I have been pleased with the trailers for The Golden Compas. It looks like a fantastic fantasy film and I look forward to seeing it. It appears the film is going to follow in the pattern of The Matrix and film both sequels back to back, on the conditional success of the first picture. We get scoop today from Sci Fi Wire:
Chris Weitz, who wrote and directed the upcoming fantasy film The Golden Compass, told SCI FI Wire that the proposed second and third films in the series will be shot back to back, but that the go-ahead will depend on how the first film does financially. The Golden Compass is based on Northern Lights, the first book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.
“I think that would be the best way to do it, for certain,” Weitz said in a group interview in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 29. He added: “Once people are familiar with the first book, that puts things on a much better financial grounding, and then, I think, yes, two and three absolutely have a built-in audience.”
This is smart movie making and the most cost effective way to do things. With rumors that The Golden Compass is costing beyond the 200 Million mark – it will have to make a bundle in order to throw the doors open for the sequels to take place. The cast is outstanding, the sets look incredible and I want one of the CGI bears as my friend.
As a fantasy nerd I love every opportunity to see sword and sorcery on the silver screen. The fantasy genre allows you to create everything in the movie. You can have black grass and magenta skies, barfing dwarves and well mannered trolls, the possibilities are only limited by the vision of the author. I am loving what Lord Of The RIngs did for this genre and I hope it continues to bring in the money. I want to see as many CGI dragons as possible before I die.
