The first official first posters for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn have been released online.

The film will depict Tintin’s (Jamie Bell) first encounter with Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) and the discovery of a clue to the treasure of his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock. They set out to find it with protection from a prison escapee who tried to get the treasure as well as Detectives Thomson (Nick Frost) and Thompson (Simon Pegg).

The screenplay was penned by Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Joe Cornish (Ant-Man) and Steven Moffat (Doctor Who) and co-stars Daniel Craig as Red Rackham, Toby Jones as Silk, Mackenzie Crook as Ernie, Tony Curran as Lt. Delcourt, Cary Elwes as Pilot and Gad Elmaleh as Ben Salaad.

The film is the first in a proposed trilogy of feature films based on the highly acclaimed comic-books created by Belgian artist, Georges Rémi, better known to the world by his pen name Herge.

Steven Spielberg takes the duty of director while Peter Jackson will serve as producer (Jackson will direct the sequel). Jackson’s F/X company Weta Digital will do the movie’s motion capture and special effects. Tintin will be Spielberg’s first move that will be shot digitally.

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, comes to theaters December 23rd, 2011.

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Posters