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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