by illegaltouching
Aug 26th, 2008
09:09:53 PM
Moffat
by INWOsuxRED
Aug 26th, 2008
09:21:09 PM
Tin Tin? Never heard of this Tin Tin.
by worldofwarcraft
Aug 26th, 2008
09:23:31 PM
Is Tintin like Gabbo?
by DarthCorleone
Aug 26th, 2008
09:28:27 PM
Combining narratives in Tin Tin seems strange...
by WhinyNegativeBitch
Aug 26th, 2008
09:31:41 PM
Hope Spielberg makes up for Indy 4
by SnowDogs
Aug 26th, 2008
09:35:55 PM
I shanked her pink ass and she LOVED IT!!!!
by Han Cholo
Aug 26th, 2008
09:41:23 PM
Cool.
by jughood
Aug 26th, 2008
10:14:27 PM

by redkamel
Aug 26th, 2008
10:15:06 PM
The Lovely Bones
by jughood
Aug 26th, 2008
10:17:44 PM
Jackson/Walsh/Boyens' best work
by Irina Spanko
Aug 26th, 2008
10:21:06 PM
Spielberg doing mocap
by Nasty In The Pasty
Aug 26th, 2008
10:22:16 PM
Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock?
by Shub-Wankalot
Aug 26th, 2008
10:24:12 PM
WHY IS EVERYONE SALIVATING OVER A DOG MOVIE?
by BringingSexyBack
Aug 26th, 2008
10:25:00 PM
Will it start with 30 minutes of a ten-yr-old Tintin
by kabong
Aug 26th, 2008
10:26:31 PM
I read The Lovely Bones.
by Rev. Slappy
Aug 26th, 2008
10:31:46 PM
Rupee88 and others,,,
by TheBigLebowsky
Aug 26th, 2008
10:33:00 PM
OK, something's weird with Moffat
by Dataset
Aug 26th, 2008
10:45:41 PM
What I have learned in this talkback...
by Smithys.Bark
Aug 26th, 2008
10:47:06 PM
pardon my ignorance
by Phategod2
Aug 26th, 2008
11:03:43 PM
Nice Crow reference
by Phategod2
Aug 26th, 2008
11:13:47 PM
Uneducated Americans
by Fineus Fog
Aug 26th, 2008
11:25:42 PM
mark my word shai labeef will be tin tin
by Phategod2
Aug 26th, 2008
11:25:44 PM
Third Director
by Fineus Fog
Aug 26th, 2008
11:27:17 PM
Wow.. Do people in Civilized World
by Phategod2
Aug 26th, 2008
11:27:37 PM
I don't know
by OptimusCrime
Aug 26th, 2008
11:37:24 PM
I dont understand why...
by Smithys.Bark
Aug 26th, 2008
11:41:55 PM
I BET TINTIN IS GONNA MAKE A SHITLOAD OF CASH
by Mr Spork
Aug 26th, 2008
11:51:33 PM
Spielburg needs to go away
by disfigurehead
Aug 27th, 2008
12:27:02 AM
I hope Spielberg, Jackson and Company...
by TroutMaskReplicant
Aug 27th, 2008
12:34:54 AM
Tintin=Belgian Nancy Drew
by conspiracy
Aug 27th, 2008
12:49:00 AM
Soo...this movie will TANK in the US...
by conspiracy
Aug 27th, 2008
12:54:09 AM
Tintin was a huge favorite of mine as a kid
by Teddy Artery
Aug 27th, 2008
01:06:57 AM
This will be a box office disaster
by krack
Aug 27th, 2008
01:15:38 AM
T'Internet
by The_Skook
Aug 27th, 2008
01:35:23 AM
Conspiracy
by TroutMaskReplicant
Aug 27th, 2008
01:42:11 AM
Tintin is awesome
by the milf lover
Aug 27th, 2008
02:03:40 AM
Tin Tin is one of THE great comics of the last century...
by PoweredUpPacman
Aug 27th, 2008
02:37:42 AM
Yay series of movies no one cares about!
by Crooooooow
Aug 27th, 2008
02:53:34 AM
octagonproplex
by SmallTuna
Aug 27th, 2008
03:16:41 AM
post-Jaws Spielberg
by Prossor
Aug 27th, 2008
03:19:38 AM
Tintin = Good; Unicorn = Bad
by ianlegend
Aug 27th, 2008
03:28:34 AM
uh
by Prossor
Aug 27th, 2008
03:31:14 AM
Having just reread 'The Secret of the Unicorn' last week...
by newc0253
Aug 27th, 2008
04:01:26 AM
Moffatt was hired to write all three TINTIN movies
by palimpsest
Aug 27th, 2008
04:05:24 AM
Spike Lee!
by OBSD
Aug 27th, 2008
06:05:48 AM
"so Spielberg said...
by Bloo
Aug 27th, 2008
06:08:30 AM
Tintin rules
by judderman
Aug 27th, 2008
06:20:49 AM
Yawn,,,
by tvspace
Aug 27th, 2008
06:25:51 AM
what up with the Berg Bashing
by sherlock_junior
Aug 27th, 2008
06:57:08 AM
Great books to start with = BIG movie
by Subovon
Aug 27th, 2008
07:00:40 AM
Judderman
by Jaws Wayne
Aug 27th, 2008
07:09:12 AM
Tintin is the greatest
by La Frog
Aug 27th, 2008
07:26:03 AM
Suck A Big One, La Frog
by Corterville
Aug 27th, 2008
08:27:06 AM
could not possibly give less of a shit
by spidercoz
Aug 27th, 2008
08:39:59 AM
BLISTERING BARNACLES
by ArcadianDS
Aug 27th, 2008
09:50:22 AM
In time for the Rocket to the Moon?
by Subovon
Aug 27th, 2008
10:04:18 AM
If the 3rd is directed by a beard, bypass Lucas
by pokadoo
Aug 27th, 2008
10:04:50 AM
ENOUGH WITH THE MOCAP!
by The8thSamurai
Aug 27th, 2008
10:29:42 AM
JOHN HURT FOR PROF. CALCULUS!!!!
by stickmangrit
Aug 27th, 2008
10:56:35 AM
I don't think TinTin will be direct to DVD, but
by Orbots Commander
Aug 27th, 2008
11:07:39 AM
Mocap didn't work for Spaghett movie
by ciroslive
Aug 27th, 2008
11:24:19 AM
Wow
by Abominable Snowcone
Aug 27th, 2008
11:28:08 AM
tin tin sucks captain haddock's barnacles!
by TurdontheRun
Aug 27th, 2008
11:51:27 AM
If they get it right, it will be the first movie to make $2 Bill
by wookie1972
Aug 27th, 2008
12:04:14 PM
Why not start with Crab With the Golden Claws
by BeatsMe
Aug 27th, 2008
12:15:37 PM
Beatsme
by wookie1972
Aug 27th, 2008
12:31:11 PM
The Crab With The Golden Claws would have been a better starter
by Stan Gable
Aug 27th, 2008
12:54:49 PM
OrbotsCommander, you are an idiot
by Stan Gable
Aug 27th, 2008
12:57:52 PM
Stan you're talking out of your ass.
by Orbots Commander
Aug 27th, 2008
01:02:01 PM
And what's taking Shutter Island so fucking long?
by Rev. Slappy
Aug 27th, 2008
01:57:01 PM
Tintin in America would be cool, too
by wookie1972
Aug 27th, 2008
03:15:24 PM
RE: octagonproplex
by Phategod2
Aug 27th, 2008
03:51:03 PM
Hahahaha
by DeadPanWalking
Aug 27th, 2008
04:16:33 PM
On the internets...
by DocPazuzu
Aug 27th, 2008
04:36:17 PM
It should be dark and gritty.
by Stalin vs Predator
Aug 27th, 2008
04:39:06 PM
w00t??
by Wants Vaders Executor
Aug 27th, 2008
04:40:30 PM
I am tempted to explain what tin tin is...
by emeraldboy
Aug 27th, 2008
05:55:15 PM
So people won;t go and see things if they don;t know the books?
by slappy jones
Aug 27th, 2008
05:57:22 PM
sorry that should be...
by emeraldboy
Aug 27th, 2008
05:58:56 PM
The trailer had better be mind blowing
by Phategod2
Aug 27th, 2008
06:54:55 PM
A good recent Spielberg scene...
by DanielKurland
Aug 27th, 2008
07:17:16 PM
More on Bay...
by DanielKurland
Aug 27th, 2008
07:23:33 PM
I want Lovely Bones now!!
by BurgerKing
Aug 27th, 2008
08:02:16 PM
Fuck Lovely Bones.....
by TheWaqman
Aug 27th, 2008
08:07:13 PM
Of course the third will be Zemeckis.
by TheNorthlander
Aug 27th, 2008
08:18:31 PM
NOOOO not Zemeckis....
by TheWaqman
Aug 27th, 2008
08:54:08 PM
They are some confident filmmakers, aint they?
by Emperor_was_a_jerk
Aug 27th, 2008
09:15:18 PM
TINTIN = INDIANA JONES
by Subovon
Aug 27th, 2008
10:36:43 PM
Steven Moffat already turned in the screenplay...
by lynxpro
Aug 27th, 2008
10:42:25 PM
and you can see the lead actor in...
by lynxpro
Aug 27th, 2008
10:50:40 PM
Spymunk 13 thats a sad take one America
by Phategod2
Aug 27th, 2008
11:14:48 PM
Spymunk 13 -- I can give a fuck how many people see this...
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 28th, 2008
12:28:32 AM
Let Jackson do it, please.
by zeicee
Aug 28th, 2008
01:40:15 AM
Spymunk
by DocPazuzu
Aug 28th, 2008
04:59:26 AM
I read that as...
by Second Try
Aug 28th, 2008
10:09:18 AM
I hope...
by Second Try
Aug 28th, 2008
10:29:08 AM
rhino-murdering belgian douche
by vicious_bastard
Aug 28th, 2008
11:01:07 AM
Joel Schumaucher are you serious
by Phategod2
Aug 28th, 2008
04:09:50 PM
To Monsieur Corterville about his suggestion
by La Frog
Aug 28th, 2008
04:38:52 PM
Damn YOU, Spielberg!
by x_dereks_x
Sep 21st, 2008
04:24:54 PM

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