Peter Jackson has taken 15 years, but he has finally started on the movie we all expected him to make. It's about time!

Fifteen years ago, we were promised time and again that The Adventures of Tintin, directed by Steven Spielberg, would be the first of a trilogy, with the second film to be led by Peter Jackson. And while it may not have grossed what was expected ($374 million), it wasn’t such a terrible result as to keep us all waiting for that sequel for so long. Now, at last, the director of The Lord of the Rings has gotten to work on writing the script. With calm, you know?

The Tinkling of Money

If recently the director said he wanted to make this new adaptation, now he has finally dived into writing, as he declared at the Cannes festival: “I have been working with Fran on another Tintin script, I was writing in the hotel room. It’s a real and active thing, I’m going back to the world of Tintin and, in fact, I love it“. For loving it so much, you sure took your time, huh, Peter?

This is not the only project he is preparing: apparently, he wants to make a movie about Operation Chastise, an attack on German dams during World War II: “The true story is much more interesting than the movie made in 1955 on this subject. Much of this technology was highly classified and could not be revealed back then. It is an incredible story about invention and problem-solving to achieve a goal“. Well, he hasn’t picked up a camera in 11 years, at this point we are just hoping he doesn’t use AI for everything, right?

Well no: “I don’t dislike AI at all, for me it’s a special effect. The only critical thing is that you don’t use it to replace an actor or someone without their approval. Just like you can’t adapt a book that someone has written without having the rights”. Please, Peter, don’t turn Tintin into Frutinovelas. It’s not too much to ask.