The Weinstein Company has launched an animated label called Mizchief. Harvey Weinstein has said that his new animation label is developing two feature projects, one of which is an adaptation of Pullman’s The Firework-Makers Daughter.Â
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Michael Sheen is narrating the audiobook version of La Belle Sauvage, which will be released later this year.
It turns out Michael Sheen is a big HDM fan! He said “The His Dark Materials trilogy had a profound effect on me…. It was a true privilege to be asked to record La Belle Sauvage, the first book of this new work. It was genuinely one of the most thrilling and enjoyable experiences I’ve had”
Pullman also said he’d long admired Michael Sheen and was pleased that he was willing to read the audiobooks.
You can read more about this and hear an extract of Michael Sheen’s reading here on Penguin’s website.
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If you want to get your copy of La Belle Sauvage signed, Pullman will be at Blackwell’s Bookshop on Broad Street in Oxford at 3.30pm on 19 October.
Pullman revealed that Oxford’s rivers and canals are a key part of the story and that the ruined 12th century Godstow Abbey has been brought back to life.
He joked that he set the book in Oxford because he is “lazy” and “didn’t want to research anywhere else.”
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Pullman has called for a reintroduction of a minimum price for books, speaking to the Sunday Times this week. He wants to protect independent bookshops, particularly after independent booksellers criticised heavy discounts for La Belle Sauvage by bookselling giants in the UK such as Amazon, Tesco, and Waterstones, who are selling it for £10 insstead of the R.R.P. of £20.
As the Sunday Times is behind a paywall, you can read more about the issue with articles on the following sites:
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This August, Chichester Festival Youth Theatre is performing Pullman’s retelling of Brothers Grimm tales. The performance has been adapted by Philip Wilson and is directed by Dale Rooks.
It will be performed at the Cass Sculpture Foundation on the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex, England from 4th to 19th August 2017. Tickets start at £25 and can be bought here.
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