Yearly Archives: 2005
BBC Develops Sally Lockhart
November 23, 2005
Philip Pullman's other popular series of novels, the Sally Lockhart Mysteries, are being turned into a new fantasy-thriller drama series for the BBC, the Stage reports. The project is said to be still in the early stages of development, but … Continue reading
December 7, 2007 Movie Release Date
November 22, 2005
RottenTomatoes.com reports: “”His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass” (New Line Cinema): The first adaptation of Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy will hit cinema screens on December 7, 2007.” Update: New Line is saying that December 2007 is the target date, though … Continue reading
HDM Video-Game Sought
November 19, 2005
BridgeToTheStars.net has obtained information that Scholastic Media (publishers and right-holders of His Dark Materials) are actively seeking a licensing deal with a video-game publisher to, “produce console and computer games based on the [HDM] movie and the books.” A representative … Continue reading
Free Expression is No Offence
November 19, 2005
An article in The Guardian today features an essay written by Philip Pullman extracted from a new book, “Free Expression is No Offence” (published December 1st in the UK). The essay covers the incitement to religious hatred bill and the … Continue reading
Comment on News Items
November 7, 2005
You can now comment on news items here on the site through a splendid comments system which is finally working. Users do not have to be registered to post at the moment – hopefully this will not have to change. … Continue reading
Images from The Golden Compass movie are © New Line Cinema.