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Nicole Kidman joins 'The Golden Compass'
By M&C News Jul 31, 2006, 16:06 GMT
In the epic trilogy, comprised of the books The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass, Pullman unlocks the door to a parallel world where strange creatures live side by side with humans, and humans share souls with animals. The books center on precocious young protagonists whose adventures lead them into battle against the ultimate evil with the fate of the universe in their hands. Pullman is the ...more
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Nicole Kidman is in final negotiations to star in "The Golden Compass," an adaptation of the first installment of author Philip Pullman's best-selling "His Dark Materials" trilogy.
Dakota Blue Richards already has been cast as Lyra, a girl who discovers she is at the heart of a hideous conspiracy and that the fate of many children rests with her. She embarks on a journey to the far north to save her best friend and encounters shape-shifting creatures, witches and a variety of otherworldly characters.
Kidman will play Mrs. Coulter, a sinister scholar and socialite with a mysterious past who has a secret link to Lyra.
Chris Weitz ("About a Boy") is directing for New Line. Production on the film, budgeted at $150 million, is scheduled to begin September 4 in the U.K.
Kidman last was seen on the big screen in 2005's "Bewitched." Her upcoming films include the Diane Arbus biopic "Fur" and the sci-fi thriller "The Visiting."
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I have loved this trilogy for a very long time and have hoped that they would someday make a movie - I cannot wait.... although, I hope they do the movie justice and avoid making it look cheap because this trilogy is very worthy of a magical and dark/mature movie presentation.
The movie needs to hit deep like the book hits deep into the soul
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elvisAug 8th, 2006 - 01:55:05
she is about a poor of an actor as i was. at least i could sing and i was good looking. and my movies and albums made me ALOT OF MONEY. and they still do . i died 30 years ago and i make more now than i did when i was alive. she is a NOBODY and a NOTHING. and so his her husband- AN AUSTRALIAN WANNA BE COUNTRY SINGER! good luck- no BAD LUCK to both of you. go back to australia. we do not want you here. USA- AMERICA. we have better artists than you two.
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