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Posted by Ian on April 28, 2008 at 12:31 pm
The home release of The Golden Compass movie on DVD, 2 disc DVD and 2 disc Blu Ray is today. You should be able to buy them from any regular store.
Posted by Ian on April 23, 2008 at 7:12 pm
With the DVD and Blu Ray releases of The Golden Compass movie due on April 28th, the theatrical release has finally reached US$ 300 million worldwide (not including the USA which is generally referred to as the domestic market), almost some five months after it was first released. Following a continued strong showing in Japan (where the movie was released in March) the 300 million mark was reached over the weekend. The film has now taken almost $33 million in Japan and the total figure for outside the USA stands at $300,695,060 - making The Golden Compass the first ever movie to make over $300 million outside of the USA while making less than $100 million domestically. The latest figures from boxofficemojo place The Golden Compass as the 109th best grossing film ever - hardly the bombing loss maker which it has been portrayed as by many in the media. The overall movie gross total now stands at $370,802,788 - if New Line Cinema had not presold foreign rights to the movie they would surely have broken even by now. You can examine the full figures here.
Posted by Ian on April 21, 2008 at 12:59 am
Website moviemansguide.com have reviewed the 2 disc blu ray version of The Golden Compass, due for release in just a few days time. They seem on the whole to be mightily impressed, in particular by the quality of the extra features. You can read their thoughts in full right here.
Posted by jessia on April 15, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Crew members from the recent film adaptation of The Golden Compass have indicated that many of the movie sets have since been destroyed (including Lee Scorseby’s balloon) and general props sold on to rental houses. Although this is generally the fate of film sets sequel or no sequel, it appears that the likelihood of filming The Subtle Knife is is very low. Thanks to spyfly for the tip.
Posted by Will on April 13, 2008 at 3:45 am
The Golden Compass movie website has been updated with a short clip from a behind-the-scenes extra on the 2-disc and blu-ray DVDs, where the special effects creators talk about their work. A trivia quiz on the movie has also been added to the website. Click here to find both.
Posted by Will on April 11, 2008 at 5:07 am
Energy points us towards dvdactive’s revealing of a DVD cover for The Golden Compass that, if correct, would seem to confirm that an extended cut of the film is on the way. The cover has “2 Disc Extended Edition” at the top, which is quite clear phrasing. It doesn’t seem to be a finalised version of a DVD cover, however, and it’s getting a bit late in the day for an extended edition to be revealed. Click the image on the left to take a closer look.
Posted by Will on April 10, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Brighton newspaper The Argus report on a wintry incident in Dakota Blue Richard’s hometown of Hove. The paper reports that Dakota was “with a group that kicked to pieces a snowman and snow dog that brought a neighbourhood together.” Local shopkeeper Abe Restoto, outwith whose store the snowman was constructed, lamented that “”We put our heart and soul into that snowman.” He said of Dakota, “She went from cool to uncool in a very short space of time.”
The film star’s agents have responded, saying that, “It was a game that obviously somewhere along the way went awry. It was not done with malicious intent at all.”
Local residents don’t seem too upset however: most of the comments on the Argus’ website criticise the newspaper for running the story in the first place. It has been picked up by the Telegraph as well though.
Posted by Ian on April 2, 2008 at 3:19 pm
The Golden Compass movie, which has been on general release in mainland China for a little over a week, currently lies third nationwide. According to box office figures for last week, the movie took a little under US$ 1.3 million, leaving total takings for the film worldwide in the mid $280 millions thanks to a continued strong showing in Japan where the film has now taken a little over $27 million. As many of you may remember, The Golden Compass is one of only twenty foreign films that are permitted to be shown in China this year; which we reported on last February.
Posted by krebbe on March 23, 2008 at 12:55 am
With the approaching release of Once Upon a Time in the North, Philip Pullman talks to Rosa Silverman of The Times newspaper. The interview topics include the effects of corporate forces on our lives and the environment, his hopes and reservations regarding the movies, and the difficulties of writing stories that impress both the critics the public. “A lot of things about [The Golden Compass movie] were good. Nothing’s perfect. Nothing can bring out all that’s in the book. There are always compromises.” Pullman also describes his optimism that the sequels will be made and concedes that he wants to appeal to a wide audience partly because “the more readers you get, the more money you get.” It’s a candid comment, befitting a man who has built up a reputation for speaking his mind on controversial ideas. Read the whole article here.
Posted by Ian on March 20, 2008 at 5:12 am
New Line Cinema, the production company behind The Golden Compass movie, have a new President. Toby Emmerich, previously a New Line production chief, has been named President and COO of the company and will be reporting directly to Alan Horn, President of Warner Bros, it was announced by Horn. Emmerich’s brief will be to reduce costs through extensive use of Warner Bros’ infrastructure. As a result of the restructuring, New Line will continue to retain all creative, development and production teams, while areas such as physical production, legal affairs and publicity will report directly to Emmerich in close conjunction with Warner Bros. There’s as yet no indication what this means for the future of the His Dark Materials film adaptations, but you can read the full story here.
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