Known for:	About a Boy, Antz, American Pie
Birthday:	1970, New York, New York, USA

A young girl ventures into a perilous parallel universe to rescue her best friend and fight the forces of darkness in director Chris Weitz's adaptation of the first installment of author Philip Pullman's best-selling fantasy trilogy. Screen newcomer Dakota Blue Richards stars as young heroine Lyra Belacqua, Casino Royale star Daniel Craig appears a... Continue Summary

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The director of forthcoming fantasy blockbuster THE GOLDEN COMPASS insists movie audiences are tired of special effects in films.Chris Weitz, who is bringing the first part of the acclaimed His Dark Materials trilogy by author Philip Pullman to the big screen later this year (07), admits movie fans are bored of big screen blockbusters, and
THE GOLDEN COMPASS director CHRIS WEITZ conceded he was preparing for a religious backlash to his movie among American evangelical Christian groups.The film, adapted from author PHILIP PULLMAN’s The Northern Lights, contains much of the writer’s antagonism towards organised religion.But despite fears of its reception in the U.S., Weitz insists he was right to leave

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