A chap named Steven has written on his blog about the Philip Pullman and New Line discussion at the Oxford Literary Festival. Whilst there were no scenes from the movie shown, it seems some animation testing of Pantalaimon as a ferret was previewed by Mike Fink, the film’s animation designer. Steven reports that “Philip’s favourite scenes in the movie are when Lyra first meets Iorek Byrnison and when Lee Scoresby and Serafina Pekkala are flying in Lee’s hot air balloon and Lyra is lying asleep. […] How will they represent Dust? Fink was very elusive about that, so I’m not really sure what the answer is.” Read more. You can also read a comprehensive write up in saestina’s blog and you can read about Claire’s thoughts in the comments section of this article. The Oxford Mail has also reported on the event: “Mr Pullman told the audience in Oxford Town Hall on Saturday: “I did not expect the book would be so successful and that it would be made into a film.”” Read more.