This week, they scored their first No. 1 album with major label debutIridescence. But this May, their charmed existence was threatened. Credit: Ashlan Grey “Listening to the music afterwards makes way more sense.” “It makes it feel fun and fresh again,” says HK, the group’s creative director. Still, adds Wood, “Doing a documentary was a new throw in of vulnerability. Kevin Winter/Getty Images It’s a radical shift to go from expressing yourself in the music to being vulnerable on camera....

The never-before-published Serpentine sequel to His Dark Materials will finally come to the masses. It was calledSerpentineand it told of Lyra as a teenager. Why are we publishing this story now?" Credit: HBO Pullman began in a statement. The Golden Compasswas published in 1995 in the U.K. under the titleThe Northern Lights. Along with sequel novelsThe Subtle KnifeandThe Amber Spyglass, they make upHis Dark Materials. Serpentinetakes place after the events of theDark Materialstrilogy but beforeThe Secret Commonwealth....

Philips books are as deep as they are wide. They exist on many levels and they have a terrific breadth of location stories. Thats very hard for a film to capture,she previously explained to EW. HBO That said, she still has a lot of ground to cover. There are armored polar bears (> dire wolves? Alethiometer In short, its a truth teller. HBO Arctic Institute, Royal An organization of arctic explorers, such as Lord Asriel....

Theres a reason why lead executive producer Jane Tranter needed both seasons shot as close together as possible. Thats because the events ofThe Subtle Knifepick up hours after the events ofThe Golden Compass. Suddenly theyre six inches taller and theyre a different shape and their voices are different, Tranter says. HBO So, I consider it more of a staggered, large first commitment rather than, Oooh! Heres two seasons up front.'...

HBO delivers a thoughtful and adventurous adaptation of Philip Pullman’s challenging book series. The North is no place for children, bellows Lyras uncle but Oxford isnt much safer. the Golden Compass of Pullmans books, and oneill-fated movie). HBO How am I supposed to trust you when no one tells me the truth? Lyra screams at Ma Costa (Anne-Marie Duff), a Gyptian whose own child has been snatched. The truth is complicated, Ma replies....

The disaster at Bolvangar has left Mrs. Coulter even more unhinged than normal. Clara responds pathetically by saying, I dont know where to go. I dont know where to go. HBO Of course, this gives Lyra an idea. Telling Pan to stay hidden, she demands to see the king herself. If shes his daemon, how can she be so far from Iorek? HBO As proof of her powers, he demands that she tell him the first creature he killed....

Boreal needs more information about this mysterious man and how he learned to cross between worlds. This prompts MacPhail to visit Mrs. Coulter with a warning. Dafne Keenis heartbreakingly good as Lyra processes the shock that Asriel is really her father and not her uncle. His Dark MaterialsSeason 1, Episode 2Ruth Wilson as Mrs. Coulter and her golden monkey daemon.HBO Lyra runs to her room and begs to be left alone....

He even introduces himself as Johns old friend, Charles Latrom. Back in Lyras world, the Gyptians are heading north along with Lee and Iorek. Much emotion and pain remains between the former lovers, with Serafina remarking that Coram seems unchanged. Credit: HBO But even in this fantastical world with witches and talking bears, some things remain impossible. As morning dawns, Lyra pleads with John Faa to let her go to the fishing village....

Turns out not only children are going through the treatment. Lyra plots escape at every moment using a convenient fire alarm to make the first attempt. Once Roger discovers an empty cage marked with Billys name, Lyra admits their Gyptian friend died. Alex Bailey/HBO As for the progress of the Gyptians, its slow going since the terrain is mountainous and difficult. Its not the only scene set outside Bolvangar as we make a quick stop off with Will....

The producers scrambled to find someone to play Lord Asriel. They finally found him a Philip Pullman fanboy. The creators were in a bind. HBO McAvoy, as it happens, visited the home of Kathleen Crawford, the shows casting director. They were just casually waxing lyrically about the source material, author Philip PullmansDark Materialstrilogy. There are so many layers to this story. HBO I was fanboying, McAvoy recalls of that meeting with Crawford....

Its not thatRuth Wilsongets bored with a lot of TV roles these days. We can have endless chats about Mrs. Coulter and about what her motives are, she says. Why was she able to separate from her daemon? HBO How does she do that? What does she really believe in? What does she really want? HBO They are all massive questions open to interpretation. Thorne and executive producer Jane Tranter hope to chronicle the multiverse saga ofHis Dark Materialsin three seasons....

Jude Law was cast in the next ‘Fantastic Beasts’ movie. Still, theyre all temporarily rendered irrelevant because of the baggage we must unpack with Law. Upon hearing the news, you may find yourself asking: Why Jude Law? Credit: Warner Bros. What does young Dumbledore even mean? Will he have a beard? Will he have abeard? Lets discuss it all. Who put Jude Law in the goblet? Friend, I ask myself the same question....

This one glaring mistake in the ‘Fast & Furious’ spinoff just can’t be ignored. When it comes to theFast & Furiousmovies, some suspension of disbelief is necessary. Runways are over 26 miles long.Fights never actually end with a winner or loser for vanitys sake. Daniel Smith/ Universal; Frank Masi/Universal Fans forgive a lot for the fast-paced, exponentially increasing stakes and NOS-infused, adrenaline-racing action. But theres one glaring mistake inHobbs & Shawthat has the internet laughing....