EOnline.com has a report that Steven Speilberg will still be the first director to foray into the Adventures of Tintin, the extremely popular Belgian comic strip series that dates back to the 20s.  Recently, the Brussels studio that owns the characters had claimed that Peter Jackson would be taking over the role.  Jackson still remains as producer, and will helm the second Tintin film in the series of three film they plan to produce. The first film

will be adapted from two books in the Adventures of Tintin series—The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham’s Treasure, written between 1942 and 1944. Dr. Who scribe Stephen Moffat penned the script.

And now Tintin’s signature carrot top will reach new heights: The originally 2-D traveler is being brought to the big screen with Polar Express-style motion-capture animation technology.

Although motion capture’s come a long way from Polar Express, it should be interesting to see how these very recognizable beautifully drawn characters will relate to the audience in a motion capture world.  The article reports that Andy Serkis will be involved in bringing Captain Haddock to life.  Thomas Sangster will voice Tintin.