TinTin is picked up by Paramount and Sony but lead actor leaves role!
After Universal opted out of TinTin, both Sony and Paramount, are in talks to co-finance, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s Tintin trilogy, According to Variety.
Universal backed out a few months ago, which sent Spielberg and Peter Jackson to get financing from another studio. Paramount eventually offered them $135 million, however the idea was to film Tintin in 3D with photorealistic performance-capture technology, so the pair held out for a better deal. After that, one of the parties suggested getting another studio in on the action, so along came Sony.
In the deal currently being negotiated, Paramount is planning to distribute in North America and some other English-speaking territories, while Sony would handle the foreign release.
With the back out then Spielberg would be filming the first instalment now, however the lack of financing has since delayed production and has meant now that lead actor, Thomas Sangster, can no longer play the role of Tintin, which I am not opposed to, he was a weak casting in my opinion.
When all the deals are done Spielberg will most likely get to work on the first of three Tintin movies and finding a new Tintin, with a planned release date of 2010. Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson will then take over for the second film, and then hopefully by 2012 they will have decided who will be directing the third film.
