It hasn't been officially announced as yet, but **Ain't It Cool **is reporting that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have been cast to star as Thomson and Thompson in Steven Spielberg's Tintin, due out in 2010.
The two detectives, occasionally referred to in the books as brothers despite their differing last names ("Thomson without a P, as in Venezuela" as one of them explained himself), are usually distinguishable solely by the fact that one has a bushy, flared moustache, while the other's moustache is straight. In this case, we're guessing that there could be a couple more distinguishing features, since we're not sure that even the best motion capture technology can make Nick and Simon look identical.
With production imminent, expect to hear this and other casting news confirmed in the not-too-distant future, but in the meantime, let's doff our bowlers to the duo and wish them the best of luck in their efforts to pratfall with panache around the Belgian boy detective.