Science has proven, using lots of Greek letters and a graph that employs the seldom seen Z-axis, that if Peter Jackson makes an action-adventure movie without the marvellous Andy Serkis, dogs will lie down with cats and bring about the end of civilization as we know it. So, thank the lord that the sometime Gollum/Kong has become the first cast member of the upcoming Tintin trilogy. There has been no announcement on which part (or, indeed, parts) Serkis might play in the motion-captured movies, but we'd hope that he'll get to play a human this time, even if it is a computer representation of one. That said, we're sure he'd make a marvellous Snowy. Steven Spielberg and Jackson will each direct at least one installment of the trilogy based on Herge's crime-solving junior reporter and his little white dog, with either another director making the third or the pair possibly directing together. The all CG 3D first movie is set to start filming in September 2008.

Olly Richards

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I want to see Professor Calculus attempting savate before falling on his arse. ... Read More John Firth About me
00:03, 18 December 2007 | Report This Post
RE: CGI King
Was hoping this would be live action. I'm not a huge fan of the motion capped performance films. But Andy Serkis is always a highlight in a film and with 1 film being directed by Spielberg and one by Jackson hopefully this will be good.   btw what's the release plan for these films? Is it 1 every year like LOTR? ... Read More BatFan About me
18:16, 17 December 2007 | Report This Post
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L: Timon I bet he's Captain Haddock. Surely Spielberg will get his old pal Robert Zemeckis to do the third part. He loves this whole motion capture malarky and arguably has more experience with it then both Jackson and Spielberg. sp; I agree with you that he seems extremely likely based on his commitment to performance capture, but I don't know why they wouldn't have announced it already if it was. Presumably they want a big name who's a Tintin fan and Zemeckis doesn't seem the ty... Read More Dirty Hartigan About me
17:51, 17 December 2007 | Report This Post
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I bet he's Captain Haddock. Surely Spielberg will get his old pal Robert Zemeckis to do the third part. He loves this whole motion capture malarky and arguably has more experience with it then both Jackson and Spielberg. ... Read More Timon About me
17:13, 17 December 2007 | Report This Post
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The z-axis is quite commonly used btw.   Oh and him as the Thompson Twin would be excellent. Still not sure about total mocap tho... ... Read More dontcallmeshirley About me
15:54, 17 December 2007 | Report This Post
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Let's see... It'd be a real laugh in my eyes if he became The Thompson twins. :) I'm getting mental images now! ... Read More Arkduune About me
15:00, 17 December 2007 | Report This Post
Captain Haddock
Serkis is surely just right to play Captain Haddock! He's even already got the hair for it. ... Read More riothejedi About me
12:37, 17 December 2007 | Report This Post
Edgar Wright!
I think Edgar Wright should direct the third installment, although I'd be enticed by the prospect of Jacko and The Berg tackling it together. But when's Spielberg gonna make Lincoln?! ... Read More britesparc About me
11:07, 17 December 2007 | Report This Post