My biggest concern… other than how odd Haddocks arms are in every shot we’ve seen of him… is the complete absence of Calculus. You’ve mentioned this here… but it’s dumbfounding to me to think he might not be in the movie. Is it possible? Is it possible they’re leaving him out?

I hope you are keeping your eyes peeled as well as I for any news on this front.

Here’s a link where you can download that Empire article : http://www.mediafire.com/?68bo0hlh6cqdbdo

Nothing spectacular on the Tintin movie though. The one thing that I thought was cool was Steven Spielberg talking about a scene from The Crab with the Golden Claws that made it into the movie.

http://www.musicrooms.net/showbiz/11082-Daniel-Craig-Wore-Lycra-Meet-Eastwood.html

Daniel Craig was mortified to discover he would be meeting Clint Eastwood while wearing a skin-tight motion-capture suit.

The lycra body stockings are used in movies which include a lot of computer-generated imagery (CGI). They are covered in motion sensors, so actor’s movements can be monitored when the imagery is added in after shooting.

Daniel had to wear one for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, which is directed by Steven Spielberg and due out next year, and Steven has revealed he was not happy about it.

“When we were shooting Tintin, Daniel Craig was on set in his performance capture outfit and I invited Clint Eastwood to come by to see what we were doing because he had never seen the digital world of performance capture technology,” he recalled to Empire magazine.

“Daniel came over to me and said, ‘There’s a rumour going around that you invited Clint Eastwood to come and see the set?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ Daniel said, ‘I’m not gonna meet him looking like this. I’ve wanted to meet that man all my life and you’ve invited him and I’m looking like this?!’”

Steven told the anecdote in a joint interview with James Cameron, who used the technology for his movie Avatar. He was quizzed on whether he had ever been tempted to put on the suit, as Peter Jackson did when he was shooting King Kong.

“Maybe if I have six weeks to work out. That suit is unforgiving. Your love handles hang out. Your gut hangs out,” he laughed.

Someone on the IMDB boards claims that the august issue of Empire Australia has an article called “The Future of Cinema”, where Spielberg gives informations on his Tintin movie ; apparently, he talks about scenes of the film, character design and the way he shot the movie.

The thing is, there’s no way to find this article online, or even find a proof of its existence.

Just thought I should share it with you anyway. Maybe it’ll pop up online soon.

I’ve read on the IMDb forums that on the new issue of Empire magazine there is a new interview with Spielberg about Tintin, where he discusses characters and some scenes. Apparently it’s only on the printed edition, so if anyone could scan it that would be great

I love this site, by the way!