Blistering barnacles! Andy Serkis, the British actor who portrayed Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films, is being lined up to play Captain Haddock in the forthcoming Tintin movies for Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg, according to reports.
Although studio DreamWorks has not confirmed the news, The Hollywood Reporter says it believes the 43-year-old thesp has been cast as Tintin's swearing and boozing sidekick.
If the news is confirmed, Serkis would be the first casting confirmed on the high-profile project. Three films are planned in total, with Jackson and Spielberg each directing one instalment. It is not yet known who will direct the third movie.
All three films will be made in digital 3D and will use performance-capture technology. This is a technique Serkis is well accustomed to, since he pioneered it for his performance as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings film and developed it further when he portrayed King Kong in Jackson's 2005 remake.
British screenwriter Steven Moffat, who created the sitcom Coupling and was a writer on the new Doctor Who series, is adapting three adventures of Belgian's most famous reporter, which were originally written by Hergé.
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