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Simon Pegg & Nick Frost Officially Cast In ‘Tintin’
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Thompson TwinsAfter it was rumored for so long, it has now been officially announced that the unfailing team of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz) will play Thomson & Thompson in the three-movie Tintin project from Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson.

The casting is interesting, as the twin characters are only identifiable by their mustaches. This is something hard to imagine with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who couldn’t look more different than one another; it’s part of their appeal… a modern day, British Laurel and Hardy, if you will. Maybe Frost lost a lot of weight for the role? Who knows! I’m sure they have some great, comical ideas in mind to make it all work.

The trilogy will be in full stylistic 3D motion-capture form, a la The Polar Express and Beowulf. Spielberg will handle the first movie’s directing duties, Jackson will do the second, and one or the other or both will do the final film. Also starring is Jackson’s favorite motion-capture workhorse Andy Serkis, who will be playing Captain Haddock.

The first movie is set to start filming some time this year. It’s being distributed in a duel-venture by Sony Pictures and Paramount.

[Source: Variety]

1 Comment »

  1. surely if it’s 3d motion capture it doesn’t matter what size/weight disparities there might be?

    Comment by tintom — January 7, 2009 @ 4:38 am

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