HIS DARK MATERIALS: Dafne Keen Begins Her Search For The Truth In New Photos From The Series Premiere

With the series premiere of His Dark Materials nearly upon us, HBO has released over twenty promotional stills from the first episode, featuring Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy & Lin-Manuel Miranda!

By RohanPatel - Oct 30, 2019 10:10 AM EST

Filed Under: His Dark Materials

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Ahead of its November 4th series premiere, HBO and BBC One have released the official poster and new promotional stills from the first episode of His Dark Materials, introducing the key characters and Dæmons from the upcoming live-action adaptation of Philip Pullman's acclaimed young adult novel.

The series follows a young heroine named Lyra, played by Logan breakout Dafne Keen, who is a seemingly ordinary but brave young woman from another world. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and soon becomes a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust.

In addition to Keen, the cast will also feature James McAvoy (Dark Phoenix) as Lord Asriel, Ruth Wilson (Luther) as Mrs. Coulter, Lin Manuel-Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns) as Lee Scoresby, Clarke Peters (The Wire) as The Master of Jordan College, James Cosmo (Game of Thrones) as Farder Coram, Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless) as Ma Costa, Will Keen (Victor Frankenstein) as Father MacPhail and Ariyon Bakare (Life) as Lord Boreal.

The first episode is reportedly titled "Lyra's Jordan" and will debut in the U.K. on November 3rd on BBC One and in the U.S. the following day on HBO.

To check out photos from the series premiere, simply click on the VIEW LIST (ONE PAGE) button below!

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

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5 Comments

MUTO123 - 10/30/2019, 10:59 AM

Off-topic: apparently Benioff and Weiss were off Star Wars long before the announcement a couple days ago.

http://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/dp5tzk/the_storm_podcast_benioff_and_weiss_were_out/

Spock0Clock - 10/30/2019, 1:48 PM

I'm really hoping this does what the movie kind of failed to do (for me). It seems like an interesting world and premise, but it was too much to pack into a short run time and also get invested in the characters.

gmit92 - 10/30/2019, 3:25 PM

Got to see a fan screening of the first episode, and as a fan of the books...it was [frick]ing excellent!

They nailed the tone - much more grounded than the movie, and embraces the darkness in the source material as much as the light.

The world of fascinating and the cast is fire. Dafne Keen easily and effortlessly spearheads the show, and James McAvoy and Ruth Wilson are already adding such layers and depth to their performance (especially if you’ve read the books and know the twists and turns in store) already.

CGI is also impeccable. Overall the entire theatre asking the HBO reps if we could just watch the whole show once it was done cause it was so good!

HIS DARK MATERIALS: Dafne Keen Begins Her Search For The Truth In New Photos From The Series Premiere

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