Anthony Horowitz Writing Tintin Sequel ‘Prisoners Of The Sun’
By Russ Fischer/April 8, 2011 12:00 pm EST
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The author told Radio 5 this week (via Bleeding Cool),
The Secret of the Unicorn is being directed by Steven Spielberg and was written originally by Steven Moffat, of course the writer of Doctor Who in this country. He did a couple of drafts then it was taken over by Edgar Wright… they’ve got [that] coming out at Christmas and if that film is a success and works and gets an audience I’m writing the sequel to it, Prisoners of the Sun, which Peter Jackson is going to direct.
I’m writing a feature film even as we speak. I’ve been hired to write Tintin…
The Spielberg/Jackson Tintin partnership was originally conceived as a way to do a couple films, but financing the first one turned into a tricky proposition. We still have no idea how the first film will play, but I’d be surprised if this sequel fails to happen. That said, if Peter Jackson is going to direct, the film won’t happen for some time, as The Hobbit will be in the way.
