The Adventures of Tintin | |
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Advance release poster
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Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
Produced by | Steven Spielberg Peter Jackson Kathleen Kennedy |
Written by |
Steven Moffat Edgar Wright Joe Cornish |
Based on |
The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé |
Starring |
Jamie Bell Andy Serkis Daniel Craig Nick Frost Simon Pegg Daniel Mays Mackenzie Crook Toby Jones Gad Elmaleh |
Music by | John Williams |
Cinematography | Janusz Kamiński |
Edited by | Michael Kahn |
Production
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Nickelodeon Movies
Amblin Entertainment The Kennedy/Marshall Company WingNut Films Hemisphere Media Capital |
Distributed by |
Paramount Pictures (North America/Asia Pacific/United Kingdom) Columbia Pictures (International) |
Release date
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Running time
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107 minutes |
Country |
United States New Zealand |
Language | English |
Budget | $135 million |
Box office | $374 million |
Music from the Motion Picture: The Adventures of Tintin : The Secret of the Unicorn | ||||
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Film score by John Williams | ||||
Released | 21 October 2011 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 65:22 | |||
Label | Sony Classical | |||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Empire | |
Film Score Reviews | |
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Limelight | |
Movie Wave | |
Soundtrack Geek | 8.33/10 |
Static Mass Emporium |
The Adventures of Tintin, known as The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn outside North America, is a 2011 American-New Zealand 3D motion capture computer-animated epic adventure film based on The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Peter Jackson, and written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, the film is based on three of Hergé's albums: The Crab with the Golden Claws (1941), The Secret of the Unicorn (1943), and Red Rackham's Treasure (1944). The cast includes Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg.
Spielberg acquired rights to produce a film based on The Adventures of Tintin series following Hergé's death in 1983, and re-optioned them in 2002. Filming was due to begin in October 2008 for a 2010 release, but release was delayed to 2011 after Universal opted out of producing the film with Paramount, who provided $30 million on pre-production. Sony chose to co-produce the film. The delay resulted in Thomas Sangster, who had been originally cast as Tintin, departing from the project. Producer Peter Jackson, whose company Weta Digital provided the computer animation, intends to direct a sequel. Spielberg and Jackson also hope to co-direct a third film. The world première took place on 22 October 2011 in Brussels. The film was released in the UK and other European countries on 26 October 2011, and in the USA on 21 December 2011, in Digital 3D and IMAX.