ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

The Adventures of Tintin (also known as The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn) is a 2011 3D motion capture computer-animated action-adventure film based on the comic book series of the same name by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, co-produced by Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy and written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, the film is inspired by three of Hergé's albums: The Crab with the Golden Claws (1941), The Secret of the Unicorn (1943) and Red Rackham's Treasure (1944). Starring the voices of Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, the film is intended to be the first installment in a planned The Adventures of Tintin trilogy.

Spielberg acquired the film rights to The Adventures of Tintin series following Hergé's death in 1983, and re-optioned them in 2002. Filming was due to begin in October 2008 for a 2010 release, but the release was delayed to 2011 after Universal Pictures opted out of producing the film with Paramount Pictures, who provided $30 million on pre-production. Sony Pictures also chose to co-finance the film. The delay resulted in Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who had been originally cast as Tintin, departing from the project. The world première took place on 22 October 2011 in Brussels. The film was released in the United Kingdom and other European countries on 26 October 2011 and in the United States on 21 December 2011 in Digital 3D and IMAX 3D formats.

The Adventures of Tintin was a huge commercial success, having grossed over $373 million against a budget of $135 million and received generally positive reviews from critics, who favorably compared the film to Spielberg's previous work Raiders of the Lost Ark. It was the first motion-captured animated film (as well as the first non-Pixar animated film) to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. Composer John Williams was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score and the film was also nominated for six Saturn Awards, including Best Animated Film, Best Director for Spielberg and Best Music for Williams.