The Adventures of Tintin (film) location of Marlinspike Hall, Tintin and Haddock find there some of the treasure and a clue to the "Unicorn"s location. Both men agree on setting up an expedition to find the shipwreck. Spielberg has been an avid fan of "The Adventures of Tintin" comic book series since 1981, when a review compared "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to Tintin. Meanwhile, the comics' creator, Hergé—who didn't like the previous live-action film versions and the animated series—became a fan of Spielberg. Michael Farr, author of "Tintin: The Complete Companion", recalled Hergé "thought Spielberg was the only person who could ever do Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin Zalamea and Calculus, and Tintin and Haddock travel to Spain in order to rescue them. "The Crab with the Golden Claws" () (1947) was the first successful attempt to adapt one of the comics into a feature film. Written and directed by Claude Misonne and João B Michiels, the film was a stop-motion puppet production created by a small Belgian studio. "Tintin and the Temple of the Sun" () (1969), the first traditional animation "Tintin" film, was adapted from two of Hergé's "Adventures of Tintin": "The Seven Crystal Balls" and "Prisoners of the Sun". The first full-length, animated film from