With all of The Hobbit chatter lately, not to mention the anticipation of Steven Spielberg‘s Tintin film, it’s easy to forget that Peter Jackson (who’s producer on Spielberg’s take on the material) was set to direct the second installment of the mo-cap adaptation of the Herge comic book tale. If the first is successful enough financially, of course.
Spielberg spoke on the potential sequel, which Sony and Paramount have not yet given the green light:
“[Sony and Paramount] were willing to do one movie with us and then give us the financial werewithal to develop a script, do all the visual storyboards and get it really in launch position. So we can launch pretty quickly on a second movie. The script is already written.”
Anthony Horowitz‘s sequel script – currently titled The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun – involves Tintin and his BFF Captain Haddock investigating a sickness that’s afflicted those who discovered an Incan tomb. The duo travels to the sight of the tomb to uncover what’s going on. It sounds like a draft of a potential Indiana Jones sequel.
Whether or not Spielberg will be on board for the sequel is not yet known (though you can bet he’ll get his “executive producer” fee no matter what). The filmmaker’s got Lincoln with Daniel Day-Lewis coming up next and an adaptation of Daniel Wilson‘s sci-fi novel Robopocalypse as well. [The Playlist]
Are you excited for Tintin? The Hobbit? Will Tintin be successful enough to warrant a sequel?