The Republic of Heaven

I've got my hands on the official press release for Lyra's Oxford... am waiting for publishers permission before posting it here or on the site. Here's some highlights:

-LO will be released October 28th 2003
-Premise is that Lyra sees a flock of birds, one is a witch's daemon being chased by the others, and a mystery unfolds from there.

-also mentioned in the pr was that New Line plans three HDM films, given more weight against the rumor that only two films will be adapted
-Directors Stephen Daldry, Sam Mendes and Terry Jones have ALL showed interest in the movie adaptation.

(If I am allowed to post it, you can read the whole thing).

is it definately going to be 3 movies then?
also did they tell you how they will name the movies?

Why does it have to be the 28th? It misses my birthday by one day. Oh well, I guess I can always just ask for it as a late present.

nope, no specifics, just that Tom Stoppard is currently writing the screenplay for 'Northern Lights' ... although... refering to it as NL might indicate that they'll use that title, at least for the UK

wish that it was GC

They might still use TGC as the title in America. I hope they stick to NL, personally, but let's not turn this into another huge argument about the title.

god knows that we have enough of Those...

it's fine both ways, don't argue

but a witch's daemon... that's cool...

hmm, don't recall a 'storm petrel' as any previous witch's daemon.. suppose this is a new character

probably its Kaisa

Hmm...I don't think so...Kaisa was a goose.

hon, a goose is a bird...

sorry, i didnt remember the stormy petrel part

lol, sorry, must have forgotten to post that bit Yes, the quote says its a storm petrel witch daemon... and kaisa was a goose, so that's not Serafina. Anyone remember what Ruta Skadi's daemon was??

I dont think that it was a petrel

Sweet...three moives for sure thats some good news!

The release date for LO misses my b-day by like 15 days! Since it won't be in time for my b-day I guess I'll buy have to buy it myself...So many things to look forward to this year!!

I'm glad they're going to be doing three movies. I was hoping for an earlier October release date for the book, but I'll just have to get it for myself if it doesn't work out as a birthday present. I hope they don't end up pushing back the release date.

Now all we have to do is wait for the screenplay to be written, logistics worked out, locations scouted, actors cast, filming, post-production...

Plus the inevitible six month trans-atlantic staggering. We Brits are gonna have real trouble with spoilers when the movies come out in the states.