No more His Dark Materials for New Line?

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According to this report dated the 18th July, 2008, New Line may not go ahead with adapting the other two films. Suits me fine, The Golden Compass is a perfect example of how not to take a good idea and...

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[The Colour of Heartache]

If they'd stuck with Stoppard they wouldn't be having this issue. Just sayin'.

[Crucifer]

I'm glad it's not happening. They really ruined "Northern Lights", imho, and doing what they did to "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass" would really really bug me.

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The film has encouraged me to seek out the books, because quite frankly I couldn't sit through another mish-mash of mess that they came up with for TGC.

[Crucifer]

Ah, Segundus, I strongly recommend "His Dark Materials".

They get better as they go on, I find. But make sure you get a book with "Northern Lights" on the cover, as that's what Pullman wrote, not "The Golden Compass". Anyway, it's not a compass, it's an alethiometer. It just looks like a compass.