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Andy Serkis Joins Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's Tintin

December 16, 2007
Source: Hollywood Reporter
by Alex Billington

Andy Serkis in Tintin

Back in May, we wrote about the news that Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson would be working together to bring Tintin to the bring screen in 3D over a trilogy of movies. The news this weekend is that performance-capture star Andy Serkis has joined the trilogy, but not necessarily as Tintin. While confirmation of the exact character he will play is still missing, it is believed that Serkis will play the role of Capt. Haddock, the temperamental sea captain. Principal photography on the first film is scheduled to begin next September.

Andy Serkis was the guy who donned the form-fitting blue suit and provided the performances of Gollum in all three Lord of the Rings as well as King Kong in Jackson's remake. Jackson and Serkis have worked together quite a bit and it's great to see them coming back together. Serkis can rarely go wrong - he's one of the best hidden gems around these days. I even loved him in The Prestige, in which he was a regular actor, not CGI.

As for the movies, Tintin is a project that Spielberg and Jackson are taking on together, with each directing at least one of the movies, but a third director still hasn't been revealed. The films will chronicle the adventures of Tintin, a junior reporter who will follow stories even though he often finds his own life in jeopardy. The films will be based on three stories from The Adventures of Tintin series by Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name of Herge, and will be produced in full digital 3D using performance capture technology.

Although I'm not even remotely a fan of Tintin, no one can deny that with such phenomenal names as Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, and now Andy Serkis as one of the stars, that this has built up a bit of interest. I'm incredibly curious to see how this turns out and if it's as revolutionary as they're making it out to be.

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Reader Feedback - 3 Comments »

1

Tintin has got to be one of the worst ideas for a movie in recent memory. I wasn't impressed with "Les Aventures de Tintin" as an animation even as a child (must have been the first 1958 to 1962 series I saw as reruns in the early 1980s).

But I'm fairly open-minded. Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis - surprise me :)

avoidz on Dec 17, 2007

2

I completely agree with you and I think (or hope) that you can sort of get that sense from my articles on Tintin. My thoughts are: what the heck, why do Tintin? No one cares about this comic (at least in America) and what the heck is going to be revolutionary about a little comic guy who's been around since 1929. It's one of those things that has no interest to me…

But you're right, with names like Spielberg, Jackson, and Serkis, I can't help but raise an eyebrow.

Alex Billington on Dec 17, 2007

3

Have u people no idea what a BOOK is? I am a massive Tintin fan as is Spielberg and i agree the cartoon series is a pile of crap - it is the Tintin books that we love!!! The film is not for cretins like u who don't no what ur talking about so don't bother seeing it and don't bother commenting.

Summer on Mar 31, 2008

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