Peter Jackson's next trilogy . . .
in collaboration with Steven Spielberg . . .
The Adventures of Tintin!
Variety has the full story. It unfortunately does not say which three books will be adapted, but does have some interesting details on the format:
Jackson's New Zealand-based WETA Digital, the f/x house behind "The Lord of the Rings" franchise, produced a 20-minute test reel bringing to life the characters created by [Georges] Remi, who wrote under the pen name of Herge. "Herge's characters have been reborn as living beings, expressing emotion and a soul which goes far beyond anything we've seen to date with computer animated characters," Spielberg said.
"We want Tintin's adventures to have the reality of a live-action film, and yet Peter and I felt that shooting them in a traditional live-action format would simply not honor the distinctive look of the characters and world that Herge created," Spielberg continued.
(Thanks to Looking Closer for the link.)
In other news, my seven-year-old sister is reading Greek myths. Some of them she likes; others she considers morbid (her word, not mine). And she's just posed a question which I'm sure how to answer:
Why did Circe turn Odysseus' men into pigs?
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posted by erendis nasard at 11:00 PM
1 Comments:
So I read "Tintin" and images of canine dogs immediately came to mind. (IE Rin Tintin K9 cop:-)
As for Circe and the men into pigs issue, I think at least on the surface, they were leverage against Odysseus. As the leader, he was more vulnerable when their lives hung in the balance. They would seem to make a good back up plan in case her charms somehow proved ineffective.
I will qualify this all by saying, it has been quite some time since I've read the book......
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