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# Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' to Be Adapted for TV Series

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## Kelly Connolly / Entertainment Weekly


Nov 3, 2015 3:36 PM UTC

![<br><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375847227/?tag=timecom-20" target="_blank">His Dark Materials \(series\)</a></strong></br>By Philip Pullman. Pullman takes the reader through various parallel universes in this science fantasy series centered around young Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cfbefebd64d187e/6987704ccd1bba40436f4526/best-young-adult-books-032.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

His Dark Materials (series)By Philip Pullman. Pullman takes the reader through various parallel universes in this science fantasy series centered around young Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry.

His Dark Materials (series)By Philip Pullman. Pullman takes the reader through various parallel universes in this science fantasy series centered around young Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry.Scholastic

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## Kelly Connolly / Entertainment Weekly


Nov 3, 2015 3:36 PM UTC

A new drama series based on the trilogy _His Dark Materials_ is in the works, [BBC One announced](http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/his-dark-materials) on Tuesday.

The network has commissioned a TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s epic set of fantasy novels _Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife,_ and _The Amber Spyglass_, to be produced by Bad Wolf and New Line Cinema. The series was last adapted to the big screen for the 2006 New Line film _The Golden Compass,_ starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and Dakota Blue Richards.

“It’s been a constant source of pleasure to me to see this story adapted to different forms and presented in different media,” says Pullman in a statement. “In recent years we’ve seen the way that long stories on television, whether adaptations (_Game of Thrones_) or original (_The Sopranos, The Wire_), can reach depths of characterization and heights of suspense by taking the time for events to make their proper impact and for consequences to unravel.

“And the sheer talent now working in the world of long-form television is formidable. For all those reasons I’m delighted at the prospect of a television version of _His Dark Materials_. I’m especially pleased at the involvement of Jane Tranter, whose experience, imagination, and drive are second to none. As for the BBC, it has no stronger supporter than me. I couldn’t be more pleased with this news.”

Jane Tranter, executive producer for Bad Wolf, says, “It is an honor and a joy to be part of the team responsible for bringing Philip Pullman’s trilogy of novels to the BBC. Ever since they were first published these books have been a huge influence on so much of my thinking and imagination and it is enormously inspiring to be now working on them for television adaptation.”

The trilogy tells the story of orphan Lyra, who stumbles upon a sinister plot when she sets off to recover a kidnapped friend. Lyra is joined by Will, a boy with the ability to cut through worlds. Together, they discover a prophecy about her own destiny and are thrust into a war across multiple worlds.

Since the first publication of _Northern Lights_ in 1995, the _His Dark Materials_ series has been published in more than 40 languages and has sold worldwide close to 17.5 million copies. In 2001, _The Amber Spyglass_ was the first and only children’s book to win the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year Award. In 2005, the Swedish Arts Council awarded Pullman The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and _Northern Lights_ won the Carnegie of Carnegies in 2007.

“It is an honor to be bringing Philip Pullman’s extraordinary novels to BBC One,” says Polly Hill, controller of BBC Drama Commissioning. “_His Dark Materials_ is a stunning trilogy, and a drama event for young and old — a real family treat that shows our commitment to original and ambitious storytelling.”


_His Dark Materials_ is the first commission from Bad Wolf, a U.K./U.S. production company founded by Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner and co-sited in South Wales and Los Angeles, and it marks New Line Cinema’s first move into TV production.

_His Dark Materials_ will be executive produced by Philip Pullman, Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner for Bad Wolf, Toby Emmerich and Carolyn Blackwood for New Line Cinema, Bethan Jones for BBC One, and Deborah Forte for Scholastic.

_This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/03/bbc-adaptation-his-dark-materials-philip-pullman) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com)_._

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