Finding the right actors to portray well-known literary characters onscreen is a challenge, but it’s one HBO met head on while adapting Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy. The network ...

While movie adaptation The Golden Compass had acting legend Ian McKellen voice the armored bear Iorek Byrinson, the BBC/HBO version of His Dark Materials went for a younger, less well-known performer ...

A TALKING bear has been the surprise hit in His Dark Materials – with fans branding Iorek Byrnison “sexy”. Some viewers confessed that they had “a crush” on the giant CGI bear after he made his debut ...

Based on Pullman's literary trilogy (Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) and written by Jack Thorne, His Dark Materials boasts Tom Hooper as lead director and helmer of the first ...

Debuting at Comic-Con via its panel was a brand new look at His Dark Materials thanks to a bunch of fresh images and the latest trailer. The series is adapted from Philip Pullman’s hugely acclaimed ...

The first full trailer for His Dark Materials depicts multiple characters and plot points from the first novel in the Philip Pullman series, The Golden Compass, including a gruesome take on a ...

Welcome to the Monday Night Smackdown. In one corner, weighing in at a solid several tons with an appetite as big as his ego, it’s Iofur Raknison, the current ruler of the panserbjørn kingdom of ...

HBO and BBC series His Dark Materials will be wrapping up this week on Sunday, December 22). The finale will see Lyra (played by Dafne Keen) fighting off her foes as she rises to power. Through the ...

Today the Current has made manifest what a billion movie-watchers, even The New York Times’ Manohla Dargis, imagined. Why else do they send us promotional goodies? (Though not the rumored Beowulf ...

A TALKING bear has been the surprise hit in His Dark Materials - with fans branding Iorek Byrnison "sexy". Some viewers confessed that they had "a crush" on the giant CGI bear after he made his debut ...

HBO and BBC series His Dark Materials will be wrapping up this week on Sunday, December 22). The finale will see Lyra (played by Dafne Keen) fighting off her foes as she rises to power. Through the ...