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Update to Hergé's Adventures of Tintin!
By Patrick Oliver

January 27, 2009 - 14:21

Studios: Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Nickelodeon Movies, WingNut Films
Writer(s): Georges Prosper Remi (Hergé) , Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish
Starring: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Daniel Craig
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Produced by: Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Release Date: 23rd December 2011
Distributors: Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Genre: Movies



The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn

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Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, King Kong, Hallam Foe, Jumper), is all set to star as young reporter Tintin in; The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn.

Other stars to join the cast include Daniel Craig (Quantum Of Solace, The Golden Compass, Layer Cake), as the villainous pirate Red Rackham. The two have previously played opposite each other in the recent Wartime drama, Defiance. 

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Also onboard are the pairing of Nick Frost and Simon Pegg (Shaun Of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Star Trek) as detectives Thomson and Thompson and Andy Serkis (Lord of The Rings, King Kong, The Prestige ), who has has also worked with Bell previously. Mackenzie Crook (Pirates Of The Caribbean, City of Ember), who is steadily racking up some serious screen time, rounds out this current list of talented actors attached to the project.

Filming on this project has already started and the 3-D motion-capture feature is due in 2010.   
 


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