Philip Pullman has written a piece in the Sunday Times, hosts of this year’s Oxford Literary Festival beginning 20 March, “revealing his feelings at the prospect of seeing His Dark Materials on screen.” In his first in-depth reflections on film progress outside his less-than-monthly newsletter, he discusses the possibilities of storytelling in film (“As a matter of fact, from a storytelling point of view, the novel and the film aren’t so different”), Tom Stoppard’s original screenplay, and his hopes for the cast and production. Thanks to WEN for the tip. Read more.