George R.R. Martin praised this now-finished HBO fantasy series, which never quite broke out stateside the way that it ...

'His Dark Materials' does right by the influential fantasy book series from Philip Pullman.

Jasneet Singh is a writer who finally has a platform to indulge in long rants about small moments on TV and film in overwhelming detail. With a literature background, she is drawn to the narrative ...

The film adaptation had failed at capturing the heart of the novels in its attempt to give the story the lighthearted Disney treatment. But the HBO show, from the very outset, seemed determined to ...

HBO has had its own attempts too, including prequel series House of the Dragon, with many more Game of Thrones spinoffs in development. But its best – and arguably the best fantasy show overall in the ...

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Executive producer Jane Tranter told Entertainment Weekly about the continuity concern that spurred the two-season order: lead actress, Dafne Keen, 14, who plays Lyra, 12. Suddenly [she's] six inches ...

At the centre of the spell-binding show is Lyra, played by the highly talented Dafne Keen. She captures the character’s inquisitiveness and confusion at being thrust into a world of secrets and lies, ...

The beloved British fantasy writer Philip Pullman concludes his Book of Dust trilogy with Lyra Belacqua’s final adventure. By Everdeen Mason Everdeen Mason is the executive editorial director of New ...

The alethiometer, also called the Golden Compass (the title of the His Dark Materials series first book in North America), refers to a mechanical device made up of one face and three hands. The hands, ...