AtomicHyperbole wrote:Big no from me. Feels bad so far.
Spielberg packin' them in before he pops his clogs or something? Guy's clocking the movie mileage almost as fast as Takashi Miike.
... I said "almost".
DaleTremont wrote:AtomicHyperbole wrote: Big no from me. Feels bad so far.
Spielberg packin' them in before he pops his clogs or something? Guy's clocking the movie mileage almost as fast as Takashi Miike.
... I said "almost".
At least Spielberg hasn't done a TV series whose entire raison d'etre is to pimp out a cellphone....like so
Well, not yet anyway
DaleTremont wrote:Main page has the scoop on who's playing TinTin!
Love Actually kid!
Not the worst idea I've ever heard. Actually I think that's a pretty solid choice. This Thomas Sangster kid seems generally so gosh darn likeable though, whereas for me TinTin could be a bit of a petulant bastard.
Retardo_Montalban wrote:Holy shit that is one weird looking kid. I don' think I can stare at that mug for an hour and a half without getting sick. I was also hoping to get a more mature looking kid. Tintin fights a lot of old grizzled sailors and yetis in the comics, and I just don't think this kid could cut it.
Retardo_Montalban wrote:That kid has a freak face. It's like someone decapitated a ten year old and sewed him onto an 18 year old girl's body. It looks like he has a heroin problem or something.
DaleTremont wrote:Retardo_Montalban wrote:Holy shit that is one weird looking kid. I don' think I can stare at that mug for an hour and a half without getting sick. I was also hoping to get a more mature looking kid. Tintin fights a lot of old grizzled sailors and yetis in the comics, and I just don't think this kid could cut it.
Yeah but if memory serves, TinTin's triumphs were usually a combination of mystery-solving ingenuity and a bit of luck, or maybe providence. He can sneak in the occasional bonk on the head but he's not meant to be that hardy, physically. I think it fits. At this point I'm just relieved it's not Shia LaBoeuf.
Al_Shut wrote:Nachokoolaid wrote:I'll be honest. When I heard of this announcement, I didn't have a clue what Tintin was. So, until I see some kickass trailer or something, I won't be seeing this. And that's a shame, considering the talent involved.
You could read one of the comics.
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".
DinoDeLaurentiis wrote:Al_Shut wrote:Nachokoolaid wrote:I'll be honest. When I heard of this announcement, I didn't have a clue what Tintin was. So, until I see some kickass trailer or something, I won't be seeing this. And that's a shame, considering the talent involved.
You could read one of the comics.
Yes, paisan... it's a like a the Nacho, he's a the laziest of a the putzes, no? "Bring a me a the trailer (claps hands) anna some a wine, eh? Anna one of a you putzes, you fan a me too, eh? It's a getting hot inna here..."
So he trots over to the motion-capture set for the ET director’s latest project - the first in a trilogy of Tintin movies. Motion-capture sets are bizarre, empty places. The event has been shot and is held in a computerised camera, which allows the director to swoop around the scene. As a result, there is only a computer guy and Spielberg sitting there.
“Steven’s smoking a stogy, cap on head, like he’s always been since I was a baby,” Pegg says, shaking his head in wonder. “I shook his hand and chatted about films. He gave me the mo-cap [motion-capture] camera, and I had a play around with it. Then he said, ‘Hey, maybe you and Nick Frost could play the Thompson Twins.’ In Tintin. A Spielberg movie. To work with him is beyond .. . ” He trails off, lost for words.
Spandau Belly wrote:Okay, I read that this Tin Tin movie has fallen through because Spielburg's vision was just too big and costly and nobody believed it would turn a profit.
I think this is probably for the best. I think the only way to make it work would be if they went for the same dinky tone as Speed Racer. But that movie lost all sorts of money, so it's hard to imagine anybody in Hollywood advocating imitating it.
Maybe they'll go back to the drawing board and come up with something more scaled back, but I hope they just leave it rest.
Al Shut wrote:And who hell changed the thread title?
Q: When are we going to get our first look at "Tintin"?
Kathleen Kennedy: We're shooting all the capture beginning in February.
Q: Is it still planned for three movies?
Kennedy: Yes.
Q: Do you have a director for the third one?
Kennedy: It'll be Peter [Jackson] or Steven [Spielberg]. They're going to do all of them
Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment issued a press release today announcing the start of principal production in Los Angeles on the 3D Motion Capture Film The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn which will be directed by Steven Spielberg and will star Jamie Bell as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig as the nefarious Red Rackham.
Bell and Craig are joined by an international cast that includes Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook.
Perhaps the more interesting part of the story for the fanboys that seem to be gushing over this picture is that the film was written by Steven Moffat (”Doctor Who”), Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) and Joe Cornish penned the screenplay.
Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish are now credited as screenwriters along with DOCTOR WHO's Steven Moffat.
Fried Gold wrote:Main site: You Are Now Officially Excited For TINTIN!Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish are now credited as screenwriters along with DOCTOR WHO's Steven Moffat.
They certainly did keep that one under wraps. I think most people assumed it was Ant Man that Joe Cornish had been working on.
A film directed by Steven Spielberg, written by those three...seems almost too unbelieveable.
TATIANA SIEGE wrote:Steven Spielberg has set his cast for "The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn," the first installment in the 3-D motion-capture trilogy that Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment are co-financing.
"Billy Elliot" thesp Jamie Bell will star as the titular character, an intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure. Daniel Craig will co-star as the nefarious Red Rackham.
Film, which has been cloaked in secrecy during pre-production, has begun principal production in Los Angeles. It is set for release in 2011.
Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have already boarded the project. Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook will round out the cast.
Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy are producing the film, which is based on the iconic character created by Georges Remi, also known by his pen name, Herge. Nick Rodwell, Stephane Sperry and Ken Kamins exec produce.
Paramount will release domestically, in all English-speaking territories and in Asia, excluding India. Sony Pictures Releasing Intl. will distribute in continental Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, India and the rest of the world.
Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish wrote the screenplay.
Jackson is attached to direct the second feature in the series.
Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit wrote:"Tintin" is on the move.
On Monday, Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment began principal photography on their Steven Spielberg-directed motion-capture 3-D feature "The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn." Jamie Bell has been cast as the title character, a globe-trotting young reporter, and Daniel Craig will play the villain, Red Rackham. Bell and Craig recently co-starred in "Defiance."
The 2011 feature -- the first of two, possibly three, planned installments -- is being produced by Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Peter Jackson, who will direct the sequel. Jackson's Weta Digital effects house developed the performance-capture technology the directors will use.
Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook round out the voice cast. Nick Rodwell, Stephane Sperry and Ken Kamins are exec producing.
The screenplay, written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, is based on the character created in 1929 by Herge (the pen name of Georges Remi). Tintin's adventures played out through two dozen books.
The original "Unicorn" book is the first of a two-part tale involving pirate treasure. It focuses on Captain Haddock's ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock, and his fight against the nefarious seaman Rackham. The follow-up was "Red Rackham's Treasure."
"Unicorn" featured two gun-toting siblings known as the Bird Brothers and a butler named Nestor. But new characters have been created for Spielberg's film to flesh out Tintin's world; they include a rival reporter, a bellowing editor and an American Interpol inspector.
Serkis, well known for having embodied Gollum in Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, is playing both Haddocks. Pegg and Frost are playing Inspectors Thompson and Thomson, respectively. Elmaleh is playing Ben Salaad and Jones is playing a character named Silk.
The "Tintin" film project has been in the works for decades. Spielberg first optioned the material in 1983, and he and Jackson spent much of 2008 running animation tests and developing the script, which Paramount and Universal originally were going to co-produce.
When Universal, which is now in place to distribute the new independent DreamWorks' films, declined to provide its half of the proposed $130 million budget back in September, Paramount offered to fund the entire production. As Spielberg's DreamWorks was at that moment extricating itself from the Melrose studio, the director eventually sought out Sony as a new financial partner.
As a result, Paramount will release the film domestically and in all English-speaking territories and Asia, excluding India. Sony Pictures Releasing International will distribute the film in continental Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, India and the rest of the world.
judderman wrote:Is it possible to get any Tintin love on this site? I mean hell, I'd understand if it was Asterix and Obelix but I thought Amercans loved Tintin. Everyone was reading it when I was a kid, but the talkbackers seem to revel in ripping him a new one.
doglips wrote:Not sure about Moffat being announced as the writer for these movies. I haven't seen any of the new Jekyll series and am not intending to ( anyone watched it? ). Any zoners shed some light on his work for Dr Who? He also wrote Coupling, which was ( IMO ) terrible - so actually, count me worried.
Fried Gold wrote:His Doctor Who episodes are generally regarded as the better ones - darker, more atmospheric, more intelligent.
But I thought Jekyll was dull as dishwater.
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