Tintin Movie

"After 25 years, they finally said 'OK, let's go'," Nick Rodwell, head of Moulinsart NV, said of the protracted talks with Spielberg since the early 1980s.

DreamWorks spokesman Marvin Levy said the studio is interested in the project, but is not ready to talk about specifics.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Rodwell said the Hollywood company will go into preproduction for a movie, which should appear in theaters in about two years.

It was unclear which of the 24 cartoon books of Tintin's adventures would be picked for a first movie script, he said. "If movie No. 1 works, we will continue," he said.

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