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New Line finally finds North on THE GOLDEN COMPASS, landing a lead and a greenlight!!!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with news for you fans of HIS DARK MATERIALS. I still haven't read these yet, but they're in the queue. Looks like New Line finally got the first adaptation of the trilogy the greenlight with Chris Weitz helming. The flick will cost $150 mil and starts shooting in September.

They also cast an unknown girl in the lead role of Lyra, a girl by the name of Dakota Blue Richards, a casting decision even original author Philip Pullman is excited about. He's gone on record saying the second he saw her audition tape he knew the search for Lyra was over.

So, I have no feelings one way or the other on the property since I have yet to read one page of this series. What do you fans think? Good news? Budget too big? Too small? I'll get off my ass, finish up I AM LEGEND and dig into this series... at my current rate I probably would finish the books about the time the 3rd film is arriving on holographic DVD...



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The Book is Crap!!
by Foxman
Jun 29th, 2006
05:40:37 AM
I don't know.
by CoursinLarry
Jun 29th, 2006
05:46:23 AM
Part 2.
by CoursinLarry
Jun 29th, 2006
05:47:42 AM
God Is a senile old man
by Hal2814
Jun 29th, 2006
05:51:18 AM
Th book isn't crap...
by Mr_Sleep001
Jun 29th, 2006
05:53:01 AM
and Northern Lights was a much better title...
by Mr_Sleep001
Jun 29th, 2006
05:55:16 AM
And while I'm here...
by Mr_Sleep001
Jun 29th, 2006
06:02:55 AM
mr. sleep
by Hal2814
Jun 29th, 2006
06:53:46 AM
Hal2814..
by Mr_Sleep001
Jun 29th, 2006
06:56:42 AM
the book is risky
by TodayzSpecial
Jun 29th, 2006
06:59:01 AM
Don't worry, Harry...
by Anna Valerious
Jun 29th, 2006
07:04:10 AM
If I remember rightly...
by Mr Jonse
Jun 29th, 2006
07:11:50 AM
ELRIC OF MELNIBONE
by godoffireinhell
Jun 29th, 2006
07:20:12 AM
TodayzSpecial ( BIG SPOILERS)
by Mr_Sleep001
Jun 29th, 2006
07:22:28 AM
First two are ace...
by TELF
Jun 29th, 2006
07:30:54 AM
Crap books...
by kasab1an
Jun 29th, 2006
07:39:36 AM
TELF....
by Mr_Sleep001
Jun 29th, 2006
07:43:11 AM
Finished these books the other day...
by Wungolioth
Jun 29th, 2006
08:11:02 AM
BRILLIANT!!!
by Nairb The Movie
Jun 29th, 2006
08:22:01 AM
The name change says it all...
by Ecto-1
Jun 29th, 2006
08:25:20 AM
big budget means big trouble
by scratcher
Jun 29th, 2006
08:43:39 AM
Sounds like an interesting read.
by stvnhthr
Jun 29th, 2006
08:45:25 AM
Child Sex
by The Alienist
Jun 29th, 2006
08:50:57 AM
Ecto-1...
by Wungolioth
Jun 29th, 2006
08:51:34 AM
Scratcher: $150M enough?
by brycemonkey
Jun 29th, 2006
09:08:37 AM
This WILL be good if they have cast Lyra right
by performingmonkey
Jun 29th, 2006
09:10:04 AM
daemons
by HardcoreHandbag
Jun 29th, 2006
09:19:29 AM
I cried
by BlankGeneration
Jun 29th, 2006
09:44:12 AM
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
by Sepulchrave
Jun 29th, 2006
10:06:22 AM
Blankgeneration
by Nairb The Movie
Jun 29th, 2006
10:32:29 AM
"Dan Brown raises questions"
by Palhaco
Jun 29th, 2006
10:46:58 AM
The production at the National was fantastic
by LilOgre
Jun 29th, 2006
10:52:51 AM
fighting polar bears
by HardcoreHandbag
Jun 29th, 2006
10:53:35 AM
The Church is gonna go ape over this one!!
by Teamwak
Jun 29th, 2006
11:07:40 AM
No it aint
by judderman
Jun 29th, 2006
11:38:38 AM
So are they still cutting out all the religious stuff?
by ar42
Jun 29th, 2006
12:14:27 PM
The best choice for the adult female lead
by ico-jones
Jun 29th, 2006
12:26:27 PM
Before you get all nutso about the "Americanized" name,
by ico-jones
Jun 29th, 2006
12:28:06 PM
They're not cutting out the religous side...
by Energy
Jun 29th, 2006
12:30:22 PM
Weitz/no child sex/American title
by Daphmax
Jun 29th, 2006
12:31:09 PM
Ms. Coulter
by Gwynaeth
Jun 29th, 2006
01:42:42 PM
The books are mainly ideas
by barryap
Jun 29th, 2006
01:42:49 PM
Gaius for Asriel
by aestheticity
Jun 29th, 2006
02:08:33 PM
Anti-Christian Sentiment?
by nemesisdarkside
Jun 29th, 2006
02:38:52 PM
Re: anti-Christian sentiment
by H. Habilis
Jun 29th, 2006
03:17:23 PM
Child sex at the end of book 3?
by DarthCorleone
Jun 29th, 2006
03:49:43 PM
Golden Compass sucked, ... Pullman is a hack
by wolack22
Jun 29th, 2006
04:12:19 PM
Pullman can't write better than Rowling... that's BS
by wolack22
Jun 29th, 2006
04:15:55 PM
H. Habilis...hypocrasy
by nemesisdarkside
Jun 29th, 2006
04:20:10 PM
you shouldn't have to read milton or blake to enjoy it
by wolack22
Jun 29th, 2006
04:20:19 PM
This will be watered down to apease the xtian nut jobs
by SG7
Jun 29th, 2006
04:51:12 PM
As to the ending that I note is retarded..
by SG7
Jun 29th, 2006
04:53:21 PM
Why all the literary hatin'?
by halfluck1
Jun 29th, 2006
05:03:59 PM
These are absolutely essential reading
by Dannychico
Jun 29th, 2006
06:17:15 PM
There is no literary hating... just pullman hating.
by wolack22
Jun 29th, 2006
06:44:24 PM
And it has nothing to do with me being uber christian
by wolack22
Jun 29th, 2006
06:46:48 PM
Pullman Ain't Fit to Tie Rowling's Shoes
by Flickerhead
Jun 29th, 2006
08:10:56 PM
His Flawed Materials
by turk128
Jun 29th, 2006
08:23:37 PM
'Dark Materials' will own 'Rings' ass and...
by workshed
Jun 29th, 2006
08:32:14 PM
Let's play I'm a Hollywood exec
by halfluck1
Jun 29th, 2006
09:45:41 PM
Fresh, Orginal, and about time
by norton2k
Jun 29th, 2006
11:36:19 PM
Christianity has outlived its usefulness
by fuldamobil
Jun 30th, 2006
11:36:02 AM
Eddie Murphy for the part of the d
by dougleach
Jun 30th, 2006
12:58:48 PM
Grimm indeed, drturing
by halfluck1
Jun 30th, 2006
02:58:27 PM
Golden compass
by A Brimstone
Jun 30th, 2006
03:31:29 PM
Ms Coulter
by JacksonsBane
Jul 1st, 2006
03:24:51 AM
As long as her last name isn't "Fanning."
by Wolfpack
Jul 1st, 2006
01:09:18 PM
HOLOGRAPHIC DVD? I Don't KNOW ABOUT THIS! WOW!
by silentbobafett2
Jul 3rd, 2006
03:10:46 AM

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