His Dark Materials (2019)

Directed by

Jamie Childs, Otto Bathurst, Leanne Welham, Dawn Shadforth

Genre

adventure film, family film, fantasy television series

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Length

3 seasons, 23 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 1,912 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An orphan girl named Lyra sets out to find a missing friend. She uncovers a secret plot involving a mysterious substance called Dust that connects multiple worlds.

adventurousmysteriousepicthought-provokingvisually lavishatmosphericspiriteddarkly fantastical

What happens

His Dark Materials is a fantasy drama television series based on the trilogy of novels by Philip Pullman. It is produced by Bad Wolf and New Line Productions, for BBC One and HBO, with the latter handling international distribution. The show follows the orphan Lyra Belacqua as she searches for a missing friend and discovers a kidnapping plot related to an invisible cosmic substance called Dust. The eight-episode first series premiered on 3 November 2019 on BBC One in the United Kingdom, and on 4 November on HBO in the United States and other markets. The seven-episode second series premiered on 8 November 2020 in the UK, and on 16 November 2020 in the US. The eight-episode third and final series premiered first on HBO on 5 December 2022, and on 18 December 2022 in the UK. All three series received generally positive reviews, with praise going towards its cast, visuals, production values, musical score and its faithfulness to the source material. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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