Just in today at
ImpAwards: the first official posters for the Peter Jackson/ Steven Spielberg production of
'The Adventures of Tintin: The secret of the Unicorn.' It's their first in a series of digitally animated Tintin movies, beginning with Hergé's eleventh comic book, 'Le Secret de la Licorne' (which in my opinion is the strongest story), originally published from June 1, 1942 to June 14, 1943 in the Belgian newspaper 'Le Soir'.
The script for the movie is actually based on three Tintin comics: 'The Crab with the Golden Claws', 'The Secret of the Unicorn' and it's sequel 'Red Rackham's Treasure'
(see above). British scribe Anthony Horowitz has confirmed he'll be drafting a script for the sequel, based on 'Prisoners of the sun', Hergé 's 14th comic book.
The movie is slated for a December 23th release in the USA, so just in time to snuggle up with some corn at your local cinema during the Christmas holidays. The European release is set to take place in October / November, so much earlier! Tintin is played by Jamie Bell, known from Jackson's previous movie 'King Kong' (2005). Cast to play Captain Haddock is Andy Serkis, also known from Jackson's previous movies. He played Gollum in the three 'Lord of the Rings' movies.
Daniel Craig plays Red Rackham, the pirate that battles sir Francis Haddock, Captain Haddock's ancestor. Shooting happened in 32 days, in January - March 2009, with six weeks additional motion capturing in July. The rest of the time Jackson used to create all the digital animations with his company
Weta Digital.
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