Jamie Bell isn’t the only Jackson alumnus on the scene, with Mr. Mo-cap himself, Andy Serkis, signed on to play whisky-soaked sea-dog Captain Haddock. In fairness, they could probably ditch the lycra in Serkis’ case, given that he’s already a dead ringer for the salty sailor.

Unsurprisingly, given his familiarity with the technology, Serkis is only too happy to talk up the look of the film, telling IGN that, “Tintin will bring Hergé to life, and performance-capture is the perfect tool.”

That said, the process was novel even for Serkis, with Tintin throwing up a different set of challenges from projects like LOTR or King Kong.

“There's definitely a difference between a performance capture character in a live action movie and a fully animated world, like in Tintin,” he says. “In Tintin, the actors are on set all engaging with each other in the same paradigm. It looks very much like Hergé brought to life.”

Sounds good to us. And who knows, maybe one day Jackson will cast him in a role where we actually get to see his face…