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[Doth Togo]

http://aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=17785

 

[Stryder]

Oh god, this seems a bit of a gamble don't you think, given how great the books were?

edit : from the article

Fanny Rodwell and her husband Nick Rodwell are, as most Tintin fans already know, responsible for the Hergé Foundation - who get final say on all things Tintin. Spielberg has now gotten the green light from the Foundation to go ahead with the movies.

Sounds like it meets their expectations, I look forward to it

 

[Doth Togo]

The books were some of the best stories/comics ever. Spielberg does have the capability to do it right, if he does it very carefully.

My plan is to just ignore all press/commentary until it comes out and go see it for myself.
I don't know how I'd feel about seeing it live action. Tobey McGuire might....might pull it off. A thin John Rhys Davies as Haddock would own.

 

[Dead]

which books will it be based on?

Tintin rocks

 

[Doth Togo]

which books will it be based on?

Tintin rocks

"She didn't say which album he's doing though, but going from rumours, it's probably "Unicorn..." and "Red Rackham..."

 

[Dead]

those would be a good choice

 

[Doth Togo]

Rowan Atkinson as Calculus?
Harvey Fierstein as The Thompson Twins (lol)?
John Rhys Davies as Haddock (dead on Haddock, IMO)?

 

[Trevelyon]

Rowan Atkinson as Calculus?
Harvey Fierstein as The Thompson Twins (lol)?

I always thought Hale & Pace would be the perfect Thompson and Thomson.

and if John Hurt was a little a more daffier, he could be a great Calculus. He pulled off a great Prof. Bruttenholm in Hellboy, so why not.

 

[Fusebox]

I'm gonna audition for the part of Snowy!

 

[Malakhov]

If someone can do it right, it's Spielberg.
I LOVE Tintin, I grew up reading these books.

 

[Mashing]

TINTIN... isn't that about a dog or something? Fill me in

 

[arter_2]

man Spielberg is really going crazy with making movies lately he has like 5 coming out in the next year

 

[Malakhov]

TINTIN... isn't that about a dog or something? Fill me in

Tintin was a comic, the main character (Tintin) was a young reporter and he'd get into these really crazy adventures.

He did have a dog though, Milou

(Milou had a different name in the english version though wich I don't remember, always read the french ones, was it Snowy or something?)

 

[nitewulf]

tintin seems like a strange choice for spielberg, tinitin isnt that famous in the US.

 

[Malakhov]

tintin seems like a strange choice for spielberg, tinitin isnt that famous in the US.

He's known worldwide

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

TINTIN... isn't that about a dog or something? Fill me in

I think you're thinking of Rin Tin Tin K9 Cop. It was some TV show about a german shepard K9 unit or some nonsense lol.

 

[Ryo]

tintin seems like a strange choice for spielberg, tinitin isnt that famous in the US.

.. but famous like everywhere else =)

 

[Meier]

I think this is a mistake on the person's part -- Spielberg has been attached to PRODUCE this but I'm not sure I believe this news that he will direct it.

 

[RevenantKioku]

I think you're thinking of Rin Tin Tin K9 Cop. It was some TV show about a german shepard K9 unit or some nonsense lol.

There was also that Tintin cartoon on nickleodeon wasn't there?

 

[NetMapel]

I know TinTin and got the comic book back in Taiwan. The series is REALLY famous world-wide. I only have the Project Moon and Exploration of Moon albums though. Those two albums are GREAT.

 

[Optimistic]

The Tin Tin comics were great. I've still got a heap of them from when I was a kid. I'm not too keen on Spielberg but I think his directing style would compliment the Tin Tin stories.

 

[talking head]

i want to see how that hair translates into reality.

 

[Socreges]

Did they have a cartoon?

tintin seems like a strange choice for spielberg, tinitin isnt that famous in the US.

Neither was Oskar Schindler!

 

[Jesiatha]

Awesome....the books were some of my favorites growing up. I suppose I had better not get my hopes up though (I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than let down )

 

[Doth Togo]

I just heard that it will be CGI in the same fashion as Shrek.

How about 'dem apples....?

 

[Great King Bowser]

I loved TinTin when I was a wee lass, hopefully Spielberg and all of those involved can recreate the charm of the comics. The animated series was cool as well, there's reruns here every now and then, the theme tune actually makes me feel sad. Brings back too many happier memories from my childhood which wasn't even that long ago.

I need to go out and buy the DVD box set that I saw a couple of months ago.

 

[Shinobi]

I just heard that it will be CGI in the same fashion as Shrek.

How about 'dem apples....?

I'd take that over live action...never really cared for his Flintstones movies.

I loved the comics...read them when I was growing up in England, with a bit of Asterisk thrown in (never read those enough). The animated series was fantastic as well. I'd love to get the DVD box set, and if nothing else a Speilberg-produced Tintin movie would likely get the set released over here.