Now that ''The Lord of the Rings'' has proven it can be done, now that we know that a three-part, nine-hour plunge into a multilayered fantasy world dreamed up by a one-time Oxford academic can become not just box office manna but also an International Cultural Happening, it's time to ask the inevitable question: When's the next epic three-part fantasy dreamed up by a one-time Oxford academic going to hit the big screen?
The answer: maybe in 2005, more likely in 2006.
The heir apparent is Philip Pullman's ''His Dark Materials'' trilogy. It's not the catchiest title, perhaps
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