Characters Hergé
Screenplay Steven Moffat
Producer Nick Rodwell Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Peter Jackson
Steven Spielberg to direct Tintin
Les Studios Hergé, based in Bruxelle (Belgium), initially announced that Peter Jackson (Lord of the Ring, The Lovely Bones) would direct the first Tintin movie. However, Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg announced that Spielberg will alone direct the first episode of the Tintin Trilogy.
Peter Jackson remains producer and will direct the second movie.
The first Tintin movie, developed by DreamWorks and written by Stephen Moffat, is based on the two comics books: The Secret of the Unicorn, and its sequel, Red Rackham's Treasure.
This story starts when Tintin finds an old model sailing ship and gives it as a present to Captain Haddock, and an exciting adventure quickly developes. From an ancient diary, they learn of the story of the of the ship, the Unicorn - a story of cutthroat pirates and lost treasure. Helped by their detective friends, Thomson and Thompson, Tintin, Snowy, and the Captain set out to uncover the secret of the Unicorn. But there are many narrow escapes for Tintin before the mystery is solved and he is ready to set off in his next strange adventure, the hunt for Red Rackham's Treasure . . .
The Tintin movies will make use of a 3D based Animation system said to be similar from what was used for Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf.
Tintin financing issues
Tintin, the digital motion-captured film adaptation of Hergé's comics, is still at the starting blocks awaiting final financing plans to be concluded.
Steven Spielberg's project of bringing the most famous Belgium reporter to the Big Screen is definately more complex to set up than expected. The first Tintin movie (from a trilogy) was expected to be relased in 2009. However, when financing fell through with Universal at the moment of the divorce of DreamWorks and Paramount, Spielberg lost the participation of his lead actor Thomas Sangster.
At this time Sony Pictures Entertainment and Paramount Pictures are talking about co-financing the project. Paramount would be the distributor in North America and some other English-speaking territories, while Sony would handle the foreign releases. No more mention of DreamWorks appears in this deal. It also sounds like the negotiations are only about the first Tintin movie directed by Steven Spielberg, and its sequel directed by Peter Jackson. Does it mean the idea of a trilogy is abandonned?
The first Tintin movie has been reported to be based on the two comics books: The Secret of the Unicorn, and its sequel, Red Rackham's Treasure.
Steven Spielberg is still expecting all this to be sorted out, and to have the first movie completed in time for a 2010 release.
Thomas Sangster
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| Born | Thomas Brodie Sangster May 16, 1990 (1990-05-16) London, England |
| Years active | 2001 - present |
Thomas Brodie Sangster (born May 16, 1990) is an English actor, perhaps best known for his roles in the films Love Actually (2003) and Nanny McPhee (2005).
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Biography
Personal life
Sangster was born in South London, where he now lives with his sister, Ava, and his parents, actors Tasha (née Bertram) and Mark Sangster.[1] His mother, a dancer and characterist, has appeared in several BBC films while his father, who is also a musician, starred in The Lion King musical in Germany.[1] Sangster is the second cousin once removed of actor Hugh Grant; his great-grandmother, Barbara Bertram,[2] and Grant's grandmother were sisters.[1] Sangster's great-grandfather, Anthony Bertram, was a novelist.[3] Sangster's interests include painting, tennis, drawing and skating. Two of his favorite artists are Eminem and Queen. He is 1.67 m (approx. 5'6"). He studies in Pimlico School in Pimlico, London.
Career
Sangster's first acting job was in a BBC television film, The Adventures of Station Jim. He subsequently appeared in a few more television films, including the lead roles in Bobbie's Girl, The Miracle of the Cards (based on the story of Craig Shergold) and Stig of the Dump. He won the "Best Actor in a mini-series" award at the 2003 Monte Carlo Film Festival for his role in the miniseries Entrusted. Love Actually, in which he played Liam Neeson's stepson, was Sangster's first major theatrical film.[1] He was nominated for a "Golden Satellite Award" and a Young Artist Award for his role in the film.
Sangster next appeared in a television adaptation of the novel Feather Boy (2004) and played a younger version of James Franco's role in the film version of Tristan and Isolde (2006), which was filmed in the Czech Republic. Among other things, Sangster takes part in a swordfight in the film. Sangster next starred in the commercially successful film Nanny McPhee, as the eldest of seven children.[1]
In 2007 he appeared in a two-part story ("Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood") in the third series of Doctor Who as schoolboy Tim Latimer,[4] and guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio dramas The Mind's Eye and The Bride of Peladon. His voice lowered during filming of the Doctor Who episodes. That same year he voiced the character of Ferb in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb. He also starred alongside Love Actually and Nanny McPhee co-star Colin Firth in the film adaptation of Valerio Massimo Manfredi's historical novel The Last Legion, released in 2007.[1]
Sangster is next scheduled to appear in the Holocaust-themed, The Fence. As of December 2007, he was also working on the filming of a television series of the story of Pinocchio. Steven Spielberg cast Sangster in the lead role in his Tintin film.
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