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His Dark Materials

  • TV Series
  • 2019–20222019–2022
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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POPULARITY
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His Dark Materials (2019)
A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons.
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A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons.A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons.A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
63K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
341
16
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    • Stars
      • Dafne Keen
      • Brian Fisher
      • Amir Wilson
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      • Brian Fisher
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    • Awards
      • 14 wins & 41 nominations

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    Ruth Wilson
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    Kit Connor
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    Simone Kirby
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    Ariyon Bakare
    Ariyon Bakare
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    12 episodes12 eps • 2019–2020
    Will Keen
    Will Keen
    • Father MacPhail…
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    Ruta Gedmintas
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    • Serafina Pekkala
    10 episodes10 eps • 2019–2022
    Cristela Alonzo
    Cristela Alonzo
    • Hester
    10 episodes10 eps • 2019–2020
    Lin-Manuel Miranda
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    • Lee Scoresby
    9 episodes9 eps • 2019–2020
    Frank Bourke
    Frank Bourke
    • Fra Pavel
    8 episodes8 eps • 2019–2020
    Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
    Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
    • Commander Ogunwe
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    Sian Clifford
    Sian Clifford
    • Agent Salmakia
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    Jonathan Aris
    Jonathan Aris
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    Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
    Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
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    Chipo Chung
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    Simon Harrison
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    • Trivia
      This is the first time the novels by Philip Pullman are adapted into a television series. The previous film adaptation, The Golden Compass (2007), was once cited by 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." There are only three novels in Pullman's series, however, and several in Martin's, so it's not surprising the original plan was to adopt His Dark Materials into a film trilogy.
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      The opening credits are a zoom out, starting from particles of Dust at atomic level and zooming out to show the various multiversal locations within the story (and the objects/people/vehicles within these multiverses) before concluding the zoom out to reveal the series title.
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    User reviews537

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    10/10
    Thank the Authority for the BBC.
    Holywood nearly ruined these books with a schmaltzy kiddy version 'The Golden Compass' But these books work because they address difficult issues of soul, God, morality, authority, parenthood, death, love and duty. The Disney treatment simply destroys its essence.

    So how was episode one? Acting Tick. Script tick. Cinematography and sets, tick tick. This looks like it is going to turn out well. Good production values and it seems as though it will be true to the book with actors who can carry it off. Finally an adaptation that compliments a classic and doesn't have some idiot egotist Director or committee of 'We know what our demographic needs to see and hear' network executives doing a version that paints over a masterpiece.
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    FAQ3

    • On which TV channel will this be broadcast in the UK?
    • How much did series 1 cost to produce?
    • Why does Pan's coat keep changing colors? First he's white with a sweet face, then he's dark grey with a rodent-y face. Why?

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    • Release date
      • November 4, 2019 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (uk)
      • Official Bad Wolf Production Website
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vật Chất Tối Của Ngài
    • Filming locations
      • Wolf Studios, Cardiff, Wales, UK
    • Production companies
      • Anton
      • Bad Wolf
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1
      • 2.00 : 1

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