After wrapping up 32 days of "performance-capture lensing" for “Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,” director Steven Spielberg will hand off the film for post-production duties to producer Peter Jackson (“Lord of the Rings”).
According to Variety, Spielberg's performance-capture lensing would seem to be the equivalent of principal photography on the film, but the relatively new motion-capture technology in use for the rest of "Tintin" will be handled by Jackson at his special effects studio in New Zealand.
Spielberg will hold the lone directing credit on the film -- an interesting note, given that his primary duties last just over a month, while Jackson's post-production editing, special effects and other responsibilities are expected to take at least 18 months to complete.
Various people involved with the film have indicated that the special effects required to bring "Tintin" to life have only recently caught up with the demands of the film, and the planned three-film franchise will serve as Spielberg's first hands-on lesson in the evolving motion-capture technology Jackson successfully used in the "Lord of the Rings" films and "King Kong."
Previously, we reported that the adventures of Belgian teenage reporter Tintin will feature Jamie Bell as the title character, and a supporting cast of Andy Serkis (a Jackson regular on motion-capture films) as Captain Haddock and Daniel Craig as the villain, Red Rackham. “Shaun of the Dead” actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will play the bumbling detectives, Thomson and Thompson.
What do you think of how this film is being handled by the two directors? Is this a two-man team that can do "Tintin" justice?