Tintin Cast – Film Given Title

Jamie Bell – Star of Billy Elliot, King Kong, Hallam Foe, Jumper and Defiance – has been cast as Tintin.

Also cast is Daniel Craig – The current James Bond and star of Defiance – who is playing the pirate Red Rackham.

The film will be called: The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn

Also announced were the screen writing credits: Stephen Moffat, writer of Dr Who and so much more. Plus Edgar Wright, co-writer and director of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead which starred Simon Pegg and Nick Frost who are playing Thompson and Thomson. Joe Cornish, know to Brits as one-half of Adam & Joe, also gets a screenwriting credit.

Production starts today on the 3D motion capture. Release is scheduled for 2011.

Its not clear is the film will only tell the story of the book Secret of the Unicorn or whether it will combine both Unicorn and Red Rackham’s Treasure. The press release say that “The second feature in the series is scheduled to be directed by Jackson, with a potential for a third film as well.”

Other names mentioned in the cast but the parts are not identified are Gad Elmaleh (lots of French language films), Toby Jones (voice of Dobby the House Elf in the Harry Potter films) and Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean and The Office).

Paramount Pictures will release the film in the US and in all English speaking territories and Asia, excluding India. Sony Pictures Releasing International will distribute the film in Continental Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, India and the remainder of the world.

Full press release here.

Credit to Marketsaw who were first to break the news.