How many tintin movies will there be

After Steven Spielberg directed the first Tintin movie, Peter Jackson was attached to direct the second, as reported by Collider. He planned to start working on the sequel after completing his adaptation of The Hobbit , which had ballooned from a two-parter directed by Guillermo del Toro into an eight-hour trilogy directed by Jackson himself.

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Steven Spielberg directed the first Tintin movie while Peter Jackson produced it. And speaking of Spielberg's Tintin , news of Leconte's live-action take begs the question: are we ever getting that sequel?

Spielberg produced the first Tintin with Peter Jackson, and the plan was always for Jackson to then step in and direct a sequel. For years now, Jackson and Spielberg have been claiming the sequel would happen. In , Spielberg said : "Peter Jackson has to do the second part. Normally, if all goes well, he will soon start working on the script. As it takes two years of animation work on the film, for you, I would not expect to see it for about three years.

Spielberg tinkered with the script throughout the completion of the Indiana Jones trilogy, and reasserted his commitment after Roman Polanski attempted to nab the rights. Would it be live-action or animated? Decades passed, and by the early 21st Century Spielberg had essentially abandoned any inclination towards zippy adventures, helming darker material like A. Jackson was so enthused about the prospect that he sent Spielberg an early test reel where he stepped into the role of Haddock himself.

Both Spielberg and Jackson were fascinated by the potential of 3-D. Jackson was coming off of the failure of The Lovely Bones , and Spielberg himself had expressed dissatisfaction with the route that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull took. In one of the most baffling release strategies in recent memory, The Adventures of Tintin opened within days of another Spielberg film, War Horse.

Tintin was also shockingly shut out of the Best Animated Feature category at the Academy Awards, the same year War Horse became a top Best Picture contender and John Williams earned nominations for both scores.

A third film was also planned. Yet, the targeted date continued to slip by. Jackson was beleaguered by his arduous Hobbit experience, and Spielberg continued to find new projects.