Fantasy author Philip Pullman is certain that a sequel will be made to the controversial film The Golden Compass. He spoke out after film industry sources cast doubt on a film version of The Subtle Knife being given the go-ahead.
The Golden Compass was the sixth most successful film at the UK box office last year, grossing £26m, but it took only £35m in the United States, due to a boycott by some Christians.
Mr Pullman said he hoped there would not be too long an interval before work begins on the sequel because Dakota Blue Richards, the 12-year-old star of The Golden Compass, was growing up quite quickly. He added that making a movie was a very different, and far more costly process to writing a book and having it published.
When The Golden Compass was released last year, New Line Cinema had high hopes for the trilogy as the new The Lord of the Rings, and the sequel was due to be released by the end of 2009. Since The Golden Compass was released, New Line has merged with Warner Brothers.
Source: Oxford Mail
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