Yearly Archives: 2008

New Line Cinema to be folded into Warner Brothers?

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Ian

According to Nikki Finke in her Deadline Hollywood Daily Blog, a planned meeting took place earlier this week between New Line Cinema and the new chairman of their parent company, Warner Brothers. the result of this is that founders Bob … Continue reading →

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More Award Nominations for The Golden Compass

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Will

Nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards have been announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Golden Compass has earned two nominations in technical categories: Best Art Direction (Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock) and … Continue reading →

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Obsessed with Pullman?

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Ian

The Bookwitch blog has recently featured a couple of interesting entries with a Pullman-related theme. Bookwitch firstly wrote about ‘What authors say‘ and an incident when a well known author had denied knowing who Philip Pullman was led to an … Continue reading →

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Philip Pullman’s New Brand of Environmentalism

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Ian

Last Saturday’s Daily Telegraph newspaper featured an exclusive article about a conversation between Philip Pullman and journalist Andrew Simms about Pullman’s environmentalism. Amongst other things Pullman speaks of the first time he realised that there was a problem with the … Continue reading →

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Production awards

Posted on January 17, 2008 by jessia

The British Academy of Film and Television arts has nominated Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Woods for the award Best Special Visual Arts for their work on The Golden Compass. In addition, the Costume Designers Guild has … Continue reading →

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