In 2007, New Line Cinema, producer of
The Lord of the Rings and Scholastic Entertainment adapted for the big screen the first book of the trilogy under
its US title,
The Golden Compass. Written and directed by
Chris Weitz, the film featured
Nicole Kidman as Mrs. Coulter,
Daniel Craig as Lord Asriel,
Eva Green as Serafina
and the then-newcomer
Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra, chosen among 10000 girls. Despite a fantastic cast and an Academy Award for VFX in 2008, the movie failed at the US box-office and the following movies were never shot.
Fifteen years later, sraffies still hope to see one day the
director's cut and its
missing ending, violently edited (removed) a few weeks
only before the theatrical release...
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