Meredith Quill May 15, 2017 Share May 15, 2017 Anticipate Here! Please put book talk under spoiler tags, thanks. Link to comment
Notwisconsin May 17, 2017 Share May 17, 2017 Are the Powers that Be around here going to move the movie forum (assuming it exists) for the Golden Compass movie here? There's a trailer for the movie version of The unfinished Subtle Knife movie on Youtube. Link to comment
ApathyMonger March 9, 2018 Share March 9, 2018 Casting, finally! Dafne Keen as Lyra and Tom Hooper directing: http://deadline.com/2018/03/the-kings-speech-director-tom-hooper-logan-star-sign-up-for-his-dark-materials-adaptation-1202319285/ Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby: http://ew.com/tv/2018/03/08/lin-manuel-miranda-tom-hooper-his-dark-materials-adaptation/ I wonder if Miranda will do an accent for Scoresby. He's a "Texan" in the books, but it's implied there's no US, and that "Texas" is used for a large portion (maybe all) of what we call America. 2 Link to comment
scarynikki12 March 9, 2018 Share March 9, 2018 9 hours ago, ApathyMonger said: Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby: 3 Link to comment
paulvdb June 8, 2018 Share June 8, 2018 James McAvoy & Clarke Peters Sign Up To BBC One Fantasy Drama ‘His Dark Materials’ Quote McAvoy plays Lord Asriel, the ruthless adventurer who was played by Daniel Craig in 2007 feature The Golden Compass. Asriel is the father of main character Lyra, an orphan, who lives in a parallel universe, who is played by Logan star Dafne Keen. Meanwhile Peters, who recently starred in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, plays the master who raises Lyra. 2 Link to comment
Cranberry June 8, 2018 Share June 8, 2018 Everything I read about this makes it sound better and better. All of the casting so far has been excellent. I'm trying not to get my hopes up because this is my favorite book series and I detested the film adaptation -- it looked great and hit all of the plot points but lacked the soul. I don't want to be disappointed like that again. 1 Link to comment
paulvdb June 9, 2018 Share June 9, 2018 ‘The Affair’ Star Ruth Wilson Signs Up To BBC Fantasy Drama ‘His Dark Materials’ Quote The actor is signing up to play Marisa Coulter, one of the main protagonists of the eight-part drama and the former lover of Lord Asriel, played by James McAvoy. 1 Link to comment
paulvdb September 11, 2018 Share September 11, 2018 BBC Doubles Order Of Philip Pullman Fantasy Adaptation ‘His Dark Materials’ Quote Deadline understands that the Bad Wolf and New Line production has already been handed a second, eight-part season. Filming kicked off earlier this month in Cardiff at Wolf Studios Wales for season one of the drama, which is thought to be one of the most expensive British scripted series to date. 2 Link to comment
paulvdb September 12, 2018 Share September 12, 2018 HBO Boards ‘His Dark Materials’ BBC Series Based On Philip Pullman’s Books Quote HBO has come on board as co-producer and distributor of the BBC fantasy drama series His Dark Materials. HBO has partnered with BBC, Bad Wolf, in which HBO owns a small stake, and New Line Cinema to co-produce the adaptation of the Philip Pullman novels, which has an order for two eight-episode seasons from the BBC, as revealed by Deadline yesterday. Additionally, HBO has acquired the worldwide rights to the series outside of the UK. 1 Link to comment
justmehere September 13, 2018 Share September 13, 2018 11 hours ago, paulvdb said: Additionally, HBO has acquired the worldwide rights to the series outside of the UK. Hoped it would be on BBC-America. Link to comment
AuntieMame February 11, 2019 Share February 11, 2019 I am sooo looking forward to this. I hope my expectations aren't too high. These are some of my favorite series ever. Link to comment
starri February 24, 2019 Share February 24, 2019 Are they doing one book per season? And also, when they get to the ending of The Northern Lights, will it suck less than the movie? Link to comment
Meredith Quill February 24, 2019 Author Share February 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, starri said: And also, when they get to the ending of The Northern Lights, will it suck less than the movie? One would presume so! Link to comment
starri May 17, 2019 Share May 17, 2019 This looks approximately one million times better than the movie. 4 Link to comment
bluvelvet May 19, 2019 Share May 19, 2019 Can’t wait. Hopefully this gets its own forum. Link to comment
Bill1978 July 19, 2019 Share July 19, 2019 This is looking good. And the great thing is I can only vaguely remember the events as depicted in the movie, bits register but the sequence I have no idea about. Tempted to re-watch the movie but going to resist long and hard so the story remains fresh when I watch the TV show. I'm just excited that we should finally be getting a filmed version of the book trilogy. 1 Link to comment
xaxat July 19, 2019 Share July 19, 2019 15 hours ago, BetterButter said: Count me in. 1 Link to comment
Meredith Quill August 25, 2019 Author Share August 25, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 2:35 AM, scarynikki12 said: Hot Priest will be on the show! That's James Moriarty! Link to comment
paulvdb September 12, 2019 Share September 12, 2019 ‘His Dark Materials’: HBO & BBC Set Premiere Dates For Big-Budget Philip Pullman Adaptation Quote HBO and the BBC have set premiere dates for the big-budget adaptation of His Dark Materials. The British public broadcaster will air it first on Sunday, November 3, and HBO — which co-produced the fantasy epic — will air it in a Monday night slot on November 4. The WarnerMedia-owned premium cabler also will air it internationally where it has networks and streaming services. 1 Link to comment
Capricasix September 12, 2019 Share September 12, 2019 I am so excited for this series - the books are some of the best I’ve read in years. I think Ruth Wilson is going to be amazing as Mrs Coulter, and Andrew Scott will always be Moriarty to me! “I will burn the heart out of you!” Link to comment
supposebly September 14, 2019 Share September 14, 2019 Maybe it's because I saw the movie first, loved it, and then read the books but I don't like this trailer. James MacAvoy seems too exuberant and Ruth Wilson is unsubtle. Her expressions basically scream "I'm the bad guy!" Link to comment
Bill1978 October 4, 2019 Share October 4, 2019 Glad there is a new trailer. Will give my local version of HBO new material to one. They have been promoting the heck out of the show with the first trailer to the point I'm able to recite the trailer word for word nearly. My only complaint about the show is that I 'have' to sit through the movie plot again before I can get to the new stuff. But the upside to that is that my memory of the movie is just key concepts and not beat for beat so hopefully it will feel newer than I anticipate. Link to comment
Morrigan2575 October 4, 2019 Share October 4, 2019 16 hours ago, Bill1978 said: My only complaint about the show is that I 'have' to sit through the movie plot again before I can get to the new stuff. But the upside to that is that my memory of the movie is just key concepts and not beat for beat so hopefully it will feel newer than I anticipate I never read the books and looking at the trailers I kinda remember the movie but, I think S1 will be a good refresher for me. I almost Googled the source material to find out the plot of the entire book series (I'm that curious) but, then it will ruin the show for me (probably). The trailers look good and I like the cast Link to comment
Cranberry October 7, 2019 Share October 7, 2019 The daemons look so much better than I expected (and it looks like we'll see a lot of them!), and it appears the show is following the book's plot pretty faithfully. What an excellent trailer. I hope this show ends up being everything I wanted back in 2007. 2 Link to comment
Cranberry October 17, 2019 Share October 17, 2019 Reviews have begun rolling in, and it's looking good... His Dark Materials review: an adaption worth waiting for His Dark Materials, episode 1, first-look review: a faithful adaptation full of strangeness and childlike wonder His Dark Materials is definitely a better TV show than a movie 'His Dark Materials' stays faithful to the book in strong opening episode His Dark Materials Season 1 Episode 1 Review I actually couldn't find a single bad review. 2 2 Link to comment
Lemur October 29, 2019 Share October 29, 2019 The good reviews are making me insanely happy and optimistic. I love these books. I'm currently re-reading The Book of Dust before going through the main trilogy before starting Secret Commonwealth. 2 Link to comment
scrb November 2, 2019 Share November 2, 2019 On 10/16/2019 at 10:50 PM, Cranberry said: Reviews have begun rolling in, and it's looking good... His Dark Materials review: an adaption worth waiting for His Dark Materials, episode 1, first-look review: a faithful adaptation full of strangeness and childlike wonder His Dark Materials is definitely a better TV show than a movie 'His Dark Materials' stays faithful to the book in strong opening episode His Dark Materials Season 1 Episode 1 Review I actually couldn't find a single bad review. Some bad reviews here. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/his_dark_materials/s01 Link to comment
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