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DIRECTOR: STEVEN SPIELBERG
STARRING: JAMIE BELL and DANIEL CRAIG
PRODUCERS: STEVEN SPIELBERG, PETER JACKSON and KATHLEEN KENNEDY
Steven Spielberg is directing. Jamie Bell (“Billy Elliot,” “Defiance”) stars as Tintin, the fearless young reporter whose constant search for a good story draws him into a series of great adventures, and Daniel Craig (“Quantum of Solace,” “Defiance”) plays the villainous Red Rackham.
Bell and Craig are joined by an international cast including Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook.
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn was written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish and is produced by Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy. The film will be the first in a series of 3D motion-capture films based on the cult character created by Georges Remi, better known worldwide by his pen name Hergé, and is scheduled for theatrical release in 2011.
Nick Rodwell, Stephane Sperry and Ken Kamins serve as executive producers. Paramount Pictures will distribute the film in North America, all other English-speaking countries and Asia except India. Sony Pictures Releasing International will distribute it in continental Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, India and the rest of the world.
Peter Jackson is expected to direct the second installment in the series and possibly the third as well.
Hergé introduced his unique characters to the world 80 years ago, and they continue to delight readers of all ages. The Adventures of Tintin comprise a series of 24 books. The final, unfinished adventure was published after Hergé’s death and became part of his legacy. The first adventure appeared in 1929. Two hundred million books have been sold worldwide. The popular series has been translated into 70 languages and continues to gain thousands of new fans every year.
Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson will bring Hergé’s stories to life using state-of-the-art performance-capture technology from Jackson’s Weta Digital.
