LOS ANGELES - The actor who provided movements and expressions for the animated Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" and for Kong in "King Kong" is joining the cast of a planned DreamWorks trilogy based on the Belgian cartoon character Tintin, according to reports Saturday.
DreamWorks did not say which character Andy Serkis will play but did reveal it won't be Tintin, Variety and the Hollywood Reporter said.
Like Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "King Kong," "Tintin" also will use performance-capture technology for its digital 3-D production.
Jackson, Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy are producing the movies, which follow the reporter Tintin and his dog, Snowy, on globe-trotting adventures.
