His Dark Materials: The Series
 

New Line will join with the BBC and the recently formed Bad Wolf productions to produce a television series based off of the acclaimed fantasy novels from Philip Pullman which explore the wonders and dangers of the multiverse.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...psZBGE68iSLRdq

Bad Wolf Productions... is that a joke? :tlol:

This sounds interesting... but based on the movie's (The Golden Compass) poor reception, do we think a TV series can pull it off?

It's a production company headed by Julie Gardner, who produced the 2005-2010 era of Doctor Who, which of course featured Billie Piper as Rose "Bad Wolf" Tyler8)

I'm ashamed to admit I don't recognize Julie Gardner... the only names I keep up with are Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, plus of course all the actors/actresses.

Well, Julie's got quite the good standing with me, then! I look forward to hearing more on this new project...

Yeah, you don't hear much of her or her fellow producer Phill Collinson, who departed in 2008 to helm Coronation Street for a bit (he took a few of the RTD era directors with him to that show)

Awesome! I love the book series, so it'll be interesting to see how they can pull this off. I actually liked The Golden Compass movie, so I'm anxious to see how they'll continue the series from there. I'll definitely be looking out for this if it comes Stateside.

That's interesting, cause it sounds like Bad Robot Productions.

'Tis a Doctor Who inside joke.

I'm curious how faithful to the books this'll be, and how much negative chatter that'll generate.

But I have to admit, the main-protagonist was far from my favorite character.

Oh, I loved Lyra to bits. She was spunky and unruly at times, but as the books progressed, she gradually grew up and became less reckless by the end of the series. One thing I love about the series is how it discusses what growing up means and also how it blended so many fantasy elements within it. I think the saddest thing though was that Lyra and Will couldn't get together, but maybe this series could continue where the last book left off and remedy that.