Steven Spielberg and
Peter Jackson might have found their Tintin, the young Belgian
reporter they are bringing to the big screen in a
performance-capture-based film trilogy.
London's Daily Mail reported that the lucky lad is
17-year-old British actor Thomas Sangster, who has appeared in
"Love, Actually" and "Nanny McPhee" and has a role in Jane
Campion's "Bright Star," which is about to begin filming. A
spokesman for Spielberg's DreamWorks studio declined comment.
While specifics about the project have been kept under
wraps, Andy Serkis, who is set to play Tintin's globe-trotting
buddy, Captain Haddock, recently told the IndieLondon Web site
that he is about to begin work on the back-to-back features,
with Spielberg handling the first film and Jackson taking the
directorial reigns for the second.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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