Who Is Gad Elmaleh (Playing Ben Salaad Tintin and the Secret of the Unicorn)

The most unknown of the new three conformed actors to the Tintin movie is Gad Elmaleh. Gad Elmaleh was born in Morocco in 1971. He most likely got the acting gene through his father who was a mime. After leaving school in Casablanca he went to Montreal where during his four year stint as a student worked on radio, wrote humorous Stories and then played them in nightclubs.

In 1992 he left for Paris and took Le Cours Florent course where he ahd Isabelle Nanty as a teacher. He wrote a one nam show titled “Decalages” which covered his experiences in Montreal and Paris. He went onto present a second one man show “La Vie Normale” which showed his superb acting skills and his ability to bring humour t the stage. He has had a critically acclaimed acting career in various French movies. He lives with French actress Anne Brochet and they have one son Noe.

None of the French films he has been in have really been successful internationally but many have won awards although the only award Gad has won himself is probably one he doesn’t boast too much about but he won “Best Kiss” for Hors de Prix which he shared with Audrey Tatou.

He is an interesting pick and it is nice to see a French language actor involved in the projects which I guess many Tintin fans hope will be repeated with some other characters in the hope that the feel of Herge's ligne claire Tintin albums isn't lost on the big screen.

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Jamie Bell Given Lead In Tintin Movie

Jamie though eventually came out of the other side of his struggles of growing up in the public domain and has a decent body of work behind him and winning plaudits and fans alike. The film that recently saw him back in the spotlight was Jumper that really didn’t do Jamie Bell justice. This Sci-fi movie about people who could “jump” from one place to another was heavily promoted by didn’t live up to the billing and was not the commercial success the film studio hoped.

Jamie though had been involved in the Clint Eastwood critically acclaimed Flag of Our Fathers which was also liked by movie going fans. He also proved a great turn in the smaller David Mackenzie movie Hallam Foe as the star whose talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love. As one person put it quite succinctly Jamie was great in this movie and wrote on IMDB:-

“I even dreamt about him. Jamie Bell's performance as a juvenile peeping tom is one that stays with you, following your subconscious around without permission. Eliciting sympathy one moment and astonishment the next, this teenager reeling from the death of his mother leaves viewers similarly out of kilter. A dramatic thriller funnier than a lot of what passes for comedy, David McKenzie's new feature is beautifully shot in Scotland without wasting a second, the camera lingering like Hallam's binoculars one moment before leaping to the next vantage point.!”

The fact that Peter Jackson has worked with Jamie Bell before on King Kong must of helped him get the staring role in what will probably prove to be one of the biggest films of 2011. The 2005 films saw him star as Jimmy a young but loveable character who proves brave in the face of adversity.

Jamie Bell has one 12 awards film awards and been nominated for another 13 awards by the biggest “win” of his career was for playing Billy Elliot for which he won a BAFTA in Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.

I think Jamie Bell is an OK fit for the role of Tintin but I believe he will prove divisive with many true Tintin fans. These fans having hoped a Continental European actor who understands Tintin more being given the lead role. The whole Tintin movie project seems to many to be “to Hollywood” and the choice of Jamie Bell only re-enforces this argument.

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Tintin Movie - A Brazilian Perspective

Hey I have to thank Gabriel once again for this fine article where he has asked a few Brazilian fans to speculate and discuss the upcoming Tintin movie to be directed by Steven Spielberg. Oh and if you want to be a guest writer like Gabriel please click here.

Tintin and the secret of the Unicorn is one of the greatest Tintin adventures, no doubt about it. But is it the best choice from Herge’s Tintin albums to turn into the first Tintin movie?

In my opinion, Tintin in Tibet or Tintin and the Picaros would have impact on the media and audiences because they talk about actual themes more so than Tintin and the Secret of the Unicorn. Now, talking about the 3D format and the real actors, do you think that Spielberg will be capable to keep the original comics characteristics even with the 3D and the real actors? Or maybe a movie with the same graphics of the cartoon would be better? Or the old cartoon graphics would make people that don’t know Tintin that well; think that is just a children’s cartoon? I wouldn’t like to be in Spielberg’s shoes right now, because this is a real big challenge!

Many questions that need to be answered fast, he’ll need to work very hard to please all Tintin fans around the world and try to keep the look and feel of the original Tintin albums. In my opinion he’ll try to change something so the story has more actual facets.

I asked some questions about these themes to some South Americans Tintin Fans:

Enéas: (owner of a Tintin community in a intercional relationship site) :

-Which Tintin adventure do you think would make the best movie and Why?

Answer: In my opinion, the choice of Tintin and the Secret of the Unicorn was very clever! The reason being that the locations are extraordinary, and this will lead to a great balance of adventure and suspense of which to entertain the audiences. I think that any other Tintin adventure would be very boring for the public in general. This movie won’t be watched only by fans, I think that the majority of people who will watch the movie won’t be Tintin fans.

-Do you think that even with the 3D format and the real actors, Spielberg will be capable to keep the original characteristics?

Answer: Herge’s own albums suggests a 3D format, you just need to observe the beauty of the Tintin culture and understand it will relate well to 3D. Anyway, the 3D will give a realistic aspect to the character without compromising the good old Tintin of Hergé.

-What Spielberg could do to add much more people to the Tintin fan club?

-Answer: Tintin is already ready! I think that he doesn’t need to do too much, maybe he could give a more actual character to Tintin for example turn Tintin into a sly guy sometimes,  and  change some parts of the history, putting in a few surprises for example…

Ulisses: (Brazilian fan)

-Which Tintin adventure do you think would make the best movie and Why?

Answer: I think that the best adventures would be “Tintin and the Picaros” and “Tintin and the Calculus Affair”, because the stories contain a lot of adventure and they also have a little bit of politics also! I also think that “Tintin and the Black Island” would make a great movie too!

-Do you think that even with the 3D format and the real actors, Spielberg will be capable to keep the original characteristics?

Answer: Never! Tintin is a 100% European cartoon, the opposite of the American style suggested for the movie. The 3D format is fantastic, with a big future! But Tintin and 3D just don’t match…

-What Spielberg could do to add much more people to the Tintin fan club?

Answer: Maybe add more fans wouldn’t be a good idea (remember of the “Lord of the Rings”) If the idea is to make more people like Tintin, It should be by the good and old comics. Good or not, the movie is just an adaptation.

Bianca (Brazilian Fan)

-Which Tintin adventure do you think would make the best movie? Why?

Answer: The secret of the Unicorn and the Red Rackham's Treasure were really good choices! But I think that Tintin and the Crab with the Golden Claws would be better, because the history shows the beginning of a beautiful friendship between Haddock and Tintin. Anyway Tintin and the Secret of the Unicorn will have a lot of attractions too, for example, Professor Calculus , Nestor(Haddock’s employee) and the purchase of the Moulinsart Castle. Some beautiful scenes could be done too, like the scene of Rackham’s and Sir Francis fight !

-Do you think that even with the 3D format and the real actors, Spielberg will be capable to keep the original characteristics?

Answer: I trust in Spielberg’s and Jackson’s competence. But we never know, they can do beautiful movies but they could also ruin the beauty and simplicity of the old Hergé comics. But in my view I don’t think it’s going to be difficult to transcribe Tintin to the 3D format. It might bring us a wonderful surprise!

-What Spielberg could do to add much more people to the Tintin fan club?

Answer: Excellent merchandising, showing a lot of adventure and suspense and of course the comedy that must be present in the movie!

In conclusion the new Tintin movie to be directed by Steven Spielberg is already proving divisive amongst Tintin fans with many fans unsure about Hollywood creating a movie from a European story whilst others believe in Spielberg’s story telling abilities. Still we have to wait for the actual film now scheduled for release late 2010. In the meantime the debate will not stop as loyal Tintin fans who are protective of their beloved Belgium boy detective discuss the speculate and argue about any Tintin movie to be made.

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Is James Bond To Be In The Tintin Movie – The Adventures of Tintin:Secrets of the Unicorn?

The latest reports seem point towards Daniel Craig who is now most famous for playing James Bond to become the villain in the new Tintin Movie – The Adventures of Tintin:Secrets of the Unicorn.

 Daniel Craig who is best known for re-invigorating the 007 franchise with the two recent James Bond Films Casino Royal and Quantum of Solace. The start of Casino Royal was voted best James Bond sequence ever by loyal bond fans.

The reports seem to suggest that Craig has been signed up to play the role of the evil pirate Red Rackham in the first of what both Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson hope will become a successful Tintin movie trilogy.

Filming has already begun on the first Tintin Movie which is being directed by Steven Spielberg according to Variety Magazine. Variety also claims that the film will be partly shot in Wellington this year. It seems most of the filming so far has been done in front of a green screen for motion capture purposes.

The Tintin trilogy will be shot entirely in using motion capture technology which will be processed in New Zealand at the Weta workshop which was co-founded by Peter Jackson. You will recognise Weta work on the Lord of the Ring Trilogy particularly to bring Gollum to life.

Other notable actors believed to be involved in the upcoming Tintin movie are Jamie Bell (who is to play Tintin), Andy Serkis (who is to play Captain Haddock) and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Thomson and Thompson).

There will be more to follow as we get it

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The Position Of  The Tintin Movie

With the financing still up in the air here is the story so far with a history of how the Tintin Movie reached this point.

Spielberg has been a keen fan of The Adventures of Tintin comic books, which he discovered in 1981 when a review compared Raiders of the Lost Ark to Tintin. His secretary purchased him French-language editions of each book, but Spielberg did not need to understand them: he straight away fell madly in love with its art. In the meantime, the comics' creator Herge, who hated the prior live action film versions and the cartoon, became fascinated by Spielberg.

Michael Farr, writer of Tintin: The Complete Companion, recalled Herge "thought Spielberg was the sole person who could ever do Tintin justice". Spielberg and his production partner Kathleen Kennedy of Amblin Entertainment were scheduled to rendezvous with Herge in 1983 whilst filming Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in London.

A three-year long option to film the comics was finalised in 1984, with Universal as distributor. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982 ) writer Melissa Mathison was chosen to script a film where Tintin battles ivory hunters in Africa. Spielberg saw Tintin as "Indiana Jones for kids" and wanted Jack Nicholson to play Haddock but was unhappy with the script, Spielberg continued with production on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989 ).  After the three years were up Spielberg lost the rights.

Warner Bros. bartered hard and long for the rights, but they could not guarantee the "creative integrity" the Foundation found in Spielberg. In 2004, the French mag Capital reported Spielberg was intending a trilogy primarily based on Secret of the Unicorn / Red Rackham's Treasure, The 7 Crystal Balls / Captives of the Sun and The Blue Lotus / Tintin in Tibet ( which aren't single stories, but both feature the Chang Chong-Chen personality ). In the meantime, Peter Jackson, who had long been fascinated with 3-D filmmaking, was incredibly excited by current advances in the format. By luck they came together andSpielberg and Jackson concluded a live action adaptation would not do justice to the comic books and motion capture was the most effective way of representing Herge's Ligne Claire style of Tintin.

A week of filming occurred in Nov 2007 in Playa Vista, LA, California, on the stage where James Cameron shot Avatar. Andy Serkis had been cast, while Jackson stood in for Tintin.

The film was broadcast to Weta Digital, who produced a twenty-minute test reel that demonstrated a photorealistic outline of the characters.

An official statement about the collusion was made in May 2007, though both filmmakers had to attend to film it: Spielberg was preparing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( which was due for May 2008 ) and Jackson was planning The Lovely Bones ( October 2009 ). In October 2007, Steven Moffat was announced to have been brought in to pen the screenplays for two of the Tintin films.

Moffat asserted he was "love bombed" by Spielberg into accepting the offer to draft the films, with the director promising to shield him from studio interference with his writing. Moffat finished the 1st script, but could not complete the second thanks to the 2007/2008 Writers Guild of America strike. He then became producer of Doctor Who, leading Spielberg and Jackson (the latter of whom is big fan for the show ) to permit him to leave and fulfil his requirement to the series. It'll take 30 days to shoot each film; Spielberg will film his in LA whilst Jackson will film his in New Zealand. An online connection between Weta in New Zealand will permit Spielberg to view the animated version of his film whilst shooting in LA.

But in August 2008, a month before principal photography would have started, Universal turned down their option to co-produce the film, quoting the low ticket office of Monster House and Beowulf and the directors' common request for 30% of the gross. Paramount Pictures (DreamWorks' distributor) had was hoping to partner with Universal on the project having spent $30 million on pre-production.

Spielberg was uncomfortable that Paramount would have to fully fund the Tintin Movie, because he was leaving the studio. He gave a ten-minute presentation of footage, hoping they would approve for filming to begin in October. Paramount offered to produce if the directors opted out of their gross percentage deals: Spielberg and Jackson declined and looked for new options. By October 31, Sony was in negotiations to co-finance and distribute the first film. Filming was rescheduled to February 2009.

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Will Video Games Infuence the Upcoming Tintin Movie

An interview Steven Spielberg did recently for Yahoo! Games is of interest to all those waiting for the Tintin movie release which is now predicted for 2010 after all the financial woes that have struck it. Spielberg remarked on the increasing crossover between movies and video games.

In the Yahoo! Games interview the legendry director observed how films are being influenced by video games explaining “: "I think filmmakers are learning things from video games. Movies are starting to look more and more like video games, like the digital introductory teasers video games give you before they turn control over to the player.

"A lot of movies, like this movie with Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy called Wanted. It had a lot of video game savvy. The Bourne Ultimatum had a lot of video game savvy in the quick cuts and the audacity of camera angle."

The director went on to make known his interest in first-person-shooters and their cut scenes commenting "There have been a lot of games, including all the sequels for Medal Of Honour, that I've really admired".

"I love the direction it's taken. I also like the competitive games. I'm currently playing Call Of Duty 4. A lot of these first-person shooters are very interesting." 

The reason that this is of interest to the Tintin fan is with Spielberg is scheduled to direct the first Tintin movie in the proposed Tintin film trilogy. The look of the film is going is going to use the same kind of technology that Peter Jackson (also involved in the project and scheduled to direct the second movie) used in the Lord of the Rings trilogy to bring Golum to life.  This motion capture technology will allow Spielberg to quite easily bring video game influences to the big screen. I think the film will have a unique and interesting look.

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Journeyman Star Wants To Be On Tintin Movie Project

Here is very quick rumour about another actor linked to the Tintin Movie project.

Brain Howe of the Journey man series is believed to be seeking a role of some description in the Tintin movie trilogy. He was interviewed a on BlogTalkRadio and during the two hour audio programme he spoke of asking his agent to look into the Tintin movie project.

Brian Howe went on to say that he had auditioned for the project and that it would be a dream to be part of those stories that he read growing up.

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Tintin Movie - Thomas Sangster The First Casualty

The Tintin movie trilogy is still under scrutiny. The whole saga over the Tintin movie and its finances is fast becoming a calamity that could come directly out of a Tintin album. The Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg project has been delayed due to an untidy split between Universal pictures and Paramount who were due to co-finance the Tintin project to the tune of US$135 million.

It trying to overcome the financial mess it appears that Paramount could be happy to back the whole project independently but under the condition that Spielberg and Jackson reduce their take in the Tintin Movie project.

One casualty in this whole saga is Thomas Sangster who had been heavily rumoured to be the young man to play the main role of the Belgium boy detective who it now is believed has withdrawn from the project.

It is believed Thomas Sangster’s decision was based on the delay to the start of production that was supposed of have started this month.

The only other cast member confirmed in the Tintin movie project was Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock but my source www.stuff.co.nz doesn’t know whether Serkis is still involved which wasn’t confirmed or denied by those involved in the project.

We at www.letintinmovie.com will bring you more on this saga as we here it.

A Great Way To Spread The Word Of Tintin

After the wonderful contribution by Garbriel I thought I would continue on the international Tintin theme and bring to you’re an attention an article in The Times of India which has a great piece on how Tintin has now been translated into Hindi. This seems like a great idea as it is well know that Indians go to the movies so much more per capita than anywhere else in the world.

I cannot say for sure how well know Tintin is known in India but the fact a Tintin movie will hopefully come out in 2009 (depending on financial backing) what great timing to introduce Tintin to a whole new audience then allow them to see Tintin on the big screen which will hopefully add millions of Tintin fans to those already from Timbuktu to Beijing.

To read this wonderful Tintin in Hindi article please click the link.

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What Tintin Means To A One Brazilian

Hi there Tintin fans I am proud to introduce our first guest writer who is a devoted fan of Tintin from Brazil. Gabriel got in touch with us and was excited by the prospect of letting other Tintin fans know how Tintin is seen in Brazil.  As a result we have end up with Gabriel's first piece which is a little insight into how ther nations outside Europe can access Tintin.

A Tintin that you probably don’t know

As an eight years old Brazilian boy I truned on the television and BAM! “What cartoon is that?” I asked to myself. That is how I started my “relationship” with Tintin. It was love at first sight! I really loved the way how Tintin fought against the crime and injustice all over the world (Tintin would be a moral cop in Brazil as he probably wouldn’t accept any bribe unlike the cops here!). I started to watch Tintin everyday on a local channel called ‘’TV Cultura’’ , nowadays Tintin isn’t present on free Brazilian television , the only way that Brazilian people can watch Tintin is on cable TV (HBO Family) that is very expensive here. That makes it kind of difficult to watch Tintin in Brazil for a average person.

Brazilian fans of Tintin have another problem, it’s very very difficult to find Tintin comics here! It’s almost impossible to find them in normal bookstores, I said ‘”normal” bookstores because here in Brazil we have some places that only sells old comics and books. That is the kind of place that I find the odd Tintin comic. The comics that I have are from the 80’s (I was not even born!). Another interesting thing is that it is really impossible to find ‘’Tintin In the Land of the Soviets’’ and ‘’ Tintin in the Congo’’ here though according to my research a long time ago a book company in Lisboa sent some copies of these two albums to Brazil. Today however those copies are probably just going to dust in some store room or other. I bought these albums via Amazon as there wasn’t another way to buy them.

So now I think that you guys know a little bit more about what is Tintin means to us in Brazil! 

I try to spread the word of Tintin and am looking forward to the Tintin Movies.

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Tintin Movie Motion Capture Technology Boost

The Tintin trilogy will be shot entirely in using motion capture technology which will be processed in New Zealand at the Weta workshop which was co-founded by Peter Jackson. You will recognise Weta work on the Lord of the Ring Trilogy.

The technology that brought Gollum to life will be used on the new Tintin movie project. This huge Tintin project has just got a boost because Weta Digital recently announced the completion of a new “extreme density” data center featuring HP’s new 2-in-1 server blades, which combines two server in a single energy-efficient blade. Weta is running four computing clusters, each equipped with 156 of HP’s Proliant BL2×220c server blades, which hold spots 219 through 222 on the current Top 500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers

Ok, so that sounds a little technical but it is all good news for Tintin fans because it means that this powerful computing will be used to create a wonderful looking Tintin movie. The vision of Jackson/Spielberg combined with these mighty computers to process the data from the motion capture camera will lead to great cinema.

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Tintin Movie Original Cast List

The Tintin movie is still shrouded in mystery and getting definite news about the Spielberg/Jackson project is hard. We have information that the following characters are to be involved in the motion capture project after appearin in original cast list.

• Aristides Silk, a seemingly friendly British or international pickpocket with a memorable face who is balding and has a mustache
• Allen & Ernie, two seamen smugglers disguised as workmen;
• Barnaby, a fat and sweaty American Interpol inspector who’s better at his job than he looks;
• Lt. Delacourt, the amiable, pipe-smoking British commander of the Afghar outpost who helps Tintin and Captain Haddock;
• Max & Gerontium Bird, these brothers’ businessman-like appearance bely the fact that they’re gun smugglers on the Karaboudjan;
• Merrydew, an the anxious, nerdy and envious reporter rival of Tintin’s;
• Mr. Crabtree, a stall keeper/vendor at the Old Street Market;

• Mrs. Finch, Tintin’s landlady with a fierce, beaky face and personality to match;
• Nestor, a kindly, efficient butler who works for the Bird brothers and finds himself in troubled circumstances;
• Omar Ben Salaad, a larger-than-life arms dealer with 14 wives and a commanding voice;
• The pilot and co-pilot of Omar Ben Salaad’s seaplane;
• Red Rackham, described as tall and thin, larger than life with a sinister edge;
• Sakharine, a tall, thin and mysterious stranger with a foreign accent that can’t be placed;
• Ahmed, an obedient soldier under Lt. Delacourt’s command;
• Wetherbuck, Tintin’s big, bellowing, cigar-chomping editor and mentor;
• Thomson & Thompson, two ineffective, narrow-minded policemen described as more stupid than mean, moronic yet pretentious, comical and clumsy. They are identical and can only be distinguished by their mustaches.

It possible that Wetherbuck, Merrydew, Nestor, Mrs. Finch and Thomson & Thompson will appear in multiple films, while one actor could play both Thomson & Thompson although we like Nick Frost and Simon Pegg for the project.

Motion capture will take place for 30 days in the US and 30 days in New Zealand allowing both Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson to shoot their footage. Afterwards, Jackson’s Weta Workshop will process the motion capture and produce the final film.

For the source of this the article please click the following link about the Tintin cast list.

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Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham’ Treasure For The First Tintin Movie

News had reached letintintimovie.com that 3 news in New Zealand has reported that the first Tintin move will be based on Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham’ Treasure which we speculated here would be the source of the first Tintin Move.

Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham’ Treasure are considered even by their creator Herge to be the best books out of the 23 written about the beloved Belgium boy detective. There are still though some problems with this news as the cast list included characters from The Crab with the Golden Claw. Then there is the rumour that Eric Stolz has been picked to play Dr. Krospell who only appears in Flight 714.

The idea of using these two albums as the basis of the first Tintin movie seems like a great idea because they feature two of the most recognised characters created by Herge in Professor Calculus and also the lovable Captain Haddock who has Marlinspike manor by the end of the adventure.

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Simon Pegg New Tintin Movie Link

Simon Pegg who was initially linked with the role of Tintin in the upcoming Spielberg/Jackson Tintin movie collaboration which later proved false now is back in the frame to work on this project. Pegg who at the moment is promoting his new movie How to Lose Friends and Alienate People learnt after just having finished work on the film that he had a call saying Steven Spielberg wanted to meet him.

This led to Simon Pegg meeting the director on the set of the first Tintin movie. The first movie in a trilogy of Tintin films; of the meeting Pegg said.

“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.

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg have worked together on a number of projects which have been highly successful for the pair which has led to much adulation in Britain for the pair with the movies “Hot Fuzz” and “Shaun of the Dead” being cult films. These two projects led to the attention of Hollywood and now Simon Pegg finds himself in demand and being offered many American backed projects.

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg have great chemistry on screen and seem to have a connection that allows them to sometimes just go with the flow and this leads to great moments of cinema that were not as originally as scripted. If they do get the chance to work on the Tintin movie trilogy; Simon Pegg and Nick Frost would add both colour and their unique humour to what is already seems to be a great project. Read the sourceof this story here:-

Simon Pegg Times Story

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Moffat Clears Up Wild Tintin Movie Rumours

Steven Moffat has cleared up some of the rumours surrounding the fact he “quit” the Tintin movie project when he accepted the job of taking over from Russell T Davies to become lead writer on the hit British TV show Doctor Who.

Newspaper reports claimed he “turned down” a two film deal with Spielberg; Moffat calls this “a bit misleading”.

Moffat’s original plan was to finish the Tintin movie project before starting with Doctor Who. This idea came to an abrupt halt with the US writer’s strike. In May it was announced that Steven Moffat would replace Russell T Davies as lead writer and executive producer on Doctor Who.

Moffat was heard saying "nothing less than Doctor Who could have torn me away" from Tintin, which he described as a "stunning project" he was "proud" to be part of but it was "the proper duty of every British subject to come to the aid of the Tardis", he added.

Moffat when onto clarify the time frame of the deal saying that he had not accepted the offer to replace Davies during the three months writer’s strike which ended in February of this year. Moffat claims the deal was already all in the works. "The strike just meant that I was unable to finish my work on the Tintin film given my new commitments."  

Moffat went onto to say that Spielberg had been "very patient and understanding about the situation, despite the problems it created".

Moffat also claims that the reports suggesting Spielberg was the guy to bring him on board are inaccurate; it was in fact Peter Jackson who knew of his writing talents and that the astronomical fees being bounded about for his role in the Tintin movie project  " are also entirely speculative and wildly inaccurate".

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Could Spielbeg's Dreamworks Purchase Lead to Tintin Movie Production Trouble?

Is there going to be trouble with Tintin movie trilogy? With the first Tintin movie nearly ready to be filmed in earnest there is trouble brewing behind the scenes. The Tintin film trilogy is being made by Dreamworks which is partly Spielberg’s production company but owned by Viacom via its subsidiary Paramount. The problem arises because Spielberg is in the process of buying back Dreamworks for a reported US$1.2 billion from Viacom. 

This unfortunately makes any current movies in the works up for discussion as to who will own what after any deal takes place. Will the current Dreamworls/Paramount productions be able to continue or will they be delayed until any deal is done or solution worked out.

Whatever happens please be assured that we at letintinmovie.com will try and keep you in the loop as much as we can.

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Has Steven Moffat Walked Away From The Tintin Movie?

Bad news for all those people looking forward to the Tintin movie trilogy as there is a rumour that Steven Moffat who wrote the first script of the Tintin movie trilogy has walked away from the Tintin movie project. The source material is from the Daily Mail (a tabloid paper in England).

The paper claims that Moffat was contacted to write the first two Tintin movies for £1 million. After completing the first script the writers strike unfortunately reared its head and Moffat was unable to work on the second script. In the intervening time Moffat was offered another contract with the BBC in England to write for the stunningly successful Dr. Who series. Moffat is a celebrated Dr. Who fan has accepted the offer thus turning down £500,000 and walking away from a second Spielberg/Jackson Tintin move.

Moffat will be sadly missed by all those involved with the Tintin movie project and Tintin fans as Moffat has a great history of being able to write great scripts whilst still maintaining the integrity of the source material. Moffat can make a story contemporary whilst keeping the feel of the original adventure.

If this Tintin movie rumour is true then it can only lead to more speculation as Spielberg and Jackson now have to find a writer to fill the huge void left by Moffat. Spielberg has been a huge Tintin fan for a number of years and has been waiting to make a Tintin movie for over 25 years.

Anyone who is brought to the Tintin movie project has a big task ahead. Be sure to come back to letintinmovie.com soon as we will try and be the first to bring you news of any new writer developments.

Here is the original Daily Mail Story

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