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Deadline<\/a> reports that Jack Thorne \u2014 writer of such films and TV shows as Skins<\/i>, How I Live Now<\/i>, A Long Way Down<\/i> and This Is England \u201986<\/i> + \u201988<\/i> + \u201990<\/i> \u2014 has signed on to write the BBC\u2019s adaptation of Philip Pullman\u2019s His Dark Materials<\/a><\/i> trilogy.<\/p>\n

The first book in the trilogy was turned into the feature film The Golden Compass<\/a><\/i> back in 2007. While it was fairly successful overseas, it flopped in North America and the sequels were never made. I wrote extensively about the books and the film at that time, and compiled a list of links to all my articles and blog posts here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The books have been very controversial because they offer a subversive, anti-theistic take on the creation story in Genesis: among other things, the character Enoch \u2014 father to Methuselah and great-grandfather to Noah, and portrayed in Genesis as one who was so close to God that he never died \u2014 is one of the story\u2019s villains, and the series climaxes with the death of God and the eradication of the afterlife.<\/p>\n

I discussed some of those issues with Pullman himself when I interviewed him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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