GHL - Philip Pullman Variety Interview (Patreon)

'His Dark Materials' Boss on Adapting Philip Pullman's Novels for TV

" His Dark Materials," the multi-universe fantasy trilogy by British author Philip Pullman, has historically proved to be a bit of daemon to adapt for the screen. Chris Weitz, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig gave it a crack back in 2007, and the result was a critically-panned, middling box office-performing feature film which, many felt, leant too heavily on the CGI and strayed too far from the source material.