Graham Linehan, on his Hompendium of Dorithies, has taken a quick look at the new His Dark Materials film. They have reuinted the Casino Royale leads Daniel Craig and Eva Green, and opted to cast Nicole Kidman as Mrs. Coulter. Choosing the child actor is always a gamble, so they played it safe with another Dakota. Daniel Craig as Lord Asriel – good stuff.
I have to agree with Graham though, they’ve got Lyra all wrong… and those daemons/polar bears look a bit dodgy too. There’s no better way to cheapen a film than with second rate CGI. A game, made by SEGA, is also announced for this December – that has great potential, but video games which accompany movie releases are always disappointing. Have a look at the website – there’s a lot of stuff on it, including a ‘Meet Your Daemon’ utility, which must be broken because it said my daemon is a crow.
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I was landed with a damn ermine…
The CGI does look a bit shoddy, but maybe the trailer footage will be improved upon before the release; they made it quite clear in the clip that the film is still very much a work in progress. What’s with the name though? I remember the first book being called ‘Northern Lights’.
As it happens, I was in America when I bought the book, so my copy is entitled ‘The Golden Compass’. I understand that the film will also be released with two names, and it will be known as ‘The Northern Lights’ in Ireland.
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