Tintin lands role in Hollywood
2007-03-09 09:09
Brussels - The head of the Tintin studio announced on Thursday that Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks company has committed to produce at least one movie on the famed Belgian cartoon character.
Herge Studios head Nick Rodwell said the Hollywood company will go into pre-production of a movie, which should hit theatres in about two years.
It was unclear at this stage which of the 24 cartoon books of Tintin's adventures would be picked for a first movie script, he said. "If movie No. 1 works, we will continue," he said.
Talks about a Hollywood movie on the intrepid reporter who saves the lives of countless people and makes sure criminals end up behind bars has been talked about for a quarter century.
The first plan surfaced just before Tintin's creator, Georges Remi, aka Herge, died in 1983.
But financial and production issues have kept Tintin from landing a role in a Hollywood production.
- AP