HIS DARK MATERIALS: Dafne Keen Tackles A New Kind Of Adventure In The Official Comic-Con Trailer

HBO has released an official SDCC trailer for their upcoming adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, which stars Dafne Keen and James McAvoy, and they've also revealed a vague premiere date...

By RohanPatel - Jul 18, 2019 07:07 PM EST

Filed Under: His Dark Materials

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With Game of Thrones in the rearview mirror, HBO has started previewing some of their very promising upcoming slate, which includes a live-action adaptation of Philip Pullman's acclaimed young adult novel series, His Dark Materials.

Following their panel today at San Diego Comic-Con, HBO released an awesome new extended trailer for the upcoming series, offering tons of action-packed new footage of the star cast, which includes Dafne Keen (Logan), James McAvoy (Dark Phoenix), Ruth Wilson (Luther) and Lin Manuel-Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns); in action along with their dæmons.

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An adaptation of Philip Pullman's acclaimed trilogy HIS DARK MATERIALS, is considered a modern masterpiece of imaginative fiction. The first series follows Lyra, a seemingly ordinary but brave young woman from another world. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and becomes a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. As she journeys through the worlds, including our own, Lyra meets a determined and courageous boy called Will. Together they encounter extraordinary beings and dangerous secrets, with the fate of both the living - and the dead - in their hands.

His Dark Materials features:
Dafne Keen as Lyra Belacqua
Ruth Wilson as Marisa Coulter
James McAvoy as Lord Asriel
Clarke Peters as The Master/Dr. Carne
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby
Ruta Gedmintas as Serafina Pekkala
Ariyon Bakare as Lord Boreal
James Cosmo as Farder Coram
Lucian Msamati as John Faa
Anne-Marie Duff as Ma Costa
Ian Gelder as Librarian Scholar Charles
Will Keen as Father MacPhail
Georgina Campbell as Adele Starminster
Mat Fraser as Raymond Van Geritt
Geoff Bell as Jack Verhoeven
Simon Manyonda as Benjamin de Ruyter
Omid Djalili as Dr Lanselius
Simon Strutt as The Oxford College Porter
Archie Barnes as Pantalaimon
Lewin Lloyd as Roger Parslow
Daniel Frogson as Tony Costa
Tyler Howitt as Billy Costa
Amir Wilson as Will Parry

His Dark Materials premieres Fall 2019

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33 Comments

Jimster - 7/18/2019, 7:59 PM

Not bad. Never read the books or saw the movie that came out a while back.

BringFFtoMCU - 7/18/2019, 8:00 PM

YES!!! Looks great!

SerKurtWagner - 7/18/2019, 8:04 PM

This looks so good. The effects on these animals and D&D said they couldn't get Jon to pet Ghost...

IronGenesis - 7/18/2019, 8:04 PM

1/3 of the reasons wife and I are keeping HBO.

ALegendaryPanda - 7/18/2019, 8:16 PM

Damn this looks awesome! Now all I need is another Watchmen trailer to drop this weekend 🙏🏾

RancidBane - 7/18/2019, 9:32 PM

@ALegendaryPanda - no doubt we get one.

MexCowboyNation - 7/18/2019, 8:18 PM

Man, seeing Keen there makes me hope Marvel Studios produces the X-23 movie James Mangold wanted to do.

Forthas - 7/18/2019, 8:19 PM

Dafne Keen has always reminded me of someone but I have not been able to place it until now. She reminds me of Lina Leandersson from the film...Let The Right One In.

Not saying they look that much alike, but they are young actresses that successfully took on mature roles!

tmp3 - 7/18/2019, 8:24 PM

WHERE'S THAT WATCHMEN TRAILER HBO?!?!?!?!?

Unites - 7/18/2019, 9:04 PM

Dafne Keen was amazing in Logan!

MUTO123 - 7/18/2019, 9:33 PM

This trailer would be trending way more if they had put "From the director of Cats" in there.

(I'm not joking; Tom Hooper directed some episodes)

godzilla83 - 7/18/2019, 11:12 PM

Just looks like a golden compass knock off

Vocloz - 7/19/2019, 12:32 AM

I cannot wait! I read all the books a long time ago, and this trailer sparked many, many fond memories. Phenomenal.

Tasmaniac - 7/19/2019, 2:30 AM

...there is an organization stealing children. Taking them North...

BEYOND THE WALL 😳🤭😱

hawkeyeronin - 7/19/2019, 11:43 AM

This series kind of goes off the rails after the first book.
Becomes a bit too preachy against religion, to the point they even change one of main goals of a character from killing death to killing God, and then beat you over the head with it.
Plus there are creatures that evolved to have "Wheels".

TheOtherOn - 7/19/2019, 1:39 PM

I liked The Golden Compass movie and was disappointed that there was no sequel. I will definitely watch this!

HIS DARK MATERIALS: Dafne Keen Tackles A New Kind Of Adventure In The Official Comic-Con Trailer

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