Seeing as I haven't got marlinspike.org back up and running yet, I'll continue to blog on Tintin movie news here.
Jamie Bell rubbishes Tintin movie rumors:
Award-winning teen star Jamie Bell has slammed reports he is set to star in a forthcoming screen version of Tintin.Director Stephen Daldry is planning to remake the classic French adventure stories as a cinematic extravaganza, and although Bell was tipped to play the quiff-sporting hero, the young actor insists the claims are unfounded.
He says, "Who makes these rumours up? I mean, really.
"It would be fantastic, but it's news to me."
It's an odd story for a few reasons (besides mistaking Tintin for French). Firstly, the Jamie-Bell-as-Tintin rumour is a couple of years old but this story is datelined 7th August 2005.
More odd, though, is the claim that Stephen Daldry is going to direct. It is Stephen Spielberg who owns the rights, and while he had said he may only produce and not direct, I've never heard Daldry's name in association with the Spielberg project.
Perhaps the journalist got confused by the fact that it was Daldry who directed Jamie Bell in Billy Elliot.
(As as aside, Daldry is currently directing The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay which, from all account of the book, should be worth seeing)