Theres also been a British radio play version and a staged theater production.
But now Tranter is attempting to reintroduce the multiverse-spanning saga to TV audiences as a serialized adventure.
And theres a lot of ground to cover.
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In films and shows, its usually the sexual power they have.
[Lyras] power is her personality and her strength and her determination and her braveness.
Its just all her.
It has nothing to do with her gender.
All this is to say Tranter understands why the movie adaptation never took off.
Philips books are as deep as they are wide, she explains.
They exist on many levels and they have a terrific breadth of location stories.
Thats very hard for a film to capture.
It helps having so much love for Pullmans work between the cast and crew.
Mirandaperpetually busy with any number of projects, including next summersIn the Heightsmovieconsiders this show his vacation.
Youre always confused by what her motives are and who she really is, she says.
The idea is to produce a third season for the trilogys capper,The Amber Spyglass, next.
The serialized format also grants leeway to expand on Pullmans saga.
Part of that has to do with Keen.
Given her age, the teen star can work only so much per day.
So, the producers have found other threads to follow.
For another, Wilson worked with writer Jack Thorne to dive deeper into Mrs. Coulter.
Why was she able to separate from her daemon?
How does she do that?
What does she really believe in?
What does she really want?
Those scenes are quite hard because youre not talking to anyone.
Its an object you have to look at.
Its weird, its strange, but its really fun to do.
At the same time, Tranters show is very different fromThrones.
Philip Pullman always saidHis Dark Materialsis a series of adult novels that children could and should read.
And we tried to place our television adaptation in exactly that place.
His Dark Materialspremieres on HBO Nov. 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
