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Variety reports that Steven Spielbergs 'War Horse' will now be released around Christmas 2011 instead of august 10th so approximately the same time/day as...'Tintin'. Smart move? It does mean that we will have to wait a whole other year for new Williams' music. So now maybe there's time in his schedule for 'Harry Potter'?
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And maybe three totally different scores for 2011. Maybe three nomiations too? 
Seriously, imagine...
- DH2: Epic, dark and Williams return to HP! Can you ask for more?
- War Horse: Subtle, beautiful and tragic. Something along the lines of Saving Private Ryan but with more delicate themes like in Artificial Intelligence.
- Tintin: Fun, lighthearted, and maybe what Indy 4 should have been? My most anticipated one, after what Conrad Pope said about it.
The king... has returned.
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Sure, here's what Conrad Pope said about the score. This was on August 2009:
I'm currently orchestrating a large piece with a number of ideas. The main theme is highly energetic, filled with great tonal twists and turns, reflecting, I suspect, Tintin's heroic energy. It will become a classic, I think. To give more information would be to reveal things that I don't think JW would want to say.
We are at the beginning of the process. The main scoring sessions are off in February.
Also, let me say with regard to Tintin, I believe, as with "Potter" and Catch Me if you Can, people will be both surprised and not surprised by how the music is both "expected" and "UN-expected"--- before you hear it.
And apparently, Williams finished the score in May 2010:
At home in Los Angeles, he takes a one-hour break from writing each day at dusk, he says, to walk at a golf course near his house. After his walk he returns to the piano, working until he has finished the day’s writing task: two or so minutes of music. Williams has just completed a chamber music piece for the La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest in California and the score for “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,’’ a Steven Spielberg movie due out next year.
Links:
http://www.jwfan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1169&Itemid=1
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/05/11/john_williams_celebrating_30_years_with_the_boston_pops/
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Micoceratops, thanks for compiling these statements! Just one other question. I believe I read somewhere that an accordion would feature in the TINTIN score as a solo instrument. Was this just a rumour, or do you know something about this? Thanks again!
That was said also by Conrad Pope in a YouTube interview. He said that the score featured flute and accordion, or something like that 
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