Peter Jackson Confirms Tintin Sequel Script Is Finished

Peter Jackson has confirmed that the long-awaited sequel to The Adventures of Tintin will be his next directing project, and that the screenplay is already finished. The New Zealand filmmaker revealed the news during the Sitges Film Festival, where he was discussing the progress of his personal projects. He did not disclose what story the sequel will tell.

The sequel has been in the planning stages since the first film arrived in cinemas, with Jackson long slated to take over directing duties from Steven Spielberg. For years the project showed little visible movement, so Jackson’s decision to name it as his next film gives fans the clearest signal yet that it is moving forward. Even so, there is still no word on when cameras might roll, who will join the cast, or how and when the film will be released.

The 2011 original was directed by Spielberg and produced by Jackson, using performance capture technology to bring Hergé’s beloved Belgian comic character to the big screen. The Adventures of Tintin followed the young reporter and his dog Snowy as they chased a mystery tied to a model ship and a hidden treasure, and it was warmly received by critics for its visual inventiveness. A sequel was announced soon afterwards, with Jackson expected to step into the director’s chair.

Jackson is best known for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, which turned his native New Zealand into a global filmmaking destination and cemented his reputation for ambitious, effects-heavy storytelling. His return to a performance-capture adventure is a natural fit, since the Tintin films blend motion-capture acting with computer-generated worlds in much the same way his Middle-earth epics pushed digital filmmaking forward.

For Tintin fans, the news caps more than a decade of waiting. The character remains one of Europe’s most enduring comic creations, and the 2011 film introduced him to a new generation of viewers worldwide. A completed script is a meaningful milestone, but the gap between a finished screenplay and a finished film can still be long, especially for a project that relies on elaborate capture technology and international co-production.

Jackson’s comments at Sitges also served as a reminder that the director juggles several projects at once. Naming Tintin as his next directing job suggests it has moved ahead of other ideas he has discussed publicly, though he gave no timeline. Whether the sequel will pick up plot threads from the first film or adapt a different Tintin adventure has not been revealed.

For now, the takeaway is simple: the Tintin sequel has a finished script and a director who says it is his next film. After years of silence, that is more concrete news than the project has offered in a long time, and it gives audiences renewed reason to keep an eye on the boy reporter’s return to the screen.