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CURLPOWER: Richards plays a little girl with some serious sass in an adaptation of the first book in Pullman’s Blakean — or blasphemous, if you prefer — trilogy. Reading Philip Pullman’s fantasy ...

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Played by: Dakota Blue Richards Daemon: Pantalaimon (shape-changer) Background: Lyra Belacqua is the main character of The Golden Compass (also known as Northern Lights in the U.K.) as well the entire ...

This month marks 30 years since the arrival on U.S. shores of “The Golden Compass,” an award-winning British fantasy classic that’s been published in dozens of countries. The book has spawned two ...

With the glory of "The Lord of the Rings" cycle now fading, New Line looks to this first of a projected series of films derived from Philip Pullman's widely read trilogy, "His Dark Materials," to get ...