Has Steven Moffat Walked Away From The Tintin Movie?

Bad news for all those people looking forward to the Tintin movie trilogy as there is a rumour that Steven Moffat who wrote the first script of the Tintin movie trilogy has walked away from the Tintin movie project. The source material is from the Daily Mail (a tabloid paper in England).

The paper claims that Moffat was contacted to write the first two Tintin movies for £1 million. After completing the first script the writers strike unfortunately reared its head and Moffat was unable to work on the second script. In the intervening time Moffat was offered another contract with the BBC in England to write for the stunningly successful Dr. Who series. Moffat is a celebrated Dr. Who fan has accepted the offer thus turning down £500,000 and walking away from a second Spielberg/Jackson Tintin move.

Moffat will be sadly missed by all those involved with the Tintin movie project and Tintin fans as Moffat has a great history of being able to write great scripts whilst still maintaining the integrity of the source material. Moffat can make a story contemporary whilst keeping the feel of the original adventure.

If this Tintin movie rumour is true then it can only lead to more speculation as Spielberg and Jackson now have to find a writer to fill the huge void left by Moffat. Spielberg has been a huge Tintin fan for a number of years and has been waiting to make a Tintin movie for over 25 years.

Anyone who is brought to the Tintin movie project has a big task ahead. Be sure to come back to letintinmovie.com soon as we will try and be the first to bring you news of any new writer developments.

Here is the original Daily Mail Story

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Le Tintin Movie Brings You Tintin In Tibet

Welcome to Le Tintin Movie were we bring you the latest in Tintin Movie news from the upcoming films to be made by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. At the moment there isn’t much to report so in the meantime after the popularity of our posting of The Calculus Affair and Tintin In Tibet on this site we have decided to bring you another Tintin cartoon. We have chosen Tintin In Tibet.

Tintin InTibet Storyline

Whilst on holiday in a resort in Vargese with Captain haddock and Professor Calculus Tintin reads about a plane crash in the Gosain Than Massif in the Himalayas. That evening at their hotel, Tintin dozes off while playing chess with the Captain, who is having trouble deciding his next move. Tintin has a vivid dream that his young Chinese friend Chang Chog-Chen(see The Blue Lotusfor back story) survived a plane crash, and awakes with a violent start, yelling "Chang!" and throwing the whole recreation room into chaos. The next morning, he reads in the paper that Chang was aboard the plane that crashed in Tibet. Believing that his dream was a telepathic vision, Tintin travels to Kathmandu with Snowy, followed by a skeptical Captain Haddock. They meet with a sherpa named Tharkey, and accompanied by some porters, they travel from Nepal to the crash site in Tibet.

Upon entering Tibet, they discover footprints in the snow that Tharkey claims belong to the yeti. The porters abandon the group in fear, and Tintin, Haddock and Tharkey go on, taking the porters' loads as well. They reach the crash site, where Tintin finds a teddy bear half-buried in the snow, which he believes may have belonged to Chang. Tintin sets off with Snowy to try and trace Chang's steps, and find a cave where Chang carved his name on a rock, proving that he survived the crash. Following a snowstorm in which Tintin falls down a crevasse, he rejoins Haddock and Tharkey, who had sheltered in the plane.

Tharkey decides not to go on any further, believing Chang to be dead, and Tintin, Snowy and Haddock travel in the direction of a scarf that Tintin spotted on a cliff face. While attempting to climb upwards, Haddock loses his grip and hangs perilously over a cliff edge, impaling Tintin, who is attached to the other end of the rope, upon a rock. He tells Tintin to cut the rope to save himself, but Tintin refuses, saying that they will either both be saved or they die together. Tharkey, moved by Tintin's selflessness, returns just in time to save them. That night, they pitch their tent in a storm, but it blows away, into the face of the yeti. They trek onwards, unable to sleep, and eventually arrive within sight of the Bhuddist monastery of Khor-Biyong before collapsing due to exhaustion. An avalanche occurs, and they are buried in the snow.

Blessed Lightning, a telepathic monk at the monastery, 'sees' Tintin, Snowy, Haddock and Tharkey in the snow, in a vision. Up in the mountains, Tintin regains consciousness and, unable to reach the monastery himself, writes a note and gives it to Snowy to deliver. Snowy lets go of the message when he finds a bone, but then realises what he's done, and runs to the monastery to make someone follow him. The monks head after him.

Two days later, Captain Haddock awakes to find himself in the monastery. He joins Tintin and Tharkey in an audience with the monks. After Tintin tells the Grand Abbot why they are there, the Abbot tells him to abandon his quest and return to his country. However, Blessed Lightning has another vision, through which Tintin learns that Chang is still alive, in a mountain cave, but that the "migou", or yeti, is also there. Haddock doesn't believe the vision is genuine, but the Abbot explains to him that many things that occur in Tibet seem unbelievable to Westerners. Given directions by the Abbot, Tintin travels to Charabang, a small village near the Horn of the Yak, the mountain mentioned by Blessed Lightning. Haddock initially refuses to follow Tintin anymore, but soon changes his mind and pursues him to Charabang. The two of them, and Snowy, head to the Horn of the Yak on the final lap of their journey.

They wait outside until they see the yeti leave the cave. Tintin ventures inside with a camera to look for Chang, having been told by the Captain to take a photograph of the yeti if he can. Inside the cave, Tintin finally finds Chang, who is feverish and shaking. The yeti returns to the cave before Haddock can warn Tintin, and he reacts with anger upon seeing Tintin taking Chang away. He reaches toward Tintin, setting off the flash bulb of the camera, and the yeti, frightened by the light, runs out of the cave, bowling over the Captain, who has come to save Tintin. The two of them carry Chang back to the village of Charabang, and he tells the story of how he survived, and how the yeti took care of him. Along the way, they briefly encounter the yeti, who is scared off by Haddock, leading Chang to sympathize with yeti, calling him "Poor Snowman". Tintin notes that Chang, the only person to have known the yeti, didn't refer to him as "abominable". "Of course I don't, Tintin,""he took care of me. Without him I'd have died of cold and hunger." They are later met by the Grand Abbot and an envoy of monks, who present Tintin with a silk scarf in honour of the bravery he has shown, and the strength of his friendship to Chang. The monks take them back to Khor-Biyong, and after a week, when Chang has recovered, they return to Nepal by caravan. As their party travels away from the monastery, Chang muses that the yeti is no wild animal, but instead has a human soul, while the yeti sadly watches their departure from a distance. replies Chang, , "he took care of me. Without him I'd have died of cold and hunger." They are later met by the Grand Abbot and an envoy of monks, who present Tintin with a silk scarf in honour of the bravery he has shown, and the strength of his friendship to Chang. The monks take them back to Khor-Biyong, and after a week, when Chang has recovered, they return to Nepal by caravan. As their party travels away from the monastery, Chang muses that the yeti is no wild animal, but instead has a human soul, while the yeti sadly watches their departure from a distance.

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Le Tintin Movie Brings You Cigars of the Pharaoh

Welcome to Le Tintin Movie were we bring you the latest in Tintin Movie news from the upcoming films to be made by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. At the moment there isn’t much to report so in the meantime after the popularity of our posting of The Calculus Affair on this site we have decided to bring you another Tintin cartoon. We have chosen Cigar of the Pharaoh.

Spielberg, Jackson, Tintin Movie and the Ligne Claire Style

Tintin movie news has gone quiet with filming on the first Tintin movie due to start in September. One of he biggest reasons for many Tintin fans arguing that a Tintin movie should not be made is that they believe it is impossible for anyone even great storytellers like Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg to capture the look and feel of the Tintin albums on the big screen.

There is a beauty and clarity to the Tintin albums of Herge who pioneered a style of drawing called “ligne claire”. This is French for “clear line” and is a style of drawing which uses clear strong lines which have the same thickness and importance, rather than being used to emphasize certain objects or be used for shading (for this reason it is sometime also called the democracy of lines). Ligne Claire is also noted for the use of strong colours and a combination of cartoonish characters against a realistic background. The uses of shadows are sparse and all elements of a panel are delineated with clear black lines.

Herge started off with a much looser style of drawing as he was influenced by the famous American comic strip artists of the late 1920’s and 1930’s. It was only after the Second World War that he developed the Ligne Claire style. The ethos of simplicity though not only stopped at the look of the cartoons but also in to the story lines as they too had to be straight forward.

I believe however that the fact tat Spielberg is involved in the Tintin movie trilogy project can only be good for true Tintin fans. Spielberg himself is a fan and now feels that the look of the albums with the ligne claire illustrations can now be translated to the big screen. This is where Peter Jackson will come in providing valuable technological expertise. Jackson along with his partners as the Weta Workshop will use technology developed for Lord of the Rings. The character Gollum was created by Weta using motion capture techniques on actor Andy Serkis then using key frame animation and subsurface scattering rendering techniques enabled the first completely convincing portrayal of an animated humanoid in a feature film. This technology will bring a realistic portrayal of Tintin to the big screen. Jackson said “We’re making the character look photorealistic – the fibres of their clothing, the pores of their skin and each individual hair. It is possible that the work, certainly the first one will start next year”.

The people at Weta devoted one whole year to make sure the look of the Tintin albums were translated to the screen and the 20 minute demo they produced wowed the backers of the Tintin Movie trilogy. It is this dedication to detail and the story telling ability of these two titans of film (Spielberg and Jackson) that should ensure a Tintin movie is made that will please devoted Tintin fans and movie goers in equal measure.

Here at Le Tintin Movie our poll has shown that most people who visited the site were in favour of the film being made with 90% approving of the project. I myself am looking forward to the project and believe the resulting Tintin movies will open up the world of Tintin to a whole new audience and will lead to Tintin being enjoyed by many more people who will look to the original Tintin albums and find pleasure in the simple yet most enjoyable stories.

These are just my own opinions and I would love to hear what other people think. Please contact me or leave a comment and the best opinions will be posted here for everyone to consider.

I aim to still bring you all the best in Tintin movie news and also add a little Tintin information along the way. Have a good weekend.

Thanks

John Helios

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The Direction of the Third Tintin Movie

In recent publicity for the release of his new film Indiana Jones and  The Crystal Skulls Steven Spielberg revealed more about the Tintin Movie project. It has been well known that they were to each direct one of the films each with Spielberg the first.

There has been plenty of speculation about the third Tintin film with a number of directors rumoured to be involved. However Spielberg has said "We are going to make three Tintin movies back-to-back. I'll direct the first one; Peter will direct the second one. We'll probably co-direct the third one."

Spileberg has been a Tintin fan for a number of years but Spielberg had never heard of Tintin till 1981, when a film critic compared his first Indiana Jones adventure, Raiders of the Lost Ark, to the books. He has since publicly shown much admiration for the works of Herge and has for the longest time wanted to turn the albums into movies but only recently has the technology been available for Spielberg recreate the feel of books.

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