Spielberg Talks Tintin Movie

At a special luncheon with bloggers and online-writers, Steven Spielberg talked at length about upcoming projects including Tintin. Spielberg confirmed that Tintin will be all motion capture rather than pure animation. This is the technique that was used for Gollum in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. It creates a base of highly realistic movements onto which the directors can build their CGI characters.

At the same event, Spielberg also talked about who would direct the third film. Peter Jackson and Speilberg are currently down to direct the one of the Tintin movies each. No names of alternative directors were mentioned but if they cannot find someone for the third film, then Jackson and Spielberg will co-direct it.