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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Tintin Gets the Welsh Treatment!
I just received this email from a Welsh publishing house. Glad to hear the Welsh love Tintin as much as everyone else, although I might dispute the notion that Tintin is a redhead...
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN RETURN IN WELSH
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN RETURN IN WELSH
The redheaded Belgian reporter, Tintin has had a nose for a story for over 80 years. But this week, after a 25 year absence, Tintin’s nose will lead him to some new Welsh tales.
Thursday, November 6th, in a day full of activities at Borders bookshop in Llantrisant, two new books in a new series of Tintin will be launched by Dalen, Mwg Drwg y Pharo ac Awyren 714 i Sydney, familiar to English readers as Cigars of the Pharaoh and Flight 714.
Tintin was the fruits of Belgian writer, Herger’s imagination. Having first appeared in a newspaper in 1929, Tintin’s success has grown and grown and has now been translated into over 70 languages. 5 tomes of the series appeared in Welsh at the beginning of the 1980s, but this is the first time Cigars of the Pharaoh and Flight 714 has had the Welsh treatment. This time around, the books also have a Welsh flavour as the names of the characters reflect Welsh history and traditions giving a new generation of readers a chance to enjoy one of the world’s most famous heroes, not forgetting his little K9 sidekick of course!
For more information or orders please contact Alun Jones on (+44) 01239 811442 or aluncerijones@btconnect.com
For press information contact Gwenan Davies, Cambrensis Public Relations on 01286 685254 or gwenan@cambrensis.uk.com
Thursday, November 6th, in a day full of activities at Borders bookshop in Llantrisant, two new books in a new series of Tintin will be launched by Dalen, Mwg Drwg y Pharo ac Awyren 714 i Sydney, familiar to English readers as Cigars of the Pharaoh and Flight 714.
Tintin was the fruits of Belgian writer, Herger’s imagination. Having first appeared in a newspaper in 1929, Tintin’s success has grown and grown and has now been translated into over 70 languages. 5 tomes of the series appeared in Welsh at the beginning of the 1980s, but this is the first time Cigars of the Pharaoh and Flight 714 has had the Welsh treatment. This time around, the books also have a Welsh flavour as the names of the characters reflect Welsh history and traditions giving a new generation of readers a chance to enjoy one of the world’s most famous heroes, not forgetting his little K9 sidekick of course!
For more information or orders please contact Alun Jones on (+44) 01239 811442 or aluncerijones@btconnect.com
For press information contact Gwenan Davies, Cambrensis Public Relations on 01286 685254 or gwenan@cambrensis.uk.com
Monday, November 3, 2008
Famous People Who Love Tintin... Test Your Knowledge
Below is the BEGINNING of a list of famous people who love Tintin (not in alpha order). If there are famous and lesser-known celebrities who love Tintin and who are NOT on this list, please let me know!
This list is culled from several sources including tintinologist.org
>Hugh Grant
>Paul Giamatti
>Charles de Gaulle - he said: "Tintin is my only international rival. Nodoby notices, because of my height. We are both little fellows who won't be got at by big fellows."
>Andy Warhol
>Roy Lichtenstein - drew two studies of Tintin for the book "Tintin in the New World" by Frederic Tuten.
>Wim Wenders
>Francoise Sagan
>Chiang kai'shek (the former president of Taiwan, I think) was also a fan after he read The Blue Lotus post-WWII. (re:Tintin and the World of Herge: an Illustrated History by Benoit Peters). In appreciation for the Blue Lotus, Chiang invited Herge to visit China during the Second World War, but Herge did not take up the invitation until some thirty years later, in 1973 (two years before Chiang's death).
>Terry Gilliam
>The ‘80’s Band: The Thompson Twins
>Steven Spielberg
>Former Indian Prime Ministers Rajeev Gandhi and Atal Behari Vajpayee
>Dustin Hoffman is one; there's a very brief scene in his movie Kramer vs Kramer (1979) where he's reading Red Rackham's Treasure to his son in bed (you can't really see the cover, but you could hear the dialogue word for word)
This list is culled from several sources including tintinologist.org
>Hugh Grant
>Paul Giamatti
>Charles de Gaulle - he said: "Tintin is my only international rival. Nodoby notices, because of my height. We are both little fellows who won't be got at by big fellows."
>Andy Warhol
>Roy Lichtenstein - drew two studies of Tintin for the book "Tintin in the New World" by Frederic Tuten.
>Wim Wenders
>Francoise Sagan
>Chiang kai'shek (the former president of Taiwan, I think) was also a fan after he read The Blue Lotus post-WWII. (re:Tintin and the World of Herge: an Illustrated History by Benoit Peters). In appreciation for the Blue Lotus, Chiang invited Herge to visit China during the Second World War, but Herge did not take up the invitation until some thirty years later, in 1973 (two years before Chiang's death).
>Terry Gilliam
>The ‘80’s Band: The Thompson Twins
>Steven Spielberg
>Former Indian Prime Ministers Rajeev Gandhi and Atal Behari Vajpayee
>Dustin Hoffman is one; there's a very brief scene in his movie Kramer vs Kramer (1979) where he's reading Red Rackham's Treasure to his son in bed (you can't really see the cover, but you could hear the dialogue word for word)
>Sting -in the award-winning music video for his hit song "We'll be together" (1988), Sting is wearing a Tintin sweater.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Tintin Has Voting Rights in the U.S?
I don't think his Belgian citizenship allows him to vote in the US, but apparently his endorsement is important. I wonder who Rastapopolus would vote for?
Tintin Book Gets Rave Review by Los Angeles Times
I was poking around the internet and found this great review of a book we sell by Tom McCarthy: Tintin and the Secret of Literature. The article is a very positive critique by a writer for the Los Angeles Times.
Here is the link to read the entire article: Los Angeles Times.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Sony may join Paramount in co-parenting Steven Spielberg's planned 'Tintin' movie
Sony Pictures is close to finalizing a deal to pick up half the cost of the 3-D motion-capture film, which is budgeted at $130 million before marketing expenses.
By Claudia Eller
Source: The Los Angeles Times
November 1, 2008
It looks like Paramount Pictures may have found a co-parent for Steven Spielberg's and Peter Jackson's planned "Tintin" movie, which was orphaned after Universal Pictures opted out over financial concerns.
Sony Pictures is close to finalizing a deal to pick up half the cost of the 3-D motion-capture film, which is budgeted at $130 million before marketing expenses.
"Tintin," to be directed by Spielberg and produced by Jackson, could begin production before the end of the year if negotiations conclude next week, as expected. Spielberg, who has wanted to make "Tintin" since 1983, when his production company, Amblin Entertainment, was based at Universal, had hoped to start shooting in September.
But after he and Jackson submitted a final budget and their rich profit-sharing deals to Universal, the studio passed, deeming it too risky. Under that deal, the picture would have had to gross $425 million in revenue before Universal and Paramount could break even.
Also risky is the fact that other motion- or performance-capture films, in which actors' movements are recorded by sensors and fed into a computer and manipulated, have had a mixed track record at the box office. Sony's "Monster House" grossed $140 million worldwide, and Paramount's "Beowulf" $196 million -- far below the more than $400 million the studios need to earn their investment back on "Tintin."
Officials from Paramount and Sony declined to comment on the negotiations.
Tintin, the subject of a Belgian comic book series about the adventures of a young reporter and his sidekick dog, has a loyal following abroad but is less well known in the U.S. Spielberg and Jackson hope to make two Tintin films, with Jackson directing the second.
Variety
Cinematical.com
LA Times Blog
Hollywood Reporter
By Claudia Eller
Source: The Los Angeles Times
November 1, 2008
It looks like Paramount Pictures may have found a co-parent for Steven Spielberg's and Peter Jackson's planned "Tintin" movie, which was orphaned after Universal Pictures opted out over financial concerns.
Sony Pictures is close to finalizing a deal to pick up half the cost of the 3-D motion-capture film, which is budgeted at $130 million before marketing expenses.
"Tintin," to be directed by Spielberg and produced by Jackson, could begin production before the end of the year if negotiations conclude next week, as expected. Spielberg, who has wanted to make "Tintin" since 1983, when his production company, Amblin Entertainment, was based at Universal, had hoped to start shooting in September.
But after he and Jackson submitted a final budget and their rich profit-sharing deals to Universal, the studio passed, deeming it too risky. Under that deal, the picture would have had to gross $425 million in revenue before Universal and Paramount could break even.
Also risky is the fact that other motion- or performance-capture films, in which actors' movements are recorded by sensors and fed into a computer and manipulated, have had a mixed track record at the box office. Sony's "Monster House" grossed $140 million worldwide, and Paramount's "Beowulf" $196 million -- far below the more than $400 million the studios need to earn their investment back on "Tintin."
Officials from Paramount and Sony declined to comment on the negotiations.
Tintin, the subject of a Belgian comic book series about the adventures of a young reporter and his sidekick dog, has a loyal following abroad but is less well known in the U.S. Spielberg and Jackson hope to make two Tintin films, with Jackson directing the second.
More articles about this story:
New York TimesVariety
Cinematical.com
LA Times Blog
Hollywood Reporter
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