Move Over, Tintin: Here Comes…This Guy

Considering how the boy detective had an uphill battle in this country even with comic-fan awareness and Steven Spielberg directing, I’m not sure what kind of chance Philemon is going to have. Nonetheless, the movie adaptation of this Franco-Belgian comic by solo-monikered author “Fred” will be directed in English and live-action by French-Canadian animators Julien Demers-Arsenault and Sébastien Denault.

From the press release:
“We will use state of the art computer animation, matte-paintings and digital compositing techniques, as well as more traditional on-camera techniques such as miniatures, costumes, special make-ups, puppets and animatronics, which will all be enhanced and optimized in post-production” explained Julien Demers-Arsenault. “We are going for a look and feel that is more organic than digital, both old-school and contemporary, as if the movie had been shot in the 70’s but with today’s technical means” added Sébastien Denault.

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