Pullman wrote a piece for today's Guardian on a number of issues that are in need of a champion. Read the article.
Pullman on Politics
September 14, 2005
More from Anand Tucker on HDM Film
September 9, 2005
Comingsoon.net has some more words from director Anand Tucker on the forthcoming film adaptation of the first His Dark Materials book. “I'm thinking that it's just a movie about a little girl who's looking for a family, so it's still just all about emotions. It doesn't matter how big or small it is, you still have to turn up with a camera and some actors and try to make it convincing for an audience.” Read more.
New Stage Adaptation of His Dark Materials
September 6, 2005
The Playbox Theatre Company at the Dream Factory in Warwick, a company that prepares young people in the performing arts, will be adapting and staging Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy in 2006, according to an article in The Stage. More info coming soon.
Pullman attacks school league tables for killing off curiosity and joy
September 3, 2005
An article in The Telegraph today features Pullman again talking about the state of British education, and speaking unusually favourably about The Bible and hymn-singing… Read more.
Anand Tucker talks Dark Materials with Variety
August 12, 2005
Variety.com adds some new quotes from Anand Tucker about his appointment as director of His Dark Materials:
“It is a huge picture, and it is perhaps easy to be overwhelmed by the logistics, but at its heart, this is a cracking good story about a reluctant hero,” Tucker said. “All the effects and scale only work if they're marshaled in service of the story.” (That has to be one of the most refreshing lines we've heard in a long time about the direction in which these films are going–cheers to Anand Tucker)
On his persistence in getting the job, he says:
“I haunted Scholastic's Deborah Forte, who's producing it, then pestered the life out of New Line when they bought it, and quietly cursed Chris Weitz when he got the job,” Tucker said. “This has been a long campaign, but I am confident.” Read More.
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