Tintin Updates
That’s Jamie Bell. And he’s the new TINTIN:
Steven Spielberg has set his cast for “The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn,” the first installment in the 3-D motion-capture trilogy that Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment are co-financing.
“Billy Elliot” thesp Jamie Bell will star as the titular character, an intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure. Daniel Craig will co-star as the nefarious Red Rackham.
Film, which has been cloaked in secrecy during pre-production, has begun principal production in Los Angeles. It is set for release in 2011.
I’m pretty neutral on Bell. Just another sign of Jackson’s influences, methinks. He doesn’t look as mischevious as SANGSTER did, and I’m pretty sure there’s no ballet involved. But Bell’s age seems to be a lot closer to Herge’s intentions.
I love Craig as Rackham. I’m also pleased that they’re starting with The Secret of the Unicorn. It was Herge’s personal favorite, at least until Tintin in Tibet. And it’s got a longer story arc, if I remember correctly - Unicorn, Red Rackham’s Treasure, and then (depending on your view) The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun.
Makes a lot of sense from a “this might be a huge hit, and we’ll want to make a lot of others, so let’s have something lined up ” perspective. Which is lightyears better than the “Indiana Jones was huge, but we don’t have any idea what else we want to do, so let’s just cook up something totally absurd” one.
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Keep going.Do not entertain fear.
Although on principle I would generally agree with the first comment above, in this case you could have stopped at “Daniel Craig will co-star…”
The end. I’m going to see it.
But if we *do* have to talk about the other folks who are apparently in the thing, too, then I’d have to say I really like the casting for Tintin. His face looks perfect, and I agree about the age completely — no way was Tintin 12. 20 is much more like it. I thought he did an excellent job in Billy Elliott, so — yay.