New BBC 'His Dark Materials' Adaptation Announces an All-Star Cast
The BBC is creating a new adaptation of His Dark Materials with a few familiar faces.
In the wake of the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the ongoing success of the Harry Potter film franchise, there was a rush in Hollywood during the mid-aughts to option any fantasy works they could get their hands on. One of those chosen for adaptation at the time by Warner Brothers was the Philip Pullman trilogy known as His Dark Materials, which is comprised of three novels: The Golden Compass*, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. Only the first film, The Golden Compass, came out. Starring Nicole Kidman as the frighting mother figure Mrs. Coulter and the bizarrely cast Daniel Craig as a James Bondian version of an academic Lord Asriel, it was a flop.
(*In the UK, the first novel was entitled The Northern Lights, but the movie took its title from the Americanized version.)
