The Journey to Tintin

Director Steven Spielberg discusses his first exposure to the character during the reading of a French review for Raiders of the Lost Ark. The piece looks back at the character and his adventures, Peter Jackson's memory of and take on Tintin, Hergé's ability to draw his comic in cinematic terms, Spielberg's first efforts to communicate with Hergé before his death, his long history with the project, the digital elements that were necessary to the making of the film, and the importance of using motion capture technology to give the movie the specific look necessary to translate the comic into a film.