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News Flash: Philip Pullman Has Two Films Coming Soon.

by Elisa

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According to the IMDB, Phillip Pullman’s The Golden Compass has begun filming. Some of the actors attached to this project are Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and newcomer Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra. This film is slated for release 7 December 2007, thus continuing the recent move toward releasing high fantasy films near Christmas. Perhaps the other two books will appear in film soon in a similar manner. Trilogies are popular these days. For further information, check out the SciFi Wire’s article on this film.

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In other news, Phillip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke is coming to British Television this December. Billie Piper, most recently of Doctor Who fame, will star as Sally Lockhart in this adaptation of Pullman’s victorian mystery. As this book is the first in a series, I hope that the series is continued soon. This article from the BBC’s website seems to indicate that book two will follow quickly after the first. Hopefully, both of these films will make it to American television before long.

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3 Responses to “News Flash: Philip Pullman Has Two Films Coming Soon.”

  1. DaveP Says:

    Has filming finally started on Phillip Pullmans glorious trilogy? About bloody time! I’ve heard over the past few years of it being cancelled and delayed because of film companies objections to the religious or more like anti religious overtones to the books. I just hope this doesn’t mean they’ve compromised and thrown away all of that side of it.

  2. Elisa Says:

    I’d heard about that too, that’s why I was so pleased to hear positive news. Here’s hoping that the film emerges mostly unscathed.

  3. Tiny Treasury » Blog Archive » The Golden Compass controversy Says:

    […] been going around the internet for weeks now, telling people to boycott the film version of The Golden Compass as well as the books. The gist of the emails is that the author, Phillip Pullman, is […]

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