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Encyclopedia > Tintin (film)
Untitled Tintin Project
Directed by Peter Jackson
Steven Spielberg
Produced by Steven Spielberg
Kathleen Kennedy
Peter Jackson
Written by Screenplay:
Steven Moffat
Comic Book:
Hergé
Distributed by DreamWorks (through Paramount Pictures)
Release date(s) TBA
Language English
Budget $100 million
IMDb profile

The Untitled Tintin Project is an announced film project of three back-to-back features that are going to be based on The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books created by Belgian artist Georges Remi, better known by his pen name, Hergé. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have confirmed that they will direct two of the three films, with a third director still unannounced. Steven Moffat is writing the scripts for the three films, which will be filmed using motion capture. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other persons named Peter Jackson, see Peter Jackson (disambiguation). ... Steven Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Steven Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Producer Kathleen Kennedy Kathleen Kennedy (b. ... For other persons named Peter Jackson, see Peter Jackson (disambiguation). ... Steven Moffat (born 1961 in Paisley, Scotland) is a British comedy/drama writer who has contributed to television series since the late 1980s. ... Georges Prosper Remi (May 22, 1907 – March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. ... This article is about the film studio. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Adventures of Tintin (French: ) is a series of Belgian comic books created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi (1907–1983). ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Georges Prosper Remi (May 22, 1907 – March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. ... Steven Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... For other persons named Peter Jackson, see Peter Jackson (disambiguation). ... Steven Moffat (born 1961 in Paisley, Scotland) is a British comedy/drama writer who has contributed to television series since the late 1980s. ... Motion capture, or mocap, is a technique of digitally recording the movements of real things — usually humans — it originally developed as an analysis tool in biomechanics research, but has grown increasingly important as a source of motion data for computer animation. ...


Development

Spielberg has been an avid, lifelong fan of The Adventures of Tintin comic books and wanted to adapt the author's comic book series as a motion picture for over 25 years. He and his production partner Kathleen Kennedy of Amblin Entertainment have obtained and lost various rights throughout the years, never going beyond the development stage. Spielberg bought an option on the Tintin character shortly before Hergé's death in 1983. However, at that point Spielberg was not confirmed to be directing and hence Hergé refused to sign the contract.[1] In November 2002, Dreamworks bought the film rights to the Tintin series.[2] Producer Kathleen Kennedy Kathleen Kennedy (b. ... Amblin Entertainment logo. ... Tintin and Snowy (original French language names: Tintin et Milou), a journalist and his canine companion, are a pair of adventurers who travel around the world in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books drawn and written by the Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, better known as Hergé. The...


Spielberg announced he would be collaborating with Jackson for a motion capture film trilogy in May 2007. Weta Digital has produced a 20 minute test reel that has demonstrated the method of using motion capture combined with the latest 3-D technology to bring Hergé's famed characters to life. Both Spielberg and Jackson felt that a live action adaptation would not do justice to the comic books and felt that using live actors over whose movements animated characters would be created would be the best way of representing Hergé's world of Tintin.[3] Jackson stated that "For well over a year now, artists at Weta have been quietly testing the theory of creating life-like reproductions of Tintin, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and many of the other core cast - faithfully replicating Hergé’s original designs, but not rendering them as cartoons, or the familiar looking computer animated characters – instead we’re making them look photo realistic, the fibers of their clothing, the pores of their skin and each individual hair. They look exactly like real people – but real Hergé people!"[4] Motion capture, or mocap, is a technique of digitally recording the movements of real things — usually humans — it originally developed as an analysis tool in biomechanics research, but has grown increasingly important as a source of motion data for computer animation. ... Weta Digital is a digital visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand, an offshoot of the Weta Workshop physical effects company. ... Motion capture, or mocap, is a technique of digitally recording the movements of real things — usually humans — it originally developed as an analysis tool in biomechanics research, but has grown increasingly important as a source of motion data for computer animation. ... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by flesh-and-blood actors, as opposed to animation. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ...


In October 2007, Steven Moffat signed on to write the screenplay for the three Tintin films.[5] The story will be taken from among the twenty-three Tintin books published between 1929 and 1976.[6] Spielberg stated Jackson will direct the first film in New Zealand, that he himself would direct the second in the United States, and that they would co-direct the third if they could not find a director.[7] Steven Moffat (born 1961 in Paisley, Scotland) is a British comedy/drama writer who has contributed to television series since the late 1980s. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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