IMDB and the official site of The Little White Horse book are saying that the star of The Golden Compass, Dakota Blue Richards, will be taking one of the lead roles in the movie adaptation of the book – currently under the working title of The Moon Princess. Dakota is listed as playing Maria, “a 13 year old orphan on her journey to the mysterious Moonacre Manor in the beautiful West Country. There she finds herself in a crumbling house of secrets and mystery in a world caught up in time. Maria discovers that she is the last Moon Princess and she has only until the next full moon to undo the misdeeds of her ancestors and save the Moonacre estate from disappearing into the sea forever.”