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The BBC announced that they will be producing a new adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. This of course wouldn’t be the first time that Pullman’s children’s fantasy novel about the relationship of science and theology has been adapted. With the novel making its big screen debut in 2006’s The Golden Compass.
Although many will remember that the film starring Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman and Dakota Blue Richards was critical panned on release. That doesn’t seem to have dampened the spirits of the author himself who revealed: ‘It’s been a constant source of pleasure to me to see this story adapted to different forms.’ Speaking with BBC news, Pullman expressed his enthusiasm for his work being adapted for television, explaining that ‘In recent years we’ve seen how long stories on television [-] can reach depths of characterisation and heights of suspense by taking the time for events to make their proper impact and for consequences to unravel.’ Pullman continued, ‘And the sheer talent now working in the world of long-form television is formidable. For all those reasons I’m delighted at the prospect of a television version of His Dark Materials.’
The trilogy, consisting of three books The Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass, each will be adapted with production taking place in Wales with Bad Wolf and New Line at its helm.
His Dark Materials has been has been published in more than 40 languages and has sold nearly 17.5 million copies worldwide. Its theologist themes has often been at logger heads with the Church of England with The Golden Compass feature film prompting numerous campaigns to boycott the film on release resulting in much of the controversial elements of the book to hit the cutting room floor. With the BBC funded by taxpayers money, it will be interesting to see if pressure from outside groups will force their hand resulting in another diluted adaptation.
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