Apr
12
The Adventures of Tintin - Secret of the Unicorn
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn is a motion capture 3-D film. It is based on a series of comic books created by Belgian artist Georges "Hergé" Remi. The film is scheduled for release in 2011. The film will be directed by Steven Spielberg. The script is based on 4 of the stories; The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Shooting Star, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure.
Spielberg acquired rights to Tintin after Hergé's death in 1983. Producer Peter Jackson, whose company Weta Digital is providing the animation, will direct a sequel with Spielberg and Jackson co-directing a third film.
Combining the stories of The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Shooting Star, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure, the film depicts Tintin's (Jamie Bell) first encounter with Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) and the discovery of a clue to the treasure of his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock. They set out to find it with protection from a prison escapee who tried to get the treasure as well as Detectives Thompson and Thomson (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost).