Peter Jackson to create TinTin movie using performance capture

DreamWorks has acquired the rights to the classic comic series TinTin, about the faithful Belgian reporter and his dog Snowy. It will be a trilogy - Peter Jackson will be directing one of the movies, Steven Spielberg will be directing another, and the third director is currently unknown (unconfirmed reports suggest that if they can't find anyone, Spielberg and Jackson might co-direct it).

Andy Serkis will be playing Captain Haddock in the film. I would imagine he would be good for this role considering he played a similar role as the gruff ship's cook in King Kong.

The films will be visually faithful to the original cartoons, as they will be employing the latest performance capture technology to create a cartoon version of the film using real actors. This technique was most recently seen in the movie Beowulf, which is currently in the running for a Visual Effects Academy Award.

Serkis is no stranger to motion capture of course, having played Gollum in Lord of the Rings and Kong in King Kong, but this will be his first performance capture movie.

[via BBC News]

Posted by Jon Chappell on Monday December 17 2007 1:51 PM to Industry, Visual Effects
Post ID: 109

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