When Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s TINTIN Sequel Takes Place Has Been Revealed

It’s been a while since we’ve heard any details about The Adventures of Tintin sequel, but Peter Jackson has now shared an exciting update that sheds some light on where the story is headed.

Not only is the movie actively being written, but Jackson also confirmed exactly how the sequel connects to the original film.

While speaking during interviews at the Cannes Film Festival, Jackson revealed that the sequel will begin right where the first movie left off. That tease should instantly grab the attention of fans who loved the adventurous ending Spielberg set up back in 2011.

Jackson also said that the project is very much alive and moving forward with Fran Walsh helping write the screenplay.

Discussing the current status of the script in an interview with IndieWire, Jackson explained: “Literally, I’m in the hotel room down the road writing the script and sending pages to New Zealand.”

He went on to say: “I haven’t written anything in the last two days because I’ve been busy. But tomorrow I’ll get back to the draft and do some more pages.”

That’s probably the most encouraging update Tintin fans have received in years. The sequel has spent a long time floating in development limbo, with occasional comments from Spielberg and Jackson reassuring everyone that it hadn’t been abandoned. Now it sounds like real momentum is finally building.

Jackson also talked about how the creative process with Spielberg will work once the screenplay draft is complete, saying: “Fran [Walsh] and I are writing the script. And we’ll get a draft done, which we’ll send to Steven.”

He continued: “I think he’ll have notes for sure, but we’ll go backwards and forwards until we have a script that we like. At that point we’ll let everyone know what the books are.”

The original movie pulled material from several classic adventures including The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn, and Red Rackham’s Treasure. Fans have spent years speculating about what storyline could come next.

But Jackson did offer one very important detail about the sequel’s setup: “All I’ll say now is that it begins — it’s not the way that it carries on — but it begins exactly where the last film ends,”

That ending teased a brand-new adventure involving the treasure hunt tied to Rackham’s fortune, so it’ll be interesting to see how directly the sequel follows through on that setup before branching into new territory.

Jackson had previously described the sequel as “an active real thing,” and this latest update finally makes the project feel genuinely close to becoming reality.

At this point, fans just want to see Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock back together for another globe-trotting animated adventure. If Jackson and Spielberg can recapture the energy and charm of the first film, this sequel could end up being something pretty awesome.