NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 5, 2020 staradvertiser.com COLLECTING DUST Philip Pullman’s well-loved trilogy, His Dark Materials, continues with an all-new episode. Now in its second season, the series follows Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) as she battles for freedom from the Magisterium’s ultra-repressive regime. Featuring a star-studded cast, the series has been delighting fans of the book series that launched The Golden Compass in 1995. Airing Monday, Nov. 30, on HBO. Mele A‘e THE NEXT PERFORMANCE COULD BE YOURS. SUBMIT YOUR VIRTUAL AUDITION NOW! This is your chance to break through. 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John Parry. oin in on the adventure of a lifetime as the out in 2007, many of the book’s readers were Like most everything right now, the series HBO adaptation of Philip Pullman’s well- extremely disappointed in the film as they felt was struck hard by the COVID-19 pandemic Jloved trilogy, “His Dark Materials,” con- the book’s integrity was not accurately rep- shutdowns, though, fortunately, it wasn’t tinues with an all-new episode airing Monday, resented. Luckily, the series adaptation, “His as severely affected as most other shows. Nov. 30. Now in its second season, the series Dark Materials,” has had a much warmer recep- Season 2 is scheduled to consist of seven started off strong and continues to impress tion, with the first season going on to receive episodes, which were all (quite fortuitously) fans who are all looking forward to the twists 10 BAFTA Award nominations and winning two. filmed before the current pandemic struck. and turns to come. Also, while “The Golden Compass” featured a Having just begun to film its eighth Season 2 If you’ve read the books (or saw the 2007 rather high-profile cast, it’s possible that the episode, “His Dark Materials” was forced to film “The Golden Compass”) you’ll already be cast of “His Dark Materials” could be consid- cease all production due to health dangers looped in on the show’s character lineup and ered even more studded with stars. caused by the virus. Given that the first sea- the uniquely magical world created by Pullman. Starring alongside Keen to make up the core son was only eight episodes long itself, the The series follows a young girl, Lyra Belacqua cast are Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton,” cut down to a seven-episode second (Dafne Keen, “Logan,” 2015) — also known by 2020) as “aëronaut” balloonist Lee season is hardly noticeable. That the name of Lyra Silvertongue — who is be- Scoresby; Ruth Wilson (“The Affair”) as the unfinished episode, however, was lieved to be destined to liberate her world from stern and menacing intended to have been a stand- the grip of the Magisterium — a meddlesome Mrs. Coulter; James alone feature about the mysteri- and ultraconservative organization that tries ous Lord Asriel, so fans of the to repress any human connection to magic and Dafne Keen stars in show will hopefully have “His Dark Materials” sentient animal spirits, known as daemons. that to look forward to. FREE Download the BREAKING NEWS FREE TRAFFIC FREE WEATHER No matter how you read it, we deliver. app for free. FREE PHOTO GALLERIES PRINT • WEB • MOBILE APP The Honolulu Star-Advertiser app gives you PREMIUM CONTENT breaking news updates on what’s happening Sign-in or subscribe in Hawaii, the nation and around the world. PRINT REPLICA www.staradvertiser.com/download Download it today for FREE. 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