March 25, 2007
First Look: The Golden Compass footage
A promotional video for The Golden Compass has hit the web today. Something of a proto-trailer, the video is a mixture of completed live-action footage and as-yet unfinished effects work. It features all of the major stars from the upcoming film and reveals numerous scenes for the first time. It’s the most complete footage yet available by far, but it should be stressed that this is not the finished article. You can view it below. We’ll have stills from the video up soon, but in the meantime you can view some here Thanks to brendonconnelly and Ilaria for the tip.
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Steven says:
Cool! Now why couldn’t they just have shown us that yesterday?!
March 25, 2007 9:47 pm | link
jessia says:
I’m hellah excited (just saying). Lee Scoresby looks perfect. Dakota Blue Richards face is amazing for the role. Eva Green! *squee* Daniel Craig looks a bit young actually, but his facial hair can make up for that. I’m so excited.
March 25, 2007 10:05 pm | link
Ashe says:
That was beautiful! Even at such an early stage of post-production I can already tell that the film will me wonderful!
I am SO excited now!!
March 25, 2007 10:23 pm | link
Bereth says:
Whoa! That was .. – INCREDIBLE!
I can’t believe it! It looks sooo amazing!
awh… I can’t wait for December! It’s so far away!!
*excited*
March 25, 2007 10:30 pm | link
Lynn says:
Absolutely stunning…though you can still tell it’s CG (particularly the last stills). I wonder if it’s still in rough format?
March 25, 2007 10:53 pm | link
Stephen says:
Oh my god. It looks bloody fantastic. Eight more months of editing and I’m sure it will be perfect.
March 26, 2007 12:01 am | link
Homer says:
Looks pretty frickin’ sweet, doesn’t it? However, I’d guess a few heads might gonna roll because of this leaked video. It’s not something that was meant for the general public. And Lynn, all of it is very, very early. Don’t worry, the visual fx will look top notch by the time it’s done. This is a pretty good snapshot of were we were about a month ago.
Also, there’ll be proper teaser-trailer hitting sometime in the month of May. Many of the shots shown in this are in the teaser as well, if in a different order. Of course they will be in a far more complete state by that time (but certainly not done).
Uh, anyway… I’ve said too much. New Line will send their ninja assassins to dispatch of me.
March 26, 2007 12:05 am | link
Alex says:
AHHH!!!!! It’s all so hot I love love love it!!!
excuse the freak out, i’m excited…
March 26, 2007 12:12 am | link
Pullman is a greedy twat says:
Is it true they removed the religious elements from the movie? How much do you think New Line paid Pullman to sell-out his beliefs?
March 26, 2007 12:38 am | link
Ravi says:
Hey Homer, did u just say the teaser is coming in May????? Are you sure????? How would you know!?
March 26, 2007 12:39 am | link
Allison says:
oi, no, they didn’t remove the religious elements. smart idea bashing Pullman on one of his biggest fansites. idiot.
March 26, 2007 12:55 am | link
Michel Alexander says:
Oh my… That was simply gorgeous!!!!!! Even in it’s unfinished state this film (well, this little looks at least) looks great!
March 26, 2007 12:58 am | link
Reedie_Belacqua says:
beautiful.
I LOVE ITT!
i’m so exited! can’t wait!
March 26, 2007 1:04 am | link
jessia says:
re: Pullman is a greedy twat
the reports from the oxford lit festival indicate otherwise. why does everything have to be about selling out?
March 26, 2007 1:07 am | link
writteninveggies says:
Is it weird that this made me cry? It looks beautiful.
March 26, 2007 1:11 am | link
jessia says:
re: Homer
i get this the idea this one one of the promo videos they’d send to interested distributors and select media outlets. other than that the movie itself is unfinished, the production of this video is very complete. it’s definitely not meant to be a trailer or even a teaser… those tend not to have the live actors discussing the characters or filmmakers discussing production.
March 26, 2007 1:14 am | link
Penguin_Factory says:
Cool. I liked the bit where Lyra smacks the Magisterium soldier over the head with a rifle. Iorek is looking good too.
March 26, 2007 1:42 am | link
Yokata says:
I am speechless. I don’t even know what to say other than that I am stunned and don’t know how I can possibly survive the wait until December 7th.
March 26, 2007 1:51 am | link
Homer says:
Jessia, that’s pretty much what I said. Or meant to say. Sorry if I was being unclear…
This video is exactly what you said: a promo video to sell the movie to industry people — toy manufacturers, theatre owners, people like that. As such, it wasn’t meant to be seen by the general public, and New Line will likely try to get it pulled soon. Of course, once something’s on the Internet, it’s hard to stop it. I doubt it hurts the movie or New Line though, as the footage shows much promise. By which I mean, it kicks quite a bit of arse.
And like I said; a real, proper teaser-trailer will be released online and in theaters during the month of May. How do I know this, Ravi? Use your imagination. ; )
March 26, 2007 2:40 am | link
Radagast says:
It looks great. The sequence with Iorek is phantastic. But I don’t like the scene with the Northern Lights.
March 26, 2007 2:54 am | link
createdom says:
I was really concerned for this project – I can’t stand the thought of them tarnishing the literary genius that is hdm but ….I think this looks great.true to the book but with enough creative imaginantion to make it a work of its own. Cant wait for the film
March 26, 2007 2:55 am | link
Oreo says:
WOW!!!!!!!!!!! WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWO!!!! THAT WAS AMAZING!!!!
And if anyone listened carefully, the music that plays during the second half of the trailer is actually music from the Children of Dune Mini-series, which is one of the best movie soundtracks ever. is it possible that Brian Tyler is composing the score for this movie too??? Its a dream come true!!!!!!
March 26, 2007 3:00 am | link
jessia says:
Sorry to tell you Oreo, but it doesn’t look like Brian Tyler’s composing. Officially listed is French composer Alexandre Desplat (Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominated). Music from other films/sources is often used in promotion material for other films.
March 26, 2007 4:06 am | link
Ardanawen says:
It looks so freaking good!!!!!!!
can’t just even imagine the finished look of the whole thing!!
Hurry up, December!
March 26, 2007 4:10 am | link
Lu says:
Oh no… I can’t download the footage! I get a message from what I presume is the server hosting the file, media.fotokem.com, asking me for a sign-in name and password, which of course I don’t have. Is anybody else having this problem? I want to watch the file darnit!
March 26, 2007 4:45 am | link
jessia says:
You should be able to load it from BridgetotheStars. The host may have removed public access for the original file.
March 26, 2007 5:16 am | link
Schrodinger's Cat says:
I think it was leaked “accidentally on purpose” (wink wink).
Whatever the case, this footage has proven all the naysayers wrong (all of whom are strangely silent. Huzzah for small miracles!). Absolutely stunning, I have ants in my pants waiting for the finished film! Here I was lamenting that 2007 is going too fast, and now I can’t wait for December! **grin**
March 26, 2007 6:22 am | link
Mockingbird says:
Doesn’t work on btts anymore either, Jess, not for me at least. I think the Cat is right, it may have been a leak…see it while you can, people, it’s still on YouTube, I expect it will be off soon.
March 26, 2007 7:06 am | link
Will says:
Mockingbird – the Vimeo embed we have here? Works fine for me.
March 26, 2007 7:17 am | link
Kinders says:
Penguin_Factory said: “Cool. I liked the bit where Lyra smacks the Magisterium soldier over the head with a rifle”
I wasn’t going to mention it for a desire not to to be cynical but that shot concerned me. How are they going to build any significance around Will shooting somebody when they’ve already had Lyra violently cracking somebody around the head with a rifle like she’s been trained in it?
March 26, 2007 1:09 pm | link
Lyra_B_S says:
Thanks for the trailer, bridgetothestars!
PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!
PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!……….!!!!!
Dakota is very cute!!! Nicole IS Mrs Coulter.Serafina (Eva) just perfect!!! We saw daemons too. I’m so excited!!!! What a great movie!!! Now waiting until December.
March 26, 2007 4:06 pm | link
Megg&Heather says:
We are on a school computer so we did’t get to see the pic. but on imdb.com we looked at the casting and WHERE IS ROGER is he missing or do they just not know?
March 26, 2007 5:48 pm | link
Gabriel says:
Looks incredible, even at this early stage. Roll on December!
March 26, 2007 7:03 pm | link
becky says:
Never posted here before, been checking site out for years though. Just had to post after seeing the footage, it is such a relief that it looks like they haven’t messed it up. BRILLIANT!
March 26, 2007 7:23 pm | link
drama queen says:
but i don’t remember lyra killing someone……….. well at least we know the interveiws will be on tele soon……….
March 26, 2007 8:33 pm | link
Mr Anderson says:
I’m sorry, but since when did smacking someone with a rifle butt deadly? Unless the Tartar in question is suffering from Osteogenesis imperfecta, then you can be sure he is just a little dazed.
March 26, 2007 9:19 pm | link
Brian says:
Fantastic. And as a practicing Christian, I just want to say that I, too, will be offended if Pullman’s ideas are dumbed down for this movie, ESPECIALLY if it’s done in order to coddle Christians.
March 26, 2007 9:56 pm | link
Can’t fault it. Brilliant.
March 25, 2007 9:42 pm | link