SPIELBERG ON TINTIN: 'FIRST!'
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 03/13/2008
- News

Jim at MarketSaw has found a small interview with Andy Serkis that ran in IndieLondon where he spills / confirms a few significant details about the first couple Tintin movies.
I'll just quote the same bits Jim did, since Serkis is as concise as can be:
Q. Are you going to be reuniting with Peter Jackson again for Tintin?
Andy Serkis: In fact tomorrow I’m flying out to start on Tintin. Steven Spielberg is directing the first one, and then Peter Jackson is doing the second. The bulk of the shoot starts in September but things got a little bit moved around after the writers’ strike.
Q. Were you at all worried when Peter first got back in touch that having played Gollum and King Kong, he might ask you to play Snowy the dog?
Andy Serkis: [laughs] Absolutely, in fact people assume that I am, which is even more disturbing [he’s playing Captain Haddock].
There we go: Spielberg first, Jackson second, Haddock obliquely confirmed. Very obliquely on that last point, since nowhere in the interview does Serkis actually identify his character.
The detail that's missing: a name for the director's credit on the third film. The guessing games have been fun so far -- the best/most ridiculous name for the third flick to appear in the comments below gets a No-Prize.
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Comment #1 (Posted by Prognosticater)
Guy Ritchie
Comment #2 (Posted by SeanSolo)
Ruggero Deodato
Comment #3 (Posted by Derek)
I would like to see Robert Zemeckis on the third flick. Or maybe Woody Allen
Comment #4 (Posted by Trejo)
Is Uwe Boll too obvious?
Mc G.
Comment #5 (Posted by RCA)
Danny Boyle. Mothfucker can hop genres better than anyone, and he does it with low budgets. either that or Luc Besson, but his output of late has been about as strong as the French military
Comment #6 (Posted by starship pooper)
Paul Verhoeven.
Comment #7 (Posted by Gmoney)
Color me ignorant, but WTF is tintin?
Comment #8 (Posted by Trevor)
Spike Lee
Comment #9 (Posted by an unknown user)
Zombie Kubrick.
Comment #10 (Posted by endicott)
Bela Tarr
Comment #11 (Posted by jon polito)
The Coen Brothers
Comment #12 (Posted by Kimble)
Takashi Miike.
Comment #13 (Posted by oslowe)
Ray Dennis Steckler
Comment #14 (Posted by bukwist)
George Kuchar
Comment #15 (Posted by jaworsky)
Lucas.
Comment #16 (Posted by alfie)
if the third film is tintin in the congo they should ask Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi to do it.
Comment #17 (Posted by Kaiju D'amato)
Frank Miller's Tin-Tin City.
Comment #18 (Posted by Shannon)
Dario Argento
Comment #19 (Posted by Peter Hyams)
Paul Bartel
Comment #20 (Posted by leeVSbenway)
Seymore Butts
Comment #21 (Posted by Jaime Rey)
Joe Johnston!
Comment #22 (Posted by Triblet survivor)
Roman Polanski
Comment #23 (Posted by Mike S)
Pippen AKA the hobbit that didn't go on to do anything... they just feel bad.
Comment #24 (Posted by Beldar)
Jon Turteltaub. Done! Lock the thread!
Comment #25 (Posted by E-rock)
Lloyd Kaufman
Comment #26 (Posted by Alexander)
Werner Herzog!
Comment #27 (Posted by Eric)
Kevin Costner... for the academy award winning director hat-trick.
Comment #28 (Posted by Camlyn)
John Houston
Comment #29 (Posted by M.Ocallaghan.)
Jane Campion!
Comment #30 (Posted by maceodkat)
i think by the third film, we're going to need a flashier tin-tin...
therefore, i nominate the brothers W
Comment #31 (Posted by snoop_dug)
Ruggero Deodato
Comment #32 (Posted by Jim Hill)
Vincent Gallo
Comment #33 (Posted by Jesse Custer)
Hmmm...Best suggestion? I'll go with Zemekis, if Spielberg and Jackson opt out of co-directing the third. Worst suggestion? David Cronenberg. Let's get some full-on body horror going for Snowy and ol' Tin-Tin. Or a protracted nude fight sequence.
Comment #34 (Posted by H Perry)
EDWARD BURNS!!!
Comment #35 (Posted by Deep)
The Wayans!
Comment #36 (Posted by Sam)
Luc Besson
Comment #37 (Posted by Boring K)
It's clearly a job for Michael Mann.
Comment #38 (Posted by misquamacas)
Scorsese, reuniting with Deniro as tin-tin.
Comment #39 (Posted by Gorenan the Gorebarian)
Alan Smithee
Comment #40 (Posted by GET AIDS NOW!)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet. I win this one.
Comment #41 (Posted by Richard)
Shawn Levy
Comment #42 (Posted by Derrick)
Edward Norton. Since he apparently wrote, directed, edited and starred in the new Incredible Hulk movie. In fact, I hear he ran craft services too, in his spare time!
Comment #43 (Posted by bahar)
Mel Gibson, flaying flesh and all
Comment #44 (Posted by Call Me Stick)
Hal Needham.
Comment #45 (Posted by reggie-wanker)
John Milius
Comment #46 (Posted by Mike Flynn)
John Carpenter, complete with an epic back-alley brawl between Tintin and Keith David.
Comment #47 (Posted by dylan)
Joe Dante. Or... Renny Harlin. He'll do Tintin harder than he did Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Which is to say he'll do it really, really hard.
Comment #48 (Posted by masterbrocksamson)
Paul Sorvino
Comment #49 (Posted by beef or pork)
Famous Mortimer
Comment #50 (Posted by Buffaluffasaurus)
Estelle Getty
Comment #51 (Posted by Chareth Cutestory)
I vote for Gore Verbinski. Makes sense if you think about it. He's proven he can handle massive, CGI-heavy projects. Just so long as he closes out the trilogy stronger than he closed out Pirates. Alfonso Cuaron would be an awesome choice too.
Comment #52 (Posted by Slestak)
Larry Clark
Comment #53 (Posted by Biggs)
Hmmmm, get me Steven Spielbergs non-union Mexican equivalent... Senior Speilbergo
Comment #54 (Posted by Yaz)
Ingmar Bergman
Comment #55 (Posted by Hieronymous)
There's only one man who can out-awesome The Beard and The Kiwi. No, not Tim Story. No, not David Lynch. Good guesses though. One more... ah, you got it. Michael Bay.
Comment #56 (Posted by Monty Underhill)
Brad Bird.
Comment #57 (Posted by Pat from Boston)
Me.
Comment #58 (Posted by Lar Molta)
you
Comment #59 (Posted by PhukHue)
Tintin is some racist bullshit!
...William Castle's ghost...
Comment #60 (Posted by Bruce)
Lars Von Trier in Dogme fashion
Comment #61 (Posted by Jason)
Peven Jaspielsonberg
Comment #62 (Posted by Skippy)
Madonna
Comment #63 (Posted by Ronald Bryan)
Ryuhei Kitamura
Comment #64 (Posted by Andy Larsen)
Neil Jordan. There are trannies and terrorist groups in the third story, right?
Comment #65 (Posted by an unknown user)
Drew Struzan
Comment #66 (Posted by Yep.)
Sam Raimi
Comment #67 (Posted by One Last Shot)
Michael Cimino
Comment #68 (Posted by Brad)
Larry Wachowski's prodigal dick.
Comment #69 (Posted by pito)
Albert Pyun. And he will recast Tintin with Jean-Claude Van Damme and have him do his (in)famous helicopter kick!
Comment #70 (Posted by C.J.T.J.)
George Miller. C'mon, you know that Justice League is never happening.
Comment #71 (Posted by JB)
Don Swayze
Comment #72 (Posted by an unknown user)
Patrick Swayze
Comment #73 (Posted by Caine Is Able)
Ron Bonk
Comment #74 (Posted by iLoveBlood)
michael winterbottom, or GDT
Comment #75 (Posted by Carl S.)
Michael Haneke, Miike Takashi, Crispin Glover, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Stanley Donen, Mel Brooks, James Bond III or the disgruntled ghost of Theo Van Gogh. Any of those would be awesome...
Comment #76 (Posted by stelios)
Oh, Devin. What have you done?
Comment #77 (Posted by an unknown user)
Duke Fleed
Comment #78 (Posted by oh, i get it...)
then i say a director!
Comment #79 (Posted by BStiglets)
David Lynch's Tin Tin!
Comment #80 (Posted by an unknown user)
Erik Van Looy.
Comment #81 (Posted by Moorish)
Rowdy Herrington.
Comment #82 (Posted by bluelouboyle)
Joe Carnahan.
Seriously, he could make a cool Tintin movie.
Comment #83 (Posted by Don Murphy)
Don Murphy
Comment #84 (Posted by necrophilissimo)
Sylvester Stallone!
Comment #85 (Posted by Dirk)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet was already mentioned, so lets say Bryan Singer
Comment #86 (Posted by Jessie)
BRETT RATNER, KING OF THE THREEQUEL.
Comment #87 (Posted by Phoenix)
Del Toro.
Comment #88 (Posted by an unknown user)
Ed Wood
Comment #89 (Posted by Aquilian Ranger)
Jesus Franco.
'Nuff said.
Comment #90 (Posted by Ewok)
Maya Deren.
Comment #91 (Posted by Jimmy Nguyen)
Guillermo Del Toro
Comment #92 (Posted by Theibault)
A no prize? Who are you? Stan Lee/Larry Hama?
Comment #93 (Posted by juror#8)
Sidney Lumet! Thanks for the no-prize.
Comment #94 (Posted by Terrence)
Troy Duffy but he has to get final cut.
Comment #95 (Posted by Matt)
"Troy Duffy but he has to get final cut."
haha good one
Comment #96 (Posted by Irreducible)
Well, sorry to spoil the secret but it will be Al Gore that directs it.
Comment #97 (Posted by Gjay)
Frank Oz with a cameo by Miss Piggy

