I know it's not entirely new news, as I heard about it a couple weeks back, or rather read it on Digg, but for anyone who still hasn't heard the news, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are going to be making a trilogy of films based on the adventures of Tintin, including one together.
Now, I don't know how anyone else feels about this, but personally, I have grave reservations. Allegedly, the films will be in a format similar to Polar Express, presumably so they can have a host of celebrities do character voices. My main reservation is that they're going to Americanise it, which would surely be tragic and completely ruin it. Secondly, are they going to base the films on the original books? and, if not, who's going to write the screenplays? Are they going to set in in the same time period, or bring it up to date? Because if the do, it will suck!
There are so many things they could do to inadvertently destroy it, and I can't help thinking that anyone who grew up reading the books and watching the cartoon series, may well be bitterly disappointed with the outcome. I remember as a child, hiring out The Black Island, from the library, and I thought it was superbly written. Of course, as an adult, I can see that it was slightly ridiculous and portayed a stereotypical Scotland rather than the real Scotland, but by God it was a fun read for a child!
So, fingers crossed they do the right thing, or else they'll have legions of closet Tintin fans to answer to!
