‘The Adventures of Tintin’ Unveils Trailer #2

The Adventures of Tintin
A scene from 'The Adventures of Tintin' - © Paramount Pictures

It has Steven Spielberg as its director, Peter Jackson produced it, and Edgar Wright was one of the writers, and I hate to say it, but I’m still not sold on The Adventures of Tintin. The dead-eyed motion capture animation style is just not something I’ve embraced, and this latest trailer for the upcoming December release still hasn’t won me over. In fact, while I was watching it I kept thinking how good this could have looked had it just been done as a live-action film with Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig.

That said, the new trailer does show off more of the action and explains a little bit more about the story. Too bad there’s not more with Tintin’s faithful dog, Snowy…

Official Synopsis: Based on the internationally beloved and irrepressible characters created by Hergé, the story follows the unquenchably curious young reporter Tintin (Jamie Bell) and his fiercely loyal dog Snowy as they discover a model ship carrying an explosive secret. Drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Tintin finds himself in the sightlines of Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine (Daniel Craig), a diabolical villain who believes Tintin has stolen a priceless treasure tied to a dastardly pirate named Red Rackham.

But with the help of his dog Snowy, the salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis), and the bumbling detectives Thompson & Thomson (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost), Tintin will travel half the world, outwitting and outrunning his enemies in a breathless chase to find the final resting place of The Unicorn, a shipwreck that may hold the key to a vast fortune . . . and an ancient curse.

From the high seas to the sands of North African deserts, every new twist and turn sweeps Tintin and his friends to escalating levels of thrills and peril, proving that when you dare to risk everything, there’s no limit to what you can do.