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Nov 4, 2019 · His Dark Materials is a BBC series based on Philip Pullman's book trilogy, while Golden Compass is a movie that tried to adapt the same books in one hour. Learn how the two differ in plot, style, and quality, and why His Dark Materials is a better adaptation.
Nov 10, 2020 · The Golden Compass was a box-office success but faced criticism and challenges behind the scenes. The Subtle Knife was never made due to the financial crisis, The Hobbit and the TV adaptation.
Dec 20, 2022 · HBO’s His Dark Materials may feel familiar to those who have seen 2007’s The Golden Compass, even if it isn't a sequel. As His Dark Materials reaches its end with season 3, whether or not the HBO series did a good job adapting the original books can finally be settled.
The Golden Compass is a 2007 fantasy adventure film written and directed by Chris Weitz that is based on the 1995 novel Northern Lights by Philip Pullman, the first installment in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, which was published as The Golden Compass in the United States.
The spellbinding sequel to The Golden Compass, the modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an “All-Time Greatest Novel” and Newsweek hailed as a “Top 100 Book of All Time,” continues the epic adventure, catapulting readers between worlds, and toward a devastating discovery.
His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of Northern Lights (1995; published as The Golden Compass in North America), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000). It follows the coming of age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes.
The previous film adaptation, The Golden Compass (2007), was once cited by the author George R.R. Martin as one of the reasons he wanted Game of Thrones (2011) to be a television series rather than a feature film. Martin later shared his thoughts on the series on Twitter, calling it "SO much better than the feature film."
