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The Subtle Knife
New Line is confident. After announcing that they expected Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy to become their next Lord of the Rings -- big claim I know -- they are now already moving forward with the adapting of the second book, The Subtle Knife, with help of scribe Hossein Amini.
Hossein Amini to Write The Subtle Knife
Hossein Amini, whose credits are still limited, has been given the task by New Line to create a working screenplay for The Subtle Knife.
Chris Weitz adapted the first installment of the trilogy and is currently directing The Golden Compass with a $150 million budget from New Line. The Golden Compass is currently in postproduction. How is it coming so far? Well, check out the first batch of official stills for the film.
New Line president Toby Emmerich reminds audiences that the studio only plans to go forward with the second and third installment if the first performs well. Having Amini jump aboard, however, represents a significant commitment toward getting started with the next film.
The Golden Compass introduces 12-year-old Lyra Belacqua, who, with the help of friends and an Alethiometer, attempts to save kidnapped children being taken to research a phenomenon known as "dust". This, of course, is according to the book. How close the film will stay to the book is still unknown, but New Line has a good history of creating fantastical adaptations that stick close to the source material.
In The Subtle Knife, Pullman introduces the character of a 12-year-old boy who has learned the art of invisibility and is seeking his missing father when he encounters a vanishing cat and joins forces with Lyra Belacqua.
Not wanting to get too ahead of ourselves, the final book in the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass, won the U.K.'s 2001 Whitbred Prize for children's book, then became the first kids' book to win the Whitbred book of the year award.
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