coltsmild

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...697929393.html

i liked how they did asterix. one of the funniest movies i've seen from a cartoon to live action transfer. i don't know how speilberg plans to approach this beloved character but all signs point to yes!

jfoobar

Interesting idea.

I had several of the Tintin books when I was a pre-teenager. I think I still have a copy of The red Sea Sharks lying around somewhere...

BizRodian

Snowy kicks f***ing ass!

The cartoon was good, too bad there were only like 4 episodes...

ipkevin

What do you mean? The cartoon series from Nelvana translated practically every book in the series into toon form.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to this. Adventure flicks are big again. I hope he maintains the 30s/40s stylized world of Tintin, giving it an Indiana Jones feel. I read somewhere that some elements from Spielberg's failed first attempt at Tintin were used on Indiana Jones.

DeputyDave

They did an Asterix movie? Was I asleep?

BizRodian

No, you were just not in a French speaking country.

ipkevin, really? where I live I only was played the same damn four episodes over and over and over again. That show ruled though, even if Tintin's voice was a bit girly... but look at him, he's no tough dude, that's why he's cool. He's just a reporter.. who can kick ass!

fmian

So who do you think should play Tintin?

I vote for Jude Law

eXcentris

Blasphemy. That would be like Belgium making a film about Snoopy or Bugs Bunny. That idea sucks.

BizRodian

That's a good point... they do have a very Europian feel to them that Speilberg would be hard pressed to match.

fmian

Luc Besson should do it then.
Shame things can't work out the way we always want them too.

Sunday Morning

Not sure about that since he hasn't made a good film since Leon.

Spielberg shouldn't direct, jeff kanew should.

BizRodian

I think Besson would be a good choice. I like all his films. (well, ones he's directed and written... Transporter sucked!)

fmian

The guy who directed the latest Bourne Identity movie is pretty good. He achieved a nice European feel with that movie, and it's the same guy who did Go if I'm not mistaken, so he's pretty versatile.
Ehh.... either way it should be a movie to look forward to.

coltsmild

i'm sure luc didn't direct, just wrote the movie.
it was a good story but badly directed. (

BizRodian

Yes, he just wrote it. Which is why I said I like all his films meaning only the ones he's directed and written. The ones he's just written, I've not seen (like Taxi) or thought were crap (like Transporter) but even in something like Transporter, I could see a hint of good in it... and it had some good lines.

Tuan Jim

On the contrary, the cool thing about Tintin is the way he evolves across the 20th century. -- certainly you could set it in the 30s-40s and it would look fine, but it also wouldn't really matter if it was in the 50s or 60s either. Just look at Flight 714 or Tintin and the Picaros. He's a great general character that manages to play out any number of great historical events -- though Herge moved from the obvious (Mukden Incident, Manchuria, "Tintin and the Blue Lotus"), to the slightly more obscure -- (banana republic revolutions -- "Tintin and the Broken Ear", "Tintin and the Picaros"). It was also really cool the way they kept a lot of real countries in and just changed the names -- USSR = Borduria, etc.

Tuan Jim

BizRodian

Past the 60s would be pushing it though.

Butch Coolidge

Right. And I see Jon DeBont as director...
For the Euro touch

Groucho

They should call it Tintin Extreme and have Vin Diesel in the title role. Snowy would become a bull terrier, and (assuming it takes a couple years to get this off the ground) the Thompson twins could be played by eighteen year old Mary-Kate and Ashley looking to rid themselves of their squeeky clean image.

Tuan Jim

Nope, I was wrong. "Picaros" came out in '76, which in itself was a great story. Still you're right -- a good retro Tintin would be 40s-50s. I love the whole moon rocket saga, that was classic as well as the Iron curtain bits throughout the series.

Tuan Jim

BizRodian

Scary because it's probably more likley then getting a movie that sticks to the original.

joeydaninja

This post doesn't deserve it's own thread, and so I'll just revive this old one.

If ever they make a Tintin movie, this guy should play Captain Haddock

Jericho

What about the Tinsfins movie with Kid and Play?

I wonder if Speilberg is going to direct or merely just produce. It doesn't seem like a Speilberg directorial project to me.

bluesparrow

My dream TinTin movie is directed by Wes Anderson, starring Robert DeNiro as Captain Haddock, Leonardo DiCaprio as TinTin, Roberto Benigni as Professor Calculus, and Rowan Atkinson as Detectives Thomson and Thompson.

Low Budget approach would be same director, Christopher Meloni as Haddock, Gregory Smith(from Everwood) as TinTin, Benigni and Atkinson would stay the same.

costanza

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