News Archive: 2002

22 November 2002 Live-action Tintin movie on the horizon

BBC News reports DreamWorks and Universal Pictures are planning a live action Tintin movie. The film is to be co-produced by Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy. Full story from the BBC News site: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2502495.stm

22 May 2002 Chinese edition of Tintin in Tibet launched with proper title

BBC News On the 95th anniversary of Hergé's birth, Tintin's adventure in Tibet is re-launched in Beijing today, under its original title 'Tintin in Tibet'. When the book was published in China last year, it was published under the title 'Tintin in Chinese Tibet'. Full story from the BBC News site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/2002554.stm

Did you know: 10,000 sets (22 albums per set) have been printed and are available in major bookshops in China. Each set is sold at between RMB400 to 550, excluding postage and handling, which is close to an average worker's monthly income over there. RMB550 converts to roughly AUD130/USD70. [Irene Mar 13 June 2001 01:42]