The Adventures of Tintin, known as The Adventures of Tintin:
The Secret of the Unicorn outside North America, is a 2011 3D motion capture
computer-animated epic adventure film based on The Adventures of Tintin, the
comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Directed by Steven Spielberg,
produced by Peter Jackson, and written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe
Cornish, the film is based on three of Hergé's albums: The Crab with the Golden
Claws (1941), The Secret of the Unicorn (1943), and Red Rackham's Treasure
(1944). The cast includes Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost and
Simon Pegg.
Spielberg acquired rights to produce a film based on The
Adventures of Tintin series following Hergé's death in 1983, and re-optioned
them in 2002. Filming was due to begin in October 2008 for a 2010 release, but
release was delayed to 2011 after Universal opted out of producing the film
with Paramount, who provided $30 million on pre-production. Sony chose to
co-produce the film. The delay resulted in Thomas Sangster, who had been
originally cast as Tintin, departing from the project. Producer Peter Jackson,
whose company Weta Digital provided the computer animation, intends to direct a
sequel. Spielberg and Jackson also hope to co-direct a third film. The world
première took place on October 22, 2011 in Brussels.[8] The film was released
in the UK and other European countries on October 26, 2011, and in the USA on
December 21, 2011, in Digital 3D and IMAX.
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