Meet Tintin.

Mark Brown meets Thomas Sangster: "The sixth-former from south London, the Guardian can reveal, has been chosen by Steven Spielberg to be his Tintin for a three-movie adaptation of the boy reporter's adventures. The trilogy is likely to give the 17-year-old the same profile as Daniel Radcliffe, aka Harry Potter, or Elijah Wood, who shot to international stardom as Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings series." And there's a brief audio clip accompanying the chat.

"The big worry for fans of Tintin is how the characters will be translated to the screen," writes Nicholas Lezard. "The suspicion is that film versions of the books are unnecessary, since the books are already films, or, strictly speaking, storyboards.... Spielberg and [Peter] Jackson's comments about how they are going to approach the translation are intriguing, but there is always going to be a problem with moving into 3D."

On a sadder note, Michael Farr: "Raymond Leblanc, who has died aged 92, was the Belgian businessman and Tintin enthusiast who made sure the famous boy reporter had a future after the tribulations of war."

Posted by dwhudson at March 28, 2008 8:14 AM