We wanted to keep the humor germane to Herge’s era, which is more akin to silent-movie slapstick than it is to verbal barbs and verbal satire.”Īs the Bearded One suggests, there’s an old-fashioned humour at play in the film, and one that nods to cinema history. As Spielberg says, “Everybody adopted the voice of Hergé and in particular tried not to use contemporary humour. The creative team were keen to keep it as close as possible to the spirit of Hergé’s original work.ĭespite three of the best writers in the business, in Steven Moffatt, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, being behind the script, everyone involved was adamant that wanted to keep it true to the spirit of the comics. For more, pick up the November 2011 issue of Empire, which also features a great feature on David Fincher‘s “ The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.”ġ. The latest, typically excellent, issue of Empire Magazine (print edition) has a look behind the scenes of the film, with interviews with Spielberg, producer Peter Jackson, producer Kathleen Kennedy and stars Jamie Bell and Andy Serkis (who play the title character and his best pal, the hard-drinking sailor Captain Haddock), and we’ve delved into it for some of the key revelations about the film. The film, a long-in-the-works performance-capture version of Hergé‘s boy-detective hero, marks the great director’s first entrance into the world of CGI animation, and his 3D debut, and it’s looking more and more promising as its release gets closer ( check out the clips from the film in case you missed it).
It’s been three and a half years since Steven Spielberg‘s last movie (and nearly six since his last good one), but the wait is nearly over as “ The Adventures of Tintin” (or to give it its full international title, “ The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn“) hits Europe in a few short weeks, and it started screening for press in the last few days, with reviews emerging from London in the last 24 hours. And More We Learned From Empire Magazine’s Feature On The Steven Spielberg Animated Adventure