BBC One is working on an eight-part television series adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials.
Production companies Bad Wolf and New Line Cinema will work on the series, which will be filmed in Wales. The story follows a group of orphans who are on a quest to understand the mystery of their destinies and find themselves in parallel universes. The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop:
Said Pullman: “It’s been a constant source of pleasure to me to see this story adapted to different forms and presented in different media. It’s been a radio play, a stage play, a film, an audiobook, a graphic novel — and now comes this version for television. In recent years we’ve seen how 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.”