reported by Betty Paulsino, CyberScreenwriter.com

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, two of the most famous and celebrated filmmakers working today, have joined forces to create a series of motion picture films based on the adventures of Tintin, the iconic character created by Georges Remi, better known to the world by his pen name "Herge."

Spielberg and Jackson have selected three stories from the Tintin book series to develop into theatrical feature films, which they intend to direct back to back, employing state of the art performance capture technology.

Kathleen Kennedy will serve as producer with Spielberg and Jackson on each of the films.

Seventy five years ago Hergé introduced the world to a unique cast of characters who have been loved by readers of all ages, from all over the globe ever since. The Adventures of Tintin – a series of 23 books which became Hergé’s life’s work, were published between 1929 and 1976 and have sold over 200 million copies world wide. The popular series has been translated into seventy languages and still attracts over 2 million new fans each year.

Spielberg and Jackson will use new technology to bring Tintin to the screen. "We want Tintin’s adventures to have the reality of a live action film," said Steven Spielberg. "And yet Peter and I felt that shooting them in a traditional live action format would simply not honor the distinctive look of the characters and world that Hergé created."