In the world of entertainment reporting Tintin is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s a planned motion-capture movie trilogy that features the first collaboration between Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. That’s a pretty big deal. But on the other hand, no one in the United States knows or cares what Tintin is. (That is, except you, Angry Commenter Who Is About To Prove Me Wrong.)
The Adventures of Tintin are a series of Belgian comic strips about a young Belgian reporter named Tintin who goes on lots of adventures. They first appeared in 1929, and I guess everybody in Europe loves them.
That means that all of this “who cares?” attitude that we have about the property in the U.S. sounds like heresy to Europeans. But imagine if it was an original story: Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg are teaming up for a big-budget movie trilogy! About…a plucky young Belgian reporter? Who does…stuff? Uh, what? Why?
To those of you who are excited — or simply curious — about Tintin, Empire Online came out with a first look behind the scenes of the first movie (full title: The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn) with Jackson, Spielberg, Andy Serkis (a.k.a. Gollum, who here is playing Captain Haddock) and Jamie Bell (who’s playing Tintin himself).
Empire apparently feels overly protective of the photo, as evidenced by the largest watermark I’ve ever seen, but you’ll get the idea:
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