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Post by crowblack on Mar 14, 2018 10:09:29 GMT
Related, but I've just seen articles saying the BBC may be doing a 6 part series (and hopefully ongoing) based on some of Terry Pratchett's city Watch books. I have heard these rumours/hopes before, but with Good Omens coming up maybe this one will actually happen. Shame they dismantled the Dickensian set - something in that style would be fantastic.
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Post by crowblack on Jun 8, 2018 20:44:47 GMT
James McAvoy as Lord Asriel, Ruth Wilson as Mrs Coulter, Clarke Peters as the college master.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 8, 2018 22:46:56 GMT
Much as I like Ruth Wilson, I just can't see her as Mrs Coulter. Not sure why, but she doesn't seem to fit how I imagine her to be. She can certainly be scary enough!
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Post by crowblack on Jun 8, 2018 23:00:02 GMT
And James McAvoy is rather boyish and sensitive, though admittedly I haven't seen his recent stuff so he may have got more rugged. I thought the casting in the film was great, but maybe they want to distance themselves from it and go for a different take on the characters.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 8, 2018 23:45:47 GMT
I guess I always have Patricia Hodge in mind for Mrs C - she did it so well in the original stage version. Certainly it is her voice I hear when reading the books
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Post by freckles on Jun 9, 2018 9:31:11 GMT
Almost all the characters seem to have been cast younger than the film.
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Post by crowblack on Jun 9, 2018 9:49:46 GMT
Almost all the characters seem to have been cast younger than the film. I like James McAvoy though I think his Marvel/X Men role is a factor here to bring in more American viewers. I thought Hayley Atwell and Matthew MacFadyen was odd casting for the BBC/Starz Howards End but it brought in the Marvel and Ripper Street/Darcy fans.
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Post by QueerTheatre on Jun 9, 2018 9:57:27 GMT
Ruth WIlson is 36, and Mrs Coulter is 35 in the first book, so it seems perfectly appropriate to me, though personally I'd been hoping for Romola Garai.
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Post by crowblack on Jun 9, 2018 11:26:26 GMT
The child actress playing Lyra was also in Wolverine so they seem to be very much going for the Marvel fandom with this!
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Post by crowblack on Jun 13, 2018 16:01:26 GMT
I thought I read it was 8 episodes for the whole trilogy 40 episodes across 5 series, 8 1-hour episodes in each, according to Den of Geek. Going for the full Game of Thrones, though that sounds like a hell of a lot given the characters aren't that appealing. I suppose if they're casting the likes of James McAvoy they might make some of them a bit nicer, though with the exception of Lee and Hester I wasn't that bothered about the fates of the characters in the original novel as I didn't really warm to them.
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Post by hal9000 on Jun 16, 2018 21:53:53 GMT
Ruth WIlson is 36, and Mrs Coulter is 35 in the first book, so it seems perfectly appropriate to me, though personally I'd been hoping for Romola Garai. Oh that would have been great. She’s got a very powerful and sophisticated air about her
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Post by crowblack on Jul 27, 2018 14:50:50 GMT
More cast names just released for this - interestingly, it also includes Anne-Marie Duff, though from what I remember of the plot I don't think she'll have scenes with her ex (??).
I think they're filming this and Endeavour in Oxford at the moment - must be nice and toasty for them. And they're currently filming David Copperfield in various locations, poor sods.
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Post by crowblack on Oct 3, 2018 17:06:08 GMT
Netflix have just announced they're going to adapt the Narnia books. Given Pullman's vociferous dislike of, but obvious debt to C.S. Lewis, it'll be interesting to see these two going head-to-head.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 17:14:46 GMT
Netflix have just announced they're going to adapt the Narnia books. Given Pullman's vociferous dislike of, but obvious debt to C.S. Lewis, it'll be interesting to see these two going head-to-head. As long as they do them all. It always irritates me when they always seem to ignore 'The Magician's Nephew' and 'The Horse and His Boy'. There are SEVEN books Netflix and don't you forget it!
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Post by dontdreamit on Oct 3, 2018 17:29:22 GMT
Netflix have just announced they're going to adapt the Narnia books. Given Pullman's vociferous dislike of, but obvious debt to C.S. Lewis, it'll be interesting to see these two going head-to-head. As long as they do them all. It always irritates me when they always seem to ignore 'The Magician's Nephew' and 'The Horse and His Boy'. There are SEVEN books Netflix and don't you forget it! The horse and his boy is actually my favourite!
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Post by crowblack on Oct 3, 2018 17:37:37 GMT
'The Magician's Nephew' and 'The Horse and His Boy' They're two of my favourites! I hope they do them, and do them well (please don't screw up the eeriness of Charn). There's a lot of 'high fantasy' in the offing, from the looks of it - Amazon are redoing Lord of the Rings, Neil Gaiman has got his mitts on Mervyn Peake, and there will probably be Game of Thrones prequels too. And then there's all the comics to go at - Watchmen and possibly Judge Dredd getting spin-off series set in their 'universes'.
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Post by crowblack on Oct 15, 2018 19:50:25 GMT
And more - just announced, a three-part BBC / Netflix adaptation of Dracula by the Sherlock team Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat.
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Post by david on Oct 15, 2018 19:52:11 GMT
And more - just announced, a three-part BBC / Netflix adaptation of Dracula by the Sherlock team Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. Now there’s a story they can really get their teeth into!
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Post by crowblack on Oct 15, 2018 20:26:08 GMT
Now there’s a story they can really get their teeth into! But will Cumberbatch be out for the Count?
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Post by crowblack on Dec 14, 2018 19:23:33 GMT
Series 1 has just wrapped, according to Twitter.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 14, 2018 19:32:51 GMT
Christmas 2019 highlight then - it will take a lot of post-production work
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 20:10:34 GMT
or a replacement for Dr who as that's not back until 2020
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Post by crowblack on Dec 14, 2018 20:34:30 GMT
Christmas 2019 highlight then Or sooner? In the current climate I can imagine the BBC might anticipate getting flack for showing a supposedly ungodly series at Christmas!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 14, 2018 20:39:53 GMT
It doesn't get very ungodly in the first book. It is only really the final book where it really turns
I imagine it will be the autumn at the earliest. It is too long for showing over Christmas unless they do 2 episodes a week for December
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Post by Jon on Dec 14, 2018 21:57:52 GMT
It's 8 episodes so my guess is September 2019.
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Post by crowblack on Feb 24, 2019 10:20:39 GMT
They've just released a teaser trailer though you can't really tell much from it - I expect fansites will have done a frame-by-frame dissection by lunchtime.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 24, 2019 13:07:53 GMT
In 30 seconds, you can't show much about the world of the story - so no hint of Daemons anywhere. Still not convinced by the casting of Wilson/McAvoy - but we will see how they develop.
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Post by crowblack on Feb 24, 2019 13:53:26 GMT
we will see how they develop. To be honest, while I like the inventiveness of the books I didn't find the characters, apart from the aviator Lee Scoresby and the hare, particularly engaging, so I'm interested to see what Jack Thorne does with them. James McAvoy's screen persona is usually more likeable than Pullman or the movie's Lord Asriel, so while it may not be faithful I might prefer it, if we're being asked to spend so many hours invested in these characters.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 24, 2019 17:59:38 GMT
The HDM world does have a lot of adults who are hard to like - but that has never bothered me as there are plenty of people in whom I can invest.
Thinking more about the teaser, it was rather surprising to see Clarke Peters being given such prominence as the Master of Jordan - given that his role is so limited
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 20:28:30 GMT
In 30 seconds, you can't show much about the world of the story - so no hint of Daemons anywhere. Still not convinced by the casting of Wilson/McAvoy - but we will see how they develop. I felt a bit cheated by the lack of daemons.
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