BridgetotheStars.net community member Queste Oscure Materie report that an Italian VFX technician working on visual effects for The Golden Compass movie has disclosed that Ian McKellen will be providing the voice for Iorek Brynison. This part has previously been thought to be that of British actor Nonso Anozie.

QOM’s source also reports that the rumour which appeared on Christopher Lee’s official fansite regarding a possible cameo appearance by the veteran actor may well be true. The source writes, “[Lee] plays a member of the Magisterium: a grumpy man dressed in dark colours, whom we see sitting at a table with another character, whose daemon is a panther.”

Additionally, it is also reported that the final scenes in the film have been, at the request of the producers (rather than the director), significantly altered. This has, apparently, left post production teams running very late – meaning that they have to work flat out from now until the end of October.

Read the full story on Queste Oscure Materie here.