Today's [i]Guardian[/i] newspaper has a fairly detailed interview with actress Eva Green (who plays witch Serafine Pekkala in The Golden Compass film), where she discusses amongst other things her recent BAFTA nomination for her last film, Casino Royale. The Golden Compass film is briefly mentioned:
[i]”Last Tuesday, she finished filming Northern Lights, the first part of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, along with Daniel Craig (again) and Nicole Kidman.”[/i]
So, as was suggested by Will after his visit to Shepperton earlier this week, filming would appear to be entirely over.
Read the full interview [link=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1998182,00.html]here[/link].
BridgetotheStars.net had the opportunity today to visit the set of the first His Dark Materials movie, The Golden Compass. New Line laid on a welcome and introduction by the filmmakers, presentations on the movie by various heads of department: costumes, production design, special effects, tours of the sets, observation of that day�s shooting, stunt presentations and a meet-and-greet with available talent and filmmakers – including Chris Weitz and Dakota Blue Richards. It's all very exciting stuff and you can read our extended impressions right here.
BBC Radio Oxford spoke to Philip Pullman on the occasion of him receiving the Freedom of the City of Oxford. He speaks a little on the medieval origins of the award and quite a lot on the ongoing film production – again very enthusiastically. He confirms that the title of the first film will indeed by The Golden Compass in all territories – voicing a little disappointment, but acknowledging that TGC is the most common title on the continent, as well as in America. Listen to the interview.
Rik Visser, of Dynamic Entertainment Ltd (and a member of our forums) has today announced that his company have optioned the rights to make a film adaptation of the Philip Pullman novel [i]The Butterfly Tattoo[/i]. Since March last year, this site had been supporting Rik in his successful bid to convince Pullman of his plans. Included in these are the notion of “an 'open source' film in which the entire Philip Pullman [fan] community can play a part.” Rik adds, “Our crew will consist of up and coming talent and we even have an award winning director tentatively attached. ” More information is to be posted on a project website shortly.
You can read more and discuss this news on the forums and put yourself forward for a role in the film.
Philip Pullman's newsletter for the month of January is up on his site. The author discusses weather, trees, his Oxford award and various speaking events in the coming months. Read the message.
