William Golding‘s classic novel Lord of the Flies is heading back to the screen, this time as a television adaptation. Recently, the BBC announced that a four-episode adaptation of the novel is in the works. Each episode is set to be one-hour long, and the show will air on BBC One and play on BBC iPlayer. Though several key creative and cast roles remain unfilled … Continue reading ‘Lord of the Flies’: BBC Orders Television Adaptation!!
The third and final season of His Dark Materials will premiere on HBO and HBO Max on December 5. To pair with this exciting and bittersweet news, the trailer and art for the third season have also been released. The recently released trailer shows the cast preparing for the final fight. The stakes are high for our heroes as war inches nearer. The trailer does … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’ Season 3 Trailer Teases the Final Rebellion!! Check It Out!!
HBO has just released a new trailer for the third and final season of His Dark Materials, a fantasy series based on the award-winning Philip Pullman book trilogy. The new trailer gives us a glimpse into the intense final chapter of the series, which is set to premiere on HBO on Monday, December 5, 2022, at 9:00 PM ET and 11:00 PM PT. The third … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’ Season 3 Teaser Teases the End of the Series!! Check It Out!!
While all of nerddom has been focusing its ire at HBO over the past few weeks for gutting their original programming and straight up deleting shows from HBO Max, there are at least some things worth celebrating. Not only does today mark the arrival of the much-anticipated Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, but HBO also released the first footage from the … Continue reading New HBO Sizzle Reel Reveals First Footage of the Upcoming ‘The Last of Us’ Series!! Check It Out!!
Variety is reporting that Bernard Cornwell’s historical fiction trilogy, Warlord Chronicles, is getting adapted into a series by the same team behind HBO’s His Dark Materials adaptation! The trilogy serves as a retelling of Arthurian legends. The series will begin with a ten-part adaptation of the first novel in the trilogy The Winter King. The trilogy, which was originally published in the 1990s, is set … Continue reading ‘Warlord Chronicles’: ‘His Dark Materials’ Team Working on Series Adaptation!!
HBO Max on Wednesday released a tantalizing teaser for what the streamer has in store for 2022, providing first looks at hotly anticipated titles such as Our Flag Means Death, the pirate comedy in which Taika Waititi plays Blackbeard; DMZ, an upcoming comic book adaptation with a pilot directed by Oscar-nominee Ava DuVernay; and We Own This City, a new crime drama from The Wire … Continue reading New HBO Max 2022 Video Previews ‘House of the Dragon,’ ‘Westworld,’ and More!! Check It Out!!
HBO and BBC One have announced that production on the third and final season of His Dark Materials has officially begun. The news was confirmed alongside an image of series stars Dafne Keen and Amir Wilson holding the slate for the first day of shooting on Season 3, which also reveals that the story will follow the third book in Philip Pullman‘s trilogy on which … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’ Season 3 Begins Production as New Cast Members Join!!
HBO and the BBC will bring the saga His Dark Materials to a close with the show’s third season. The two networks have renewed the fantasy drama based on Phillip Pullman‘s novel trilogy for a third and final season, with production set to begin in Cardiff, Wales, in 2021. The pickup comes six days before the second season finale airs on HBO. “Bringing Phillip Pullman‘s epic, … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’ Renewed for Third and Final Season!!
The wait for more magical prophecy, delightful daemons, and the next chapter in Lyra (Dafne Keen‘s) epic journey is finally almost over. His Dark Materials returns next month, and HBO has debuted a trailer… and oh boy, fans of Philip Pullman‘s ‘The Subtle Knife’ are about to be real happy. Alongside Keen, the second season sees the return of Ruth Wilson, Amir Wilson, Ariyon Bakare, Will Keen, Ruta … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’ Season 2 Trailer Teases the Greatest War That Ever Was!! Check It Out!!
HBO has released a new trailer for season two of its big-budget fantasy series His Dark Materials, which will debut in November, though the network didn’t reveal a specific date. The second season begins after Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) has opened a bridge to a new world, and, distraught over the death of her best friend, Lyra (Dafne Keen) follows Asriel into the unknown. In … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’ Season 2 Gets a New Trailer!! Check It Out!!
Philip Pullman‘s fantasy series of novels known has His Dark Materials has seen a big-screen adaptation of its first book, the Nicole Kidman-starring The Golden Compass. But now, we finally have proof that future books shall be adapted and enjoyed. The HBO adaptation of His Dark Materials has a new trailer for its second season, and a bunch of new images — all revealed during its Comic-Con@Home panel. The series … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’: First Trailer and Images Tease the Upcoming Season 2!! Check It Out!!
As the Streaming Wars descend upon us, it’s important not to lose track of the pay cable giants that have been delivering quality programming for years, like HBO. Disney Plus and Apple TV+ and all these other ‘pluses’ are hogging all the headlines, but it’s HBO itself that is poised for a major year in 2020, when the fate of the network will become much … Continue reading New HBO Promo Teases 2020 Slate!!! Check It Out!!
HBO has released yet another trailer for His Dark Materials ahead of the fantasy series’ debut early this November. The TV adaptation of Sir Philip Pullman’s book trilogy is set to be the next great fantasy adventure series in a story that explores parallel worlds and brings a new wrinkle to the classic good vs evil story. Though they’ve released quite a few trailers so … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’: New Trailer Further Teases the HBO Fantasy Series!! Check It Out!!
The BBC and HBO have released a new trailer for the hotly-anticipated small screen adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy book series His Dark Materials, which puts the spotlight on Dafne Keen’s protagonist Lyra, a young girl who could change worlds; check it out here: Adapting Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy of the same name, which is considered a modern masterpiece of imaginative fiction, the first season … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’: New Trailer Focuses on Dafne Keen’s Lyra!! Check It Out!!
When it was announced that the BBC and HBO were to bring Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy to the small-screen, millions of fans rejoiced that the beloved story would finally receive the treatment it deserved following the lacklustre 2007 adaptation of the first book, The Golden Compass, which was cancelled following a terrible $70 million gross at the domestic box-office. Now it appears that … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’: BBC Series Will Condense Book Trilogy into Two Seasons!!
HBO’s banking on His Dark Materials to be their next Game of Thrones-like phenomenon. The series adaptation of Sir Philip Pullman’s beloved fantasy trilogy takes viewers on an adventure through parallel worlds and the war(s) that rage(s) between them. A new trailer is here, hot on the heels of HBO’s Comic-Con presentation. The Victorian era-inspired background of His Dark Materials sees humans living in concert … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’: New Trailer Reveals HBO’s Next Great Fantasy Series!! Check It Out!!
The official Twitter account for the upcoming BBC and HBO adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials has announced that Amir Wilson (The Kid Who Would Be King) has been cast in the series in the key role of Will Parry. “One day, you’ll follow in your father’s footsteps. You’re going to be a great man too. You’ll take up his mantle."Introducing @Amirrwilsonn as Will … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’: Amir Wilson Cast as Will Parry!!!
HBO has released a new trailer for its upcoming adaptation of His Dark Materials, an adaptation of Sir Philip Pullman’s well-loved trilogy of fantasy novels. The epic tale is a fantasy adventure dealing with parallel worlds and what looks like a classic war between good and evil, and yet, it’s likely not so simple. As Vinnie Mancuso wrote regarding the last trailer, “His Dark Materials takes place … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’: New Trailer Sets Up a War Among Parallel Worlds on HBO!!
The BBC has released a teaser trailer for His Dark Materials which gives us our first look the small-screen adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy novel trilogy. The series see Tom Hooper (Les Miserables) take the directors chair for the first two episodes and features a cast that includes Dafne Keen (Logan) in the lead role as Lyra, alongside James McAvoy (Glass), Ruth Wilson (The Affair), … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’: BBC Releases First Teaser Trailer for the Upcoming TV Series!! Check It Out!!
Before BBC One unveils their TV series adaptation of Philip Pullman‘s His Dark Materials novels–and before we even get a release date for Season 1–the network has reportedly gone ahead and ordered up a second season of eight additional episodes. Filming on the first season of the Bad Wolf and New Line production is underway, so BBC must like what they see if they’ve gone ahead and … Continue reading ‘His Dark Materials’: BBC Orders Season 2 As Filming on Season 1 Is Still Underway!!!
Lin-Manuel Miranda fans, take a sigh of relief. We’re still going to have quite the wait before we ever get to see Hamilton on the big screen, but according to Deadline, Miranda’s Tony-award winning musical In the Heights has dodged going to down with the Weinstein ship. A film adaptation of In the Heights was set up at The Weinstein Company back in 2016, and the future … Continue reading Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In The Heights’ Dodges The Weinstein Company Bankruptcy!!
Philip Pullman’s beloved fantasy series His Dark Materials is getting a fresh adaptation, and we’ve finally got some updates. The King’s Speech and The Danish Girl director Tom Hooper has signed on to oversee a big-budget adaptation of the fantasy epic, with Logan breakout Dafne Keen set to star. In case you missed the initial report back in 2015, fans of the three-book series will be … Continue reading Tom Hooper Boards ‘His Dark Materials’ Series Starring ‘Logan’ Breakout Dafne Keen!!!
