Breaking News: Chris Weitz is going to direct His Dark Materials, and will also write the screenplay.
Chris Weitz is in early talks to direct His Dark Materials, the first installment of Philip Pullman's children's fantasy book trilogy at New Line, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The trilogy - "The Golden Compass," "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass" - revolves around two children who live in parallel worlds surrounded by a cast of shape-shifting creatures. Described as darker in tone than the "Harry Potter" books, the series tackles themes of childhood, innocence and sin, and combines magic, science and theology.
Weitz will also write the screenplay. An earlier draft was written by Tom Stoppard. Chris and his brother Paul directed American Pie, Down to Earth and About a Boy.
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