Tin Tyrants

Now that the directorial duties for the first Tintin film have been set

Peter Jackson spoke with Empire Magazine (via Slashfilm) updating them on how the motion capture project is coming along and just what his involvement is exactly on both the first and second films

Film #1--He's producing and Steven Spielberg's directing, with a week of reshoots to be done in June in his Wellington studios to fix any issues that need to be fixed from Spielberg’s original month-long shoot earlier this year.

"We’re kind of co-directing. I mean, we are co-doing it. Steven’s been on set with the actors for the last six weeks, and I was only there for a week. So he’s definitely directing the first in a way that I’m not" .

Jackson ads that the first film will use "The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn" story to provide most of the plot, other elements from creator Hergé 's two-dozen or so other books in the series - will be incorporated.

Film #2-- The roles will then be reversed with Spielberg directing only via webcam. The second one is not only financed but already in pre-production and the animatics for it should be completed by June..

Both films should be ready in time for a 2011 release.