The His Dark Materials film director, Anand Tucker, spoke some words on the project in an interview with the Telegraph today. On his selection as director he feels he was, “more than a left-field choice. It's a miracle that I'm sitting here;” and with regards to the possible problems of portraying the anti-religious aspects of HDM he says: “the books are not about pointing the finger at the Judaeo-Christian tradition. They're about any belief structures that try to control people and stop them from being true to themselves. That's why they work all over the world.” Read more.