Peter Jackson says Tintin 2 will be his next film
Peter Jackson says the screenplay for the sequel to Steven Spielberg’s 2011 film The Adventures of Tintin is complete, and that it will be the next film he directs. He announced the plan at the Sitges Film Festival in Catalonia; the sequel has no release date, and Jackson has not confirmed which Tintin stories it will adapt.
Bottom line — After 15 years, Tintin 2 has a completed script and a director’s stated next-film priority, but no release date.
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Jackson and Fran Walsh wrote the screenplay, according to CBR.
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Jackson said at Cannes that the sequel begins where the first film ends, Movieweb reports.
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The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun are widely assumed to be the source stories, but Jackson has not confirmed that, Dark Horizons reports.
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The original film earned $374 million worldwide, according to CBR.
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Jackson and Spielberg had planned to swap roles: Spielberg directed the first film, while Jackson was to direct the sequel, according to Dark Horizons.