Jamie Bell is Tintin & Daniel Craig is Red Rackham
Filed under: Animation, Casting, Comic/Superhero/Geek
The cast has finally been completed for Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, and once again, I'm really, really wishing this was live-action, rather than 3-D motion-capture.
Variety reports that straight off some Russian Defiance, Jamie Bell has signed on to play the titular role, while co-star Daniel Craig has grabbed the role of Red Rackham. If you remember from earlier reports, this installment will not only focus on 1943's The Secret of the Unicorn, but also 1944's Red Rackham's Treasure. This should fit together quite nicely since one flowed into the other with Tintin's adventures with Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) ultimately leading to the search for Rackham's treasure.
Now Bell might be a smidge old to play a young, thrill-seeking kid, but I bet he'll do wonderfully (even better if this darned picture was live-action!); the actor has done everything from a dancing tyke full of wonder to a pacifist gun-toter to a doomed US Marine. The kid's got range. And Craig -- I'm sure he'll have no problem embracing his inner pirate.
What say you?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-27-2009 @ 4:23AM
Martin said...
I like it. I like Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig. I think it's a good call on Jackson's and Spielberg's part. Jackson's influence is clear in Bell and, of course, Serkis.
This is looking better and better every day.
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1-27-2009 @ 6:14AM
k-vo said...
Hurray! Perfect casting all round! Glad this is finally definitely going ahead!
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1-27-2009 @ 6:34AM
BondsBabe said...
Great casting! This is looking better everyday. :)
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1-27-2009 @ 12:26PM
Corey Atad said...
Why aren't you also reporting the writers of the film?
Steven Moffat
Edgar Wright
Joe Cornish
What more could you want? This is like the ultimate combo of forces. Spielberg team + Jackson team + Wright team = Awesomeness
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1-27-2009 @ 12:34PM
Jim said...
Meh. This is still going to be a mo-cap movie, right? Polar Exress, Part II--Tintin's Uncanny Valley. Pass.
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2-23-2009 @ 1:41AM
Rob2020 said...
Well for Tintin I do not have anyone that comes to my mind, But For Haddock i would have liked either Sam Neill or Harrison Ford. Daniel Craig is a great actor but can he turn his voice into that of a husky pirate lord like Rackham? lets wait and watch...!
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