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Spielberg And Jackson To Make Tintin Trilogy
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DCRn replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 12:04pm |
 Coolness: 159120 | [ www.variety.com ]
Spielberg, Jackson team for Tintin Duo pact for adventure trilogy By ANNE THOMPSON, PAMELA MCCLINTOCK Steven Spielberg Spielberg Peter Jackson Jackson Tintin Tintin Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming to direct and produce three back-to-back features based on Georges Remi's beloved Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin for DreamWorks. Pics will be produced in full digital 3-D using WETA Digital’s groundbreaking performance capture technology. The two filmmakers will each direct at least one of the movies; studio wouldn't say which director would helm the third. Kathleen Kennedy joins Spielberg and Jackson as a producer on the three films, which might be released through DreamWorks Animation. Tintin has long been a passion project for Spielberg; he and Kennedy have held various film rights to the comedic adventure book series off and on for more than 25 years. With the rights in place, Spielberg, Jackson and DreamWorks began quietly developing the project. Jackson has also long been a fan of the comic books. Jackson's New Zealand-based WETA Digital, the f/x house behind "The Lord of the Rings" franchise, produced a 20-minute test reel bringing to life the characters created by Remi, who wrote under the pen name of Herge. "Herge's characters have been reborn as living beings, expressing emotion and a soul which goes far beyond anything we've seen to date with computer animated characters," Spielberg said. "We want Tintin's adventures to have the reality of a live-action film, and yet Peter and I felt that shooting them in a traditional live-action format would simply not honor the distinctive look of the characters and world that Herge created," Spielberg continued. Official word of the three-pic pact comes just weeks after Jackson inked a deal with DreamWorks to direct "Lovely Bones," based on Alice Sebold's haunting tome about a 14-year-old girl who watches over her family — and attacker — from heaven after she is raped and killed. Tintin project, announced by the two filmmakers and DreamWorks co-chair-CEO Stacey Snider, may explain, at least in part, why DreamWorks emerged the winner in the bidding for "Bones," beating out several other suitors. Tintin also answers the question of which tentpole Jackson will turn his attention to next. The Spielberg-Jackson project isn't likely to languish in development for long. Spielberg could become available this fall after wrapping "Indiana Jones 4." Jackson will wrap "Bones" by the end of the year. He had been developing another possible franchise, Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series, set during the French Revolution. Spielberg and Jackson have selected three stories from Remi's "The Adventures of Tintin" series, which encompassed 23 books published between 1929 and 1976. The series still attracts 2 million new fans a year. Series, which has sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, chronicles adventures of a junior reporter who will follow stories to the ends of the earth, even though he often finds his own life in jeopardy. His able assistants include a white dog named Snowy, the lunatic Captain Haddock, the muddled genius Professor Calculus and the Thompson Twins. Jackson said WETA will stay true to Remi's original designs in bringing the cast of Tintin to life, but that the characters won't look cartoonish. "Instead," Jackson said, "we're making them look photorealistic; the fibers of their clothing, the pores of their skin and each individual hair. They look exactly like real people — but real Herge people!" DreamWorks bought the film rights from Herge Studios in Brussels, Belgium. Company is led by prexy Fanny Rodwell, Remi's wife when he died in 1983. "We couldn't think of a better way to honor Herge's legacy that this announcement within days of the 100th anniversary of his birth, May 22, 1907," Rodwell said. Spielberg and Jackson are currently evaluating whether to release Tintin through DreamWorks Animation. Paramount distributes all DreamWorks Animation films. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Trey replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 1:22pm |
 Coolness: 103650 | haha true but...
Indiana Jones 4 is coming out?! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 1:23pm |
 Coolness: 266840 | I fucking hate spielberg. T_T |
| I'm feeling gargle 30 seconds right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 1:27pm |
 Coolness: 340550 | because he's a jew? |
| I'm feeling you up right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 1:37pm |
| Coolness: 266840 | no? |
| I'm feeling gargle 30 seconds right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DCRn replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 1:57pm |
| Coolness: 159120 | He's overrated. The problem I have is with Jackson, though. Yes, Lord of the Rings was amazing. Does he have to repeat the same "recipe" on all his upcoming movies?
I fear we'll see Tintin act pretty much the way Adrian Brody acted in King Kong. And the savages in King Kong acted like LOTR orks. I remember fondly the Bad Taste days. Hell, even the Frighteners... Jeffrey Combs FTW. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 2:11pm |
| Coolness: 266840 | I havent seen LOTR nor King Kong so I can't really comment on Jackson..
Spielberg is too hollywood for my taste |
| I'm feeling gargle 30 seconds right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DCRn replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 2:15pm |
| Coolness: 159120 | Cheese is too cheesy? |
| I'm feeling whoatherepadnah right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 2:17pm |
 Coolness: 153890 | lotr is a kick ass |
| I'm feeling angelkoreish x 10000 right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 2:47pm |
| Coolness: 266840 | Originally Posted By DRNYARLATHOTEP
Cheese is too cheesy? Wayyy too cheezy :/ |
| I'm feeling gargle 30 seconds right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 4:12pm |
 Coolness: 686475 | Damnit, they're going to ruin Tintin! I thought Peter Jackson said he was doing another zombie movie next! Lying bastard. |
| I'm feeling warcracktastic right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn replied on Tue May 15, 2007 @ 4:37pm |
 Coolness: 179530 | hmm, je doute.
On va voir ce que ça va donner... |
| I'm feeling genki right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Wizdumb replied on Wed May 16, 2007 @ 6:01pm |
 Coolness: 123195 | tintin vs the zombies? |
| I'm feeling sorta sad right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Wed May 16, 2007 @ 8:28pm |
 Coolness: 151345 | That would be sweet. I can see it now: "Tin Tin and Milou rape zombies up the ass."
Peter Jackson is an amazing director, btw. Braindead was awesome. Heavenly Creatures was awesome. Lotr 1, 2, 3. Blah blah blah It also looks like he's making a movie based on Halo --which sounds fucking lame. Haven't learnt that videogame adaptations blow major fucking asshole? |
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