Contender: 'The Adventures of Tintin: The Important Thing in the Unicorn'

'The Adventures of Tintin' See the reviewIt's 30 years since Steven Spielberg's Saturday-matinee throwback "Raiders in the Lost Ark" showed up eight Oscar nominations, including mentions for top Picture and Director. Now, Spielberg's eye-popping adaptation of Belgian artist Herg's boy-adventurer comics works the same retro, gung-ho groove, while using crucial difference it comes down produced in cutting-edge motion capture technology. No helmer from the animated feature has yet been nominated inside the Best Director category. However, most helmers of animated features aren't Spielberg.The Three-time Oscar champion seems more prone to become recognized inside the top races for his live-action WWI epic "War Equine," that will hit US screens mere days after "Tintin" in December. Should that film underwhelm, however, it is not impossible that Spielberg supporters inside the Academy could switch allegiance for the loftier entertainment - supposing "Tintin" can be as well-received by US audiences and experts as it is experienced Europe, where the source material is a lot more broadly familiar.Right now, a Best Animated Feature jerk looks being the film's primary target. Even there, though, it faces the obstacle in the animation branch's periodic capacity performance capture. Understanding that, nods for composer John Williams as well as the appear team might be the easiest can get of.Launch date: 12 ,. 21ParamountRead the number review Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com