We have covered various Tintin tattoos before so why not another one:

Once again taken from The Ephemerist

Phthoggos (LiveJournal& FlickR) has put together a sketchbook on FlickR of Tintin drawings by comics artists. It features lots of artist who I don’t recognize but here are a couple I do.

Alex Robinson, writer and artist of the fantastic Box Office Poison:

Bryan Lee O’Malley writes and draws my favourite Canadian manga, Scott Pilgrim

Variety Magazine has stated that Thomas Sangster will not be playing Tintin. Sangster was widely rumoured to have been cast but it was never formally announced. The source of the problem seems to be the delays caused by Dreamwork’s split from Paramount and subsequent funding difficulties. This news appears in passing in a report by columnist Anne Thompson but no sources are given and no one else is reporting this.

More positively, Dreamworks has a distribution deal with Universal in place and Paramount are still keen to fund the films if Spielberg and Jackson cut there fees.

Source: Films up in the air after studios split, DreamWorks/Universal Union Disruptive?

Hollywood Reporter has word that the Paramount / Dreamworks split is moving forward amicably with over 200 projects being split or shared between the two companies. However, Tintin is not one of them:

No decisions have been made regarding “Tintin,” which Spielberg is planning to produce and direct. Paramount had put a $130 million offer, including unspecified financial terms, on the table, but that discussion was set aside while the new arrangement was worked out.

Source: Paramount, DreamWorks split with no grief