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His Dark Materials Season 2 Episode 1 Review (Spoiler-Free)

Next to the monumental pile of cultural loss caused by the current pandemic is a short stack of lucky escapes – the projects that just squeaked inside the line, or were able to retool in such a way that kept them mercifully on schedule. His Dark Materials is just such a one. Filming on the second run had largely concluded by the end of 2019 (when it comes to child actors, you can’t afford to hang around for them to grow six inches and sprout a beard between seasons). And despite the extraordinarily heavy VFX burden on a show about talking creatures,…
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His Dark Materials Season 2 Release Date and Trailer Revealed by HBO

“The world is aware of a threat over our heads,” we learn in the new His Dark Materials season 2 trailer. “But have no fear. We will do whatever is necessary.” HBO has announced His Dark Materials season 2 will premiere in November. Based on The Subtle Knife, the second book of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials novel trilogy, season 2 begins after Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) has opened a bridge to a new world and, as the trailer warns, the “Great War.” Check out a new trailer below: In the His Dark Materials season 1 finale, Lyra (Dafne Keen)…
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His Dark Materials Season 2 Trailer Teases The Lyra & Will Team Up

Those who had read the His Dark Materials books on which the HBO/BBC series is based know that the relationship between Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson) is at the heart of The Subtle Knife, the second book in the trilogy and the story on which His Dark Materials Season 2 will be based. While the Season 1 finale teased the Lyra/Will introduction, we finally get to see the two characters interact in the just-released Season 2 trailer. Check it out… The trailer also gives us our very first glimpse at the mysterious city of Cittàgaze, as well as…
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His Dark Materials Season 2 Release Date Has Not Been Delayed

It’s a strange time to be in television production and, you know, the world. Many TV shows’ seasons were cut unexpectedly short while other TV shows never made it into production at all due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His Dark Materials was one of the lucky ones in the sense that the HBO/BBC adaptation of the bestselling Philip Pullman book series had already finished main production on Season 2 prior to the outbreak. Executive producer Jane Tranter gave some pretty specific insight into how COVID-19 has affected the plans for Season 2 during today’s His Dark Materials panel at SDCC…
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