Spielberg to Produce Live-Action Tintin Movie (s)

jtauber writes "Looks like the Adventures of Tintin may be the next series of books to be turned into a film franchise with Spielberg in talks to acquire the rights. See the Marlinspike for more information." Tintin was one of my favorite "book" type comics growing up - and they've released collections.

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Snowy

[ocie]

As long as they don't pick a goofy voice for snowy. His thoughts were some of the funniest parts of the book, but he wasn't goofy. Closer to Brain than Scooby. He also found a lot of the clues, even if accidentally.

complete list...

[avdp]

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Here is a complete list of "insults" (in french). He has quite a collection of them, each more entertaining than the other, and none are even remotely like f*ck, *ss, etc. All banal words from the dictionary, used creatively :)

Ahhh... I love Tintin. Being Belgian I grew up on these "comics" (a term that really doesn't do justice to the art, at least not the Begian/French kind of "comics"). Aside from owning the whole collection, I have several older copies with my dad's dedication in them (got them for birthday gifts, etc) which makes them even more valuable to me.

I am also a fairly big fan of Spielberg - with E.T. being the first major movie I have ever seen, and I still remember going to see it (in Belgium) when I was 11 like it was yesterday! I just hope he doesn't screw this up!

Re:This is wrong.

[Elwood P Dowd]

I'm glad someone understands.

A lot of the stuff that kids liked about tintin was just the Hardy Boys + James Bond story line. Which really wasn't so special.

The innovative thing about tintin was the art. An uncommon thing about tintin was the feel. If Speilberg just copies the plot of one of the comics, it'll be worthless trash. That won't bother me too much, even though I read plenty of them when I was a kid.

However, if he uses some new digital process technique to reference the subtly different solid colors of the comic, and he lets it stay innocent, that'd be excellent.

I hate Speilberg more than anyone I know. But he doesn't always make action movies, and sometimes he can do good things with the look of a movie. Compare AI to Minority Report to Private Ryan. Actually, the unifying characteristic of those three movies is the contrast and dark blacks. That would kindof kill any attempt to copy the look of Herge's art.

Whatever. Tintin was one of my first experiences being disappointed by the fact that a storyteller was using formula. I felt ripped off. I'm more upset that those sons of bitches are destroying The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Sure, it's not a classic, but it could make an excellent fucking movie. 'Scuse me.

Tintin books in UK English?

[abischof]

So, apparently the books are available as a collection now, but does anyone know where I can find Tintin in the UK English translations? (seriously)

Tintin has been translated into many languages, probably dozens. And, I can attest that there are both UK English editions and US English editions; however, the US English editions are horrible. I'm an American, so you can be assured that this isn't some wacky British pride clouding my judgement, but something was just not right in the US English versions.

So, does anyone know where I can buy the UK English editions of Tintin? Part of my problem is that, even if I can find Tintin for sale online (not that hard, I suppose), I'm not sure how to be certain which edition I'd be buying.