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Well that makes sense. I actually saw the link to the video on the huge Lord of the Rings fan site theonering.net, which might in itself explain why so many people have visited the site.

Two little articles from the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-tintinfilm22-2009mar22,0,57 65038.story

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-tintin22-2009mar22,0,124869 2.story

The first includes this: "The Tintin film encompasses "The Secret of the Unicorn" as well as elements from the other books (such as the sequel "Red Rackham's Treasure"), which carry on the tale of Tintin's hunt for the pirate Red Rackham's hidden bounty".

You know what? When it comes to my study leave, I'm definitely going to do a case study on this film in production. It deserves to be written about already, what from descriptions.
This film is bound to be amazing, so let's more than hope that Spielberg and Jackson do this the Herge' way and the right way.

Viva le Tintin!

I can't wait 'till 2011! This is going to be great!

I truly think that my fellow Americans will wake up and see what all the fuss is about, especially with two "legends" directing this. I know that Speilberg will do a good job-he's wanted to for ages! And Peter Jackson has worked extensively with the motion-capture technology, so he should be able to bring that knowledge and familiarity to the films.

When I first heard that Andy Serkis was to play Haddock, I was skeptical. However, after I was watching LOTR (for the millionth time!), I realized what an amazing actor he is. I think that he can do Haddock justice.

Come on, 2011!

Apparently some filming has been wrapped all ready. It's exciting to think it's going on right now! :)

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I'm exciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiited !!!!

A snippet of information :

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2009/03/filmmakers-use.html

But it is unclear exactly what is meant here:

"The digital environment for Tintin and its sequel will be constructed over the next 18 months at New Zealand's renowned WETA Workshop".

Official confirmation regarding the score - it will indeed be composed by John Williams :

http://www.tintin.com/#journal/0903_Musiciens/0903_Musiciens.swf〈=fr /&mc=_root.ban2

All right! John Williams and Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are collaborating on a Tintin movie! Wildest dream come true, I guess.
Tintinologists, we are one lucky bunch of fans.

An interview with Nick Frost in The Guardian includes the following:

"Nick finds acting difficult because he doesn't have the back-up of training. On the Tintin film, the script kept changing, to such an extent that he and Simon were sometimes handed their words just minutes before they went on. "I need a week to really get a scene into my head. And you've got Steven Spielberg and Kathy Kennedy, who's the most powerful woman in Hollywood, and Peter Jackson, who's co-directing from New Zealand using iChat! It was the most stressful thing I've ever done. Having said that, Spielberg was amazing. Sometimes he'd run on at the end of a scene and do a little dance and punch the air."

source :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/mar/29/nick-frost-interview-boat-r ocked

Another article includes this :

"MTV meanwhile reported Tintin director Steven Spielberg used a specially designed video-conferencing system that allowed producer Peter Jackson to talk to him and watch everything on set while action sequences were shot in Los Angeles. Post-production work on the US$135m (NZ$234.9m) film was about to start and would take 18 months, it reported."

source :

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2300931/Heat-on-at-Weta-to-lift-effi ciency