Poised for surefire box office success, Steven Spielberg's first animated foray, THE ADVENTURES OF TIN TIN is based on 3 of the 23 comic books penned by Belgian artist Hergé. Spielberg has translated the story of “The Secret Of The Unicorn” as the perfect cross between "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Spielberg's own "Indiana Jones" series.

Hip British trio Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish (responsible for, respectively, “Doctor Who”, “Shaun of the Dead” and “Scott Pilgrim” and the new cult hit “Attack The Block”) have stitched together a script that borrows from several different Tintin comics, mainly “Secret of the Unicorn”. It all gets going when intrepid journalist Tintin (Jamie Bell) purchases a model of a famed ship, the Unicorn, that's also eagerly and mysteriously being sought by a cagey man named Sakharine (Daniel Craig). Helped by his ever faithful companion Snowy (the smartest dog this side of Lassie), Tintin discovers the model ship contains a major clue to the whereabouts of a missing treasure. Enter the Karaboudjan, a ship run by the hapless, drunken Captain Archibald Haddock (Andy Serkis) who has ancestral ties to the 17th century captain of the Unicorn. Tintin and Haddock join forces to continue the ultimate quest-detouring, of course, on several harrowing sidetrips.

Employing long-time editor Michael Kahn and composer John Williams, Spielberg seems like a kid in a candy shop particularly snatching up everything Peter Jackson's WETA digital effects team (also responsible for this year's “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) can imagine. It seems 64 year old Spielberg is re-energized - a good yarn is a good yarn - and this treasure hunt caper is so loaded with fun and pure adventure that audiences everywhere will be swept up in the magic.

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