New Line are revealing more of The Golden Compass movie at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and BridgeToTheStars.net will be there to cover it all. Here’s our first report from Duncan, who is at the festival. We’ll have much more from Cannes in the days to come.
“The renowned Cannes Film Festival is upon us once more, but this year it carries a special significance to all you Sraffies world-wide. For a small glimpse of New Line’s adaptation to the first in our beloved trilogy is on show to a select few. So, I, Duncan Anderson, resident artwork designer, humbly took on the daunting task of travelling to Cannes. Where I endure topless beaches, high temperatures and exquisite cuisine to bring you an in depth report on The Golden Compass event.”
“My first task was to acquire the ticket promised which would allow me into the screening. New Line had set up shop at the prestigious Majestic Hotel, so I headed over there first. After besting the guardian stationed outside, I walked astride the Red Carpet (slightly to the side like, and behind a fence) that led into the building. As I traversed within I brushed shoulders with producers, directors, actors and others of similar importance, till at last I beheld the New Line ticket office. Wherein I acquired the ‘hottest ticket in Cannes’ (according to the Daily Telegraph), then sat down at the bar with a bottle of Corona costing only £6!”
“The first showing will take place at 7pm local time (6pm GMT), so I shall endeavour to bring you a report sometime tonight.”
“Watch this space.”
Mr Anderson, signing out.
Several books tied-in with the upcoming movie of The Golden Compass are set to be released alongside the film and we’ve obtained images of their covers for the first time. On the film side of things, there’s a “Movie Storybook”, “The Official Illustrated Movie Companion”, plus “The World of The Golden Compass”. The fourth cover, of the golden monkey, may be the ‘movie edition’ of the book itself which is expected. These are not the finished covers and are more along the lines of design plans.
The covers are all below: click the thumbs to enlarge. “Images of the covers of the HIS DARK MATERIALS books published by Scholastic Children’s Books are reproduced with permission of the publishers. All Rights Reserved”
New Line have let us know that a brand-new original scene – one not appearing in the book – has been added to the movie of The Golden Compass. The film company have said that they “don’t want to spoil the surprise” for fans, but reveal that the scene was inserted in the movie with the approval of Philip Pullman himself. It’s also been clarified that this scene was the focus of the recent additional photography that took place in Switzerland.
IGN have taken a brief look at the upcoming game of The Golden Compass film, as part of Sega’s “Gamer’s Day.” The brief preview reveals that Sega had a representative on the movie’s set every day, allowing them to closely replicate the film’s sets and props. The game will feature 11 levels, 2 of which will be exclusive to the game, being locations taken from the book as well. There will be 3 playable characters – Lyra and Iorek have already been shown, and the third appears to be Pantalaimon. On the gameplay, IGN write, “Players won’t have to decipher the alethiometer’s symbols and answer its questions to proceed through the game, but if they do, they’ll receive an advantage over certain sections. Pan, on the other hand, will need to use his shape shifting abilities to maneuver around environmental challenges, while Iorek will need to use his size and clawing abilities to defeat opponents.” Read more.
