Author Archives: Merlyn

About Merlyn

Founder of BTTS

First Look at Golden Compass Toy Line

Posted on February 11, 2007 by Merlyn

Figures.com have an extensive series of images showing prototypes of the toys by Corgi designed to tie in to The Golden Compass movie. Taken at this year’s New York Toy Fair, the photos show figurines of Lyra, the Gyptians and … Continue reading →

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New Golden Compass film stills and concept art

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Merlyn

WEN alerts us that Access Hollywood has a few new stills and concept art from The Golden Compass, including new images of Roger, Serafina Pekkala, Lyra, Magisterium soldiers, a zeppelin at Jordan College, and more mixed in with some older … Continue reading →

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Hossein Amini to script The Subtle Knife

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Merlyn

Variety reports: “New Line has hired Hossein Amini (“The Wings of the Dove”) to pen “The Subtle Knife,” the second part of Phillip Pullman's “His Dark Materials.” […] New Line president Toby Emmerich has continued to assert that the mini-major … Continue reading →

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New film stills from The Golden Compass

Posted on January 4, 2007 by Merlyn

New Line have unleashed a barrage of new images to promote The Golden Compass for 2007. They feature several new shots of Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra with Gyptians, Lee Scoresby and her mother – Mrs Coulter, played by Nicole … Continue reading →

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Newsweek speaks to Dakota Blue Richards

Posted on December 17, 2006 by Merlyn

“On an unseasonably warm day just south of the Arctic circle, the star of “The Golden Compass” flops into a chair near a snowdrift and braces herself for an onslaught of questions. She's bundled up, but since this is actually … Continue reading →

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