Aside from hardcore comics nerds, Tintin’s never been a big deal here—but in Europe, the character’s huge. (And maybe just a teensy bit racist!) Now, after a budgeting delay or two, a couple of longtime Tintin fans, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, are—as briefly mentioned in this week’s feature—creating a new series of motion-capture films based on the character’s kazillion exploits.

Here’s the trailer for for the first movie, which is directed by Spielberg and produced by Jackson; the plan is for Jackson and Spielberg to switch jobs next time around. But the real draw here, at least for me, is the writing crew: Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) and Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) working off an original script by Sherlock and Doctor Who‘s Steven Moffat. That’s more talented Brits working on the same thing than a… British… Union Jack with… chips… and Marmite… with… govnahs. Huh. It appears I know absolutely nothing about British culture.

HD here.

With honor and distinction, Erik Henriksen served as the executive editor of the Portland Mercury from 2004 to 2020. He can now be found at henriksenactual.com.

8 replies on “First Teaser for Spielberg and Jackson’s <i>Tintin and the Terror of the Uncanny Valley</i>”

  1. @Erik: You got that almost right; “It appears I know absolutely nothing about {insert variable}” would be slightly better.

    I kid, I kid.

  2. Graham I have this vision of you hosting “keggers” in your room starring you, one of them Heineken mini-kegs, and a bunch a mannequins in football jerseys–is this accurate? I KID I KID.

    Re the video Tintin is awesome, little worried that the only character shown talking onscreen was Snowy. Also Snowy seemed a little small. I am sure that time will tell.

  3. @SMA: Football jerseys? I’m not some meat-head douche-bro. The mannequins are wearing authentic replica Babylon 5 costumes (and actually, they’re Real Dolls… but you don’t want to know about that).

  4. As a devout Tintin reader as a kid, one thing I liked about the books is that they’re downright silly a lot of time. This trailer makes the movie seem Very Serious, Dramatic, and Important, so I hope they haven’t lost the fun on the comics.

    Regardless, I’m stoked for this. I wish I still had my Tintin backpack from 6th grade.

  6. @Graham: I don’t think he goes to the moon in this one. Looks to me like he reclaims the Congo for Belgium, though.

    Tagline should be: “You Will Believe A Dog Can Talk.”

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