Steven Spielberg to direct upcoming Tintin trilogy
News
-Staff
By Staff
Washington
(ANI):
Steven
Spielberg
is
set
to
direct
the
first
film
in
an
upcoming
Tintin
trilogy,
his
representatives
have
confirmed.
Herge
Studios,
the
Belgian
production
company,
which
owns
the
rights
to
the
famed
comic
strip
character,
had
earlier
claimed
that
the
Lord
Of
The
Rings
director
Peter
Jackson
would
helm
the
film.
But,
representatives
of
both
Jackson
and
Spielberg
have
quashed
the
Herge
remarks.
The
representatives
of
both
the
directors
have
confirmed
that
Spielberg
is
to
direct
the
first
film,
which
will
be
based
on
the
Tintin
books
'The
Secret
of
the
Unicorn
and
Red
Rackham's
Treasure',
reports
Contactmusic.
Jackson
will
serve
as
a
producer
on
the
first
movie
before
directing
the
sequel
to
the
flick.
The
Steven
Spielberg
flick
will
star
British
actor
Thomas
Sangster
as
the
lead
character,
with
the
award-winning
actor
behind
the
role
of
Gollum
in
the
Lord
of
the
Rings
trilogy
to
star
as
Tintin's
ally
Captain
Haddock.