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[Cartman]

Jag undrar om detta verkligen är sant. TORN har inte skrivit ett ord om det och dom kan man till 99% lita på. Stämmer det känns det ju som ett väldigt lustigt val måste jag säga.

Daily Mail - Well, actually ... Tom's on the case as Tintin

21st March 2008

A London schoolboy studying for his A-levels is about to sign up to play comic book hero Tintin in a trilogy of films to be directed by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson.

Thomas Sangster, 17, from South London, has already been to Los Angeles to work on preproduction test sequences with both directors.

Sangster, you may recall, was the lad who starred in the Richard Curtis film comedy Love Actually, where Liam Neeson played his stepdad and his leading co-stars were Emma Thompson and Bill Nighy (who, actually, walked off with the picture).

Anyway, Sangster, who possesses mesmerising eyes, was good in the movie.

Soon after, he did Nanny McPhee, starring again with Emma Thompson, and that was also a hit.

At the end of this month, he begins working with Oscar-winning director Jane Campion on her film Bright Star, a love story with Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish portraying John Keats and his lover Fanny Brawne.

The Tintin film, though, is shrouded in secrecy - to a most frustrating degree.

Sangster's London agent refused to respond to multiple telephone messages.

However, on the agent's website there's chatter about Sangster being in the middle of his A-levels but that, despite this, he would be flying "to LA for preproduction of his next project . . . watch this space".

Spielberg's spokesman Marvin Levy said he couldn't comment on Sangster because the film's production team weren't available.

An executive who worked with Sangster in Los Angeles recently told me: "Thomas seems to be the one.

"He was just great, but I'm not certain if anything has been finalised yet."

One thing that is certain is that Andy Serkis has been cast as Tintin's sidekick Captain Haddock.

Filming on the first story involving Tintin begins in the autumn, with Spielberg directing. Peter Jackson will make the second movie.

I've heard various tales about the third film: some say Spielberg and Jackson will direct it together; others claim that James Cameron, who made Titanic, will be at the helm.

Last night, everyone involved was in lockdown.

Edited by Cartman, 04 August 2008 - 12:27.

[Fiskrens]

Mm, tänker mer på Milou när jag ser honom

[Cartman]

Nu har även TORN en liten notis om detta. Tycker det som sagt, känns som ett väldigt udda val.

Peter Jackson finds his Tintin - report

March 25th

London’s Daily Mail reported that the lucky lad is 17-year-old British actor Thomas Sangster, who has appeared in Love, Actually and Nanny McPhee and has a role in Jane Campion’s Bright Star, which is about to begin filming. A spokesman for Spielberg’s DreamWorks studio declined comment. While specifics about the project have been kept under wraps, Andy Serkis, who is set to play Tintin’s globe-trotting buddy, Captain Haddock, recently told the IndieLondon website that he is about to begin work on the back-to-back features, with Spielberg handling the first film and Jackson taking the directorial reigns for the second.

[PredaBot]

Hmm, tja, i mina ögon så är ju Tintin kanske 17 i dom där första äventyren ( även om Hergé själv hade han betydligt yngre), och sen 19-21 i dom klassiska mittenavsnitten. Sen i dom sista ljuva åren, som slutar med opublicerade Alfakonsten, så är han kanske 25.

Så, iof var det ju ett bra val ur ålderssynpunkt. Men jag kan väl hålla med om att han verkar lite mindre mogen än jag själv tänkt mig också. Nåja, om han nu inte har en allt för ljus röst, så tror jag nog att det skulle funka.

[Cartman]

Fast inte ser han väl ut som 17, 19-21, 25 på den där bilden t.ex.?

Edited by Cartman, 26 March 2008 - 16:20.

[PredaBot]

Nej, men har han bara en bra röst och skådespelarförmåga så går det nog ändå, då han kommer bli delvis datoranimerad.

Men ja, du har rätt, han ser mer ut som kanske 14-15 på den bilden.

[Spidde]

Haha, jag blev lite full i skratt av den där bilden. Men jag litar på Steven Spielberg och Peter Jacksons omdöme så det blir säkert bra. Men lite mystiskt känns det ju.

[Walker]

Nja, visserligen ska han datanimeras men inte ser han ut som Tintin med den breda näsan.

Vår egen Olle Sarri är en betydligt mer porträttlik, dessvärre är han för gammal men visst är han lik Tintin.



Bonus

Föreläsning med skådespelarna bakom rösterna till Tintin på LP, kassett och CD med Bert-Åke Varg (Dupondtarna och Nestor), Lars Edström (Kalkyl), Tomas Bolme (Tintin) och Ulf Reinhard (ljudtekniker) på Kulturhuset i Stockholm.

Hade varit kul att höra den föreläsningen, någon som var där?

Edited by Walker, 28 March 2008 - 21:30.

[Cartman]

Intressanta nyheter.

TORN - Steven Spielberg reveals more Tintin plans

May 19th

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson may go a step further in their plans for three Tintin movies - by jointly directing the third installment. Spielberg raised the possibility before the release of his latest film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival at the weekend.

“We are going to make three Tintin movies back-to-back. I’ll direct the first one, Peter will direct the second one. We’ll probably co-direct the third one.”

[Steven Spielberg reveals more Tintin plans]

[PredaBot]

Stiligt. Jag kommer definitivt att se VARENDA del. Precis rätt män som har åtagit sig jobbet, i mina ögon. Synd att James Cameron inte kan vara med på ett hörn, men det är nog lika bra att Spielberg och Jackson gör den sista tillsammans.

[Cartman]

Det låter som en bra lösning tycker jag. Har funderat lite men kommer inte på några andra bra kandidater som skulle kunna regissera den sista filmen.

[Fiskrens]

För övrigt, Andy Serkis som Haddock tycker jag känns som huvudet på spiken. Tror han kan göra honom riktigt bra.

[PredaBot]

INGET NYTT??

Comic-Con har ju kommit och gått och allt, och det här är ju det häftigaste sen dom uppfann det färdigskivade brödet ju!

[XC]

Det inkom inte någonting om Tintin i mina flöden vad jag kan se...

Det sista som nämns är att Moffat avstår den andra Tintin-filmen till förmån för att ta rodret för Dr Who.
* Moffat plays down 'Tintin' reports
* Moffat pulled out of 'Tintin' for 'Who'

Edited by XC, 01 August 2008 - 18:35.

[Cartman]

Dom börjar ju filma först till slutet av året så dom har väl inget att visa upp än.

[Georgia]

Peter Jackson Replaces Steven Spielberg on TinTin? | /Film

Just days after it was announced that Peter Jackson would be part of the writing team for the upcoming Hobbit films, The Hollywood Reporter has gotten word that King Kong filmmaker has replaced Steven Spielberg as the director on the first installment of the Tintin series. Spielberg was originally set to helm the first of the announced three films, before tackling Lincoln. It is now unclear if Jackson will instead direct the second film, and what this would mean for Spielberg’s Lincoln biopic (Could it have been moved up?). I’m just wondering how Jackson is going to helm a big project like this while simultaneously penning the script for The Hobbit.

Update: The story was removed from The Hollywood Reporter’s website. Not sure what that means…

What We Know So Far:

* TinTin was originally scheduled to go into production in September
* The film series will be based on the adventures of popular Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy.
* Spielberg had hinted that he might team up with Jackson to co-direct the third film.
* The first film will be based on two of the original books entitled The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham’s Treasure.
* Screenplay written by Steven Moffat, writer of Doctor Who, Jekyll and Coupling. Moffat was forced to back out of writing the second film due to commitments on Doctor Who.
* The film will be animated with performance capture technology similar to that Robert Zemeckis used on Beowulf. WETA Digital has produced a 20-minute 3D test reel using the technology
* Cast: Thomas Sangster will play Tintin, Andy Serkis is Captain Haddock
* Tintin was originally set to be released in 2009, but I doubt we’ll see it before 2010
* Spielberg has wanted to adapt Tintin for over 25 years

[Fiskrens]

Updated: Steven Spielberg Still Directing Tintin
Update: Despite the reports from the film industry trade papers, Steven Spielberg is still scheduled to helm the first Tintin movie. Both Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg’s camps insist that the rumor is inaccurate. The rumor started when a spokesman for Herge Studios’ claimed that Peter Jackson would be directing the first Tintin movie instead of Steven Spielberg. The Hollywood Reporter published a story earlier today, which was quickly removed from their website. Our original story appears after the jump.

[Cartman]

Kvittar ju egentligen vem som börjar filma först och vem som gör vilket film. Huvudsaken är att det blir av med dom tilltänkta regissörerna och så vidare.

[Cartman]

TORN - Universal Pulls Out of Tintin

September 18th, 2008

Nikki Finke writes: I just heard that Universal has declined to exercise an option to co-finance DreamWorks’ Tintin with Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson set to begin filming in October. The decision was quietly made a few weeks ago. So now DreamWorks will look only to owner Paramount for the rest of the moolah in the same way the two shared financing on Dreamgirls and Transformers. Unfortunately, Paramount is presently without an overall financing deal to mitigate risk, but is arranging it on a film-by-film basis. I say Tintin — to be played by Love Actually’s Thomas Sangster — sounds like an expensive but safe bet, considering that the beloved Belgian boy is a worldwide phenomenon, and that the two great filmmakers are directing and producing even though also participating as huge first-dollar-gross players. This latest wrinkle would be more interesting if, say, Uni’s decision hurt its about-to-become-closer relationship with DreamWorks. But it didn’t. As I already reported, GE’s Jeff Immelt and Uni’s Ron Meyer dined with Spielberg and Stacey Snider Thursday night while NBC Uni’s Jeff Zucker spent the better part of that afternoon with Steven planning out the rebuild of the fire-ravaged backlot.

[PredaBot]

GRRR!! >_< Detta kan ju leda till förseningar, om inte pengarna kommer in då dom ska!

Förhoppningsvis inte, dock. Men hur sjutton kan man säga nej till en del av den här kakan?? Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson och Tintin, alla tillsammans??

[Cartman]

Lite oroväckande är det ju allt att ett så stort bolag som Universal inte utnyttjar rätten att få vara med att dela på kakan. Med lite tur beror det kanske på att dom har andra saker dom hellre satsar på och att andra ersättningsbolag gärna är med istället. Vore ju synd om dom avstod av andra anledningar.

[Cartman]

Deadline Hollywood - UPDATE: Viacom Offers 100% Tintin Financing To Spielberg & Jackson Duo

Friday, Sep 19th, 2008

TOLDJA! I broke the news last Monday that Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson were dialing for dollars now that Universal had declined to exercise an option to co-finance the family movie Tintin set to begin filming in October with Spielberg directing. (Weirdly, both the Los Angeles Times and Radar waited five days to weigh in, and then ridiculously claimed how this was such a setback for Steven and Peter.)

Back to my own reporting. I'm told Spielberg and Jackson began looking other places for the money, and had just talked to Walden Media. But the pair were still waiting to hear back from Paramount (which hadn't yet passed, contrary to what Radar wrote). Now my sources say parent company Viacom just offered the bigtime directors 100% Tintin financing. So it's Spielberg/Jackson's turn to get back to Paramount with a yea or nay.

So those other media were both out-of-date and dead wrong.

Edited by Cartman, 22 September 2008 - 16:52.

[PredaBot]

Haha, ja nu är det annat ljud i kistan för Paramount. Få se vad dom säger... Själv bryr jag mig inte så mycket, så länge som Spielberg och Jackson väljer det alternativ som ger mest i skattkistan för filmen åt dom. ^^

[Cartman]

/Film - Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Tintin?

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Simon Pegg revealed in The Sunday Times that Steven Spielberg suggested/asked that him and Nick Frost play the Thompson Twins in Tintin. Spielberg requested that Pegg meet him on the mocap set:

“Steven’s smoking a stogy, cap on head, like he’s always been since I was a baby,” Pegg says, shaking his head in wonder. “I shook his hand and chatted about films. He gave me the mo-cap [motion-capture] camera, and I had a play around with it. Then he said, ‘Hey, maybe you and Nick Frost could play the Thompson Twins.’ In Tintin. A Spielberg movie. To work with him is beyond .. . ” He trails off, lost for words.

[XC]

'Tintin' Getting Only Two Films? - Cinematical

Att Spielberg och Jackson har svårt och skrapa ihop pengar till en film, det är inte något man hör varje dag...

Få se vem som tar över rollen som Tintin - kanske Olle Sarri har en chans ändå?

Edited by XC, 01 November 2008 - 17:40.