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The Adventures of Tintin
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Release Date
- October 25, 2011
- Studio(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures , DreamWorks Distribution , Warner Bros. Pictures , Columbia Pictures , Sony
- Cast
- Jamie Bell , Andy Serkis , Daniel Craig , Nick Frost , Simon Pegg
- Writers
- Steven Moffat , Edgar Wright , Joe Cornish
- Runtime
- 107 minutes
- Budget
- $135 million
Summary
Based on the comic book series of the same name, The Adventures of Tintin follows the titular young journalist and his dog Snowy, and what happens when Tintin gets his hands on a model ship called the Unicorn.
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