Tintin News - Simon Pegg is off to LA to film and John Williams is scoring it

t5m.com have this interview with Simon Pegg. In it he mentions how he will be heading off to LA with Nick Frost to film or capture their motion and voices for Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn. He also goes onto mention that they'll hopefully be getting back together with Edgar Wright near the end of this year to start work on the third part of the trilogy (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz).

More videos like this on www.t5m.com

Upcoming Film Scores have this news about John Williams.

Veteran composer John Williams is doing the score for The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, Steven Spielberg's and Peter Jackson's first film based on the classic Hergé comic books. The assignment has been confirmed by Williams' agent, the Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency, and will have fans expecting another classic film theme from the composer of such orchestral hits as the Indiana Jones theme, Star Wars, Superman, Jurassic Park and Harry Potter.

All in all some good news for the Tintin film.

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Star Wars: A Musical Journey - the six films condensed into 2 hours

Rich pointed this out to me at the BBC web site.

Star Wars fans are to feel the force of the seminal sci-fi films and their iconic soundtracks on stage in a major new show, which will launch next year.

In Star Wars: A Musical Journey, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will play a live score as excerpts from the six films are shown on a cinema screen.

The show has been put together by director George Lucas' company Lucasfilm and composer John Williams.

It will premiere at the O2 in London in April before going on a European tour.

It will not be a traditional musical with actors playing characters from the films, but will feature live narrators.

The six Star Wars films have been edited down to two hours for the show, and Williams has "painstakingly rewritten" the music he wrote for the movies, a statement said.

The Royal Philharmonic will use an 86-piece orchestra and an accompanying exhibition will feature original models, props, costumes and production artwork.

David Campbell, chief executive of AEG Europe, which runs the O2, said: "Star Wars holds memories for practically everyone.

"John Williams is THE composer of our times, and fans will be thrilled to know that both he and Lucasfilm have contributed fully to this new production.

"To have the premiere at the O2 is a real coup for us, and I know there will be a lot of very happy Star Wars fans out there when they hear the news."

The show will open at the O2 on 10 April. Tickets, costing between £30 and £100, will go on sale on Monday.

What do you make of that? Good or bad?

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