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This interview The Observer did was Jamie Bell was released earlier this week. Jamie Bell talks about his upcoming productions, his stint in New York, and life in Los Angeles.

Jamie Bell interview: This boy’s life

At 14, Jamie Bell beat 2,000 hopefuls to play Billy Elliot. A decade later, the boy from Billingham has 16 films under his belt and has worked with Clint Eastwood and Peter Jackson. But this summer he stars in Steven Spielberg’s Tintin – which is where, he says, the whole incredible adventure began

In a low-lit rum bar in a fashionably shabby corner of West Hollywood, Jamie Bell recalls the first time he saw a film in a cinema. “It was Jurassic Park,” he says. “I was eight years old and I was terrified because, you know – dinosaurs! They’re real!” He tells a good story. Plenty of animation. And the louder he gets the more Geordie his accent. “At the end, the credits said: ‘Directed by Steven Spielberg’ and I thought: ‘OK, I’m going to remember that name. Because he’s done something to me here, something important.’”

Sixteen years later, it’s happening again. In July, Bell plays the title role in Spielberg’s latest, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn. It’s one of four movies that Bell has coming out in 2011, a bumper year for the 24-year-old actor. First up is The Eagle, a swords-and-sandals adventure adapted from Rosemary Sutcliff’s classic historical novel. And then comes Tintin, one of the most popular comic strips of the century, realised with innovative motion-capture technology by the world’s most famous director. “If you told that kid watching those dinosaurs: ‘You’re going to be working with that man…’” He shakes his head. “It’s just incredible. A massive milestone. It has monumental connections.”

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Here is another great interview, but this time Jamie is interviewed by NYMag!

The Eagle’s Jamie Bell on Tintin, Scary Horses, and Almost Landing Spider-Man

Jamie Bell hasn’t been seen in a movie since 2008, but he’s about to make up for that with a vengeance. This Friday, he stars in Kevin Macdonald’s The Eagle, where he plays a second century slave accompanying his Roman master (Channing Tatum) on an adventure into the Scottish highlands, and he’ll then appear in Jane Eyre, the thriller Retreat, and Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, where he plays the beloved comic-strip character via motion capture. All this, and he just wrapped the Sam Worthington drama Man on a Ledge, too. “I know, it’s too much,” he laughed during a sit-down with Vulture, where he discussed the hardship of making ‘The Eagle’, Spielberg’s foray into new technology, and the recent British superhero boom.

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More recent news of Mr Bell have been rare as of late, but Philip has linked me to an article which I haven’t seen yet! It’s from last year during the Defiance promotion period and is accompanied with a photo that may interest the fans.

It’s nine years since Billy Elliott. Are you getting £1 million a movie yet?
Maybe. But I can’t discuss my salary with you!

We’re writing down ‘yes’. What’s the biggest paycheque you’ve ever had?
They’re all different. And let me tell you, playing a perverted kid who wants to have sex with his mother in Hallam Foe doesn’t pay.

You should have said you get £5 million per film to set a marker for future work.
Like I’m Shia LaBeouf? I’m afraid he’s in a league of his own.

But isn’t he only doing so well because he’s mates with Steven Spielberg?
Well, that is useful. But one can’t deny he’s good at commanding audiences in big movies.

Source: FHM.com

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Hello everyone,

Thanks to Ted for the link to IFTN‘s article on Jane Eyre‘s production status:

Production will commence shortly on the set of Jane Eyre. The new interpretation of the Charlotte Brontë novel from ‘Sin Nombre’ director Cary Fukunaga will see Irish actor Michael Fassbender take on the role of the ominous Mr. Rochester opposite Mia Wasikowska, Judi Dench and Jamie Bell.

Cameras will start rolling on the film’s set on Monday, March 22nd and the shoot will last for eight weeks. The film will shoot on location in London and Derbyshire. The film is a co-production between BBC Films, Focus Features and Ruby Films and is expected to be released in early 2011.

Source: IFTN

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Thanks to Philip for the link, it appears that The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn has a release date confirmed:

According to Box Office Mojo the official release date for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn in North America is December 23rd 2011, which also happens to be my birthday. Tintin will be released in countries such as Sweden, Netherlands and Germany in October 2011 as Tintin is rather popular in that part of the world. To date the graphic novel series has sold over 200 million copies worldwide and most of those sales were in Europe, so the studios (Sony/Paramount) have the right strategy even if the US has to wait an extra 2 months for it.

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn stars Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and will be using the same performance-capture technology James Cameron used for Avatar, so expect a visual treat.

Source: Filmonic.com

If you’re not too sure what to expect, from another interview with LA Times, Steven Spielberg had said:

So though Jamie Bell will be digitally made to look exactly like Hergé’s classic renderings of Tintin, it will be Jamie Bell’s complete physical and emotional performance. (…) If Tintin makes you feel something, it’s Jamie Bell’s soul you’re sensing.

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