When it comes to exports, Belgium may be better known for its fantastic beer and chocolates, but one of its most successful export products is actually comic books. Some of the most popular comic book names in the world are from Belgium, including the Smurfs (by Peyo), Tintin (by Herge) and of cours...

Not that this is any great surprise, but word comes from Upcoming Film Scores that frequent Steven Spielberg collaborator John Williams will be doing the score for The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn . Confirmation comes from Williams’ agent. I’m not sure if this implies that...

Production on the much awaited Tintin movie has finally started. “… is being directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Spielberg,  Peter Jackson (that’s right, Peter muthafucking Jackson) and Kathleen Kennedy, and shot in 3-D motion capture by the geniuses at Jackson’s own Weta Digital....

In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley discuss their thoughts on this year’s deeply unsatisfying Oscar nominations, reflect on the intellectual bankruptcy of a Tom and Jerry movie, and vehemently debate the merits of Alan Ball’s Towelhead . We...

Did you know that if you randomly chose a group of 1,000 people, none of them would care about the new Tintin movie? True story. But that’s only because Tintin had no stars attached to it - it existed only as an idea. An idea about a ginger Belgian boy who’s a little bit racist. And that...

So, the Tintin casting is out of the bag, as per the headline… and you simply won’t believe who wrote the screenplay: Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish. Wow. That’s amazing. For the first time since I was born, I’m really excited to see a film by Steven Spielberg. T...

C'est la reprise de la revue après deux semaines d'interruption. Une reprise toute en douceur sur le blog d'ailleurs avec quasiment un seul billet réellement un peu écrit pour les dix premiers jours de janvier. Manque d'inspiration. Passager j'espère. Or donc, allons-y pour la première revue de...

The case for Tintin's homosexuality. Excerpt: Billions of blue blistering barnacles, isn't it staring us in the face? Sometimes a thing's so obvious it's hard to see where the debate could start. What debate can there be when the evidence......

Those of us who are Tintin nerds will appreciate this update from Variety blogger Anne Thompson: Tintin Watch: Sony and Paramount in Talks to Partner on Spielberg/Jackson Series     Sony and Paramount are in talks to co-finance two Tintin films in the Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson series ...

Has anyone here read Tintin in America ? It's an absolutely fascinating compendium of 1930s European stereotypes of America. I was thinking of it lately, after reading Adam Tooze's magnificent Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy , one of the most thought-provoking books...