Yearly Archives: 2004

Weitz Withdraws as Director

Posted on December 14, 2004 by Merlyn

In a statement released to us this evening, New Line announced that Chris Weitz would be withdrawing as director of the His Dark Materials films. “Citing the “technical challenges of making such an epic,” director Chris Weitz has exited New … Continue reading →

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Old Pullman Articles

Posted on December 2, 2004 by

Townie has unearthed (and kindly is typing up) several interesting articles from some of the Oxford Times' older issues. With more to follow, this is the first one, from PP's very early days as a writer shortly after he published … Continue reading →

Pullman Times Article

Posted on October 24, 2004 by

Jessica alerts us to a lenghthy Pullman interview/article in the Sunday Times Magazine today. You can read the article online here; or if that link doesn't work, here.

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Name-A-Character Charity Auction on Tuesday

Posted on March 28, 2004 by Merlyn

Just a reminder to those of you in the UK with money to burn – Philip Pullman, along with 30 other top authors, with be auctioning off the right to name a character in his next book, Tuesday March 30th, … Continue reading →

Pullman to be at National Platform Tonight!

Posted on March 5, 2004 by Merlyn

Kay from the NT tells us that Philip Pullman will now be at the platform tonight at 6pm, introducing the staged version of Heinrich von Kleist's renowned essay, performed by Iain Mitchell, Matt Wilde and Ben Wright, directed by Matt … Continue reading →

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