'Tintin' Sets a Release Date
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Steven Spielberg's The Adventues of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn started filming with so little fanfare that I've nearly forgotten all about it ... but I doubt you diehard Herge fans have. Now you'll have a date to circle on the calender as Variety reports that Tintin will be hitting theaters on December 23, 2011, pitting it against Warner Bros Happy Feet 2 and Disney / PIXAR's The Bear and the Bow. (It may be two years away, but you can offer your box office predictions now if you like!) At least, that's when it'll be hitting theaters on this side of the pond. Paramount and Sony plan to release the film in Europe first, as befitting its heritage and fanbase. There's no specific dates set, but they're eying a fall dates of late October and early November depending on what part of Europe you're in. If you're very wealthy, you could hop on a plane and catch it a few weeks early.
Variety also reports that the film will be released in 3-D. I guess that's a sign I've lost track of this project as I wasn't aware that was ever in doubt, but apparently the two studios have been debating that the past few months. Now after viewing dailies, they've decided that 3-D "would offer the best rendition" for the film ... and frankly the recent ginormous 3-D successes like Monsters Vs. Aliens probably helped convince them of that.
So, there you are, Tintin fans: December 23, 2011 in 3-D. Excited?
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5-29-2009 @ 12:38PM
MarkH said...
Yes! Or...as much as one can be for something that won't be showing up for 2.5 years.
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5-29-2009 @ 2:37PM
Stunbunny said...
Very! And now that you've mentioned it, I'll promptly try to forget it since the torture of waiting 2 1/2 years for this is unbearable. I just hope there's some quality at the end of that wait.
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5-29-2009 @ 3:22PM
Pingles said...
Still very disappointed that this is animated. Herge's artwork is so distinctive I am not convinced that a crew of artists will catch his style with nearly the subtlety and skill it deserves.
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5-29-2009 @ 8:08PM
MarkH said...
But it's more likely to be faithfully captured by animation than by live action. Tintin should look like Tintin, not like Jamie Bell.