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added: Fri, Nov 1st '19
HBO has released several character featurettes for "His Dark Materials," featuring some new footage from the forthcoming fantasy-adventure series, which is adapted from the global best-selling novels by English author Philip Pullman.
Set in a parallel universe where each person possesses a magical, talking spirit animal companion called daemons, this eight-episode drama stars Dafne Keen, the breakout kid actress from the hit comic-book movie "Logan."
Keen plays Lyra Belacqua, a young English orphan girl who, after being sent to live with her uncle, the esteemed explorer Lord Asriel (played by IT: Chapter Two's James McAvoy), finds herself going on a magical expedition to the North Hemisphere where she teams up with charismatic American aeronaut Lee Scoresby (Tony-winning Hamilton creator-star Lin-Manuel Miranda). While trying to rescue kidnapped children from an evil secret society, Lyra uncovers a secret plot that puts her life in grave danger.
With the first season being based on "Northern Lights," the first installment in Pullman's book trilogy, the series also stars Ruth Wilson (Showtime's The Affair) as Marisa Coulter, a dubious power-seeking explorer.
Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech, Les Miserables, Cats) directed the first two episodes of the series, which is executive produced by Jane Tranter (Succession, The Night Of) and Jack Thorne (This Is England: the series).
"His Dark Materials: Season 1" is scheduled to premiere in the U.S. on HBO starting Monday, November 4th.
synopsis:
Adapting Philip Pullman's award-winning trilogy of the same name, which is considered a modern masterpiece of imaginative fiction, the first season follows Lyra, a seemingly ordinary but brave young woman from another world. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and becomes a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. As she journeys through the worlds, including our own, Lyra meets Will, a determined and courageous boy. Together, they encounter extraordinary beings and dangerous secrets, with the fate of both the living -- and the dead -- in their hands.
directed by Tom Hooper, Dawn Shadforth, Otto Bathurst, Euros Lyn, Jamie Childs (various episodes)
starring Dafne Keen, James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Clarke Peters, Lewin Lloyd, Ruta Gedmintas, Lucian Msamati, Anne-Marie Duff, James Cosmo, Will Keen, Ian Gelder, Mat Fraser, Geoff Bell, Simon Manyonda
release date November 4, 2019 (on HBO)
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