Yearly Archives: 2006
Cross Keys Bridge is Swinging
October 6, 2006
Film crews will be in the town of Spalding at the weekend shooting scenes at the Cross Keys Bridge for The Golden Compass film. A barge, which has been shipped in specially for the scene from Lincolnshire, will be shot … Continue reading
Trollesund at Chatham Historic Dockyard
October 3, 2006
The landing of Lyra and the Gyptians at Trollesund is being filmed at Chatham Historic Dockyard in Kent this week. Film crews have been seen constructing a mock building front and “brownwashing” some of the existing buildings, with prop barrels … Continue reading
Roger
September 29, 2006
The young Ben Walker is to play Roger in the first His Dark Materials film. Walker's major role to date has been in Sweeny Todd, opposite Ray Winstone last Christmas on the BBC. He has light brown hair and blue … Continue reading
Sega to produce His Dark Materials videogame
September 27, 2006
New Line has signed a video game licensing deal with Sega for His Dark Materials, reports Variety. The agreement gives Sega interactive rights to all three books in the trilogy; the company is already at work on The Golden Compass … Continue reading
Furniture for Movie Sets
September 26, 2006
A Hampshire firm, Dalbergia Ltd., has won a contract to make furniture for several of The Golden Compass sets. Working with the film's designers, they created “a pair of flame-birch veneer sofas, with a set of four matching side tables … Continue reading
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