Our friends in the Sraf network at Hisdarkmaterialsnews.com, the Chinese fan community, have alerted us to a theatrical release date set for The Golden Compass to hit theatres across mainland China. Each year, China imports only 20 "revenue-sharing" films, and it's great to see The Golden Compass as one of them.
The Golden Compass China release date is set for 28 March.
See photos from the Hong Kong premiere in December
As well, Japan's Tokyo recently hosted a press conference and premiere event for The Golden Compass, in theatres across Japan on 1 March. The event was attended by The Golden Compass director Chris Weitz, as well as actresses Dakota Blue Richards, and Nicole Kidman.
View photos from the Press Conference
View Photos from the Premiere event
And finally, don't miss out on this super-cute Japanese television special starring Dakota Blue Richards and Iorek Byrnison. Much of the dialog is Japanese, but it's still a fun watch no matter your native language.
2 comments - Add yours
#1 Let's hope for a big hit in Asia!
I certainly hope “The Golden Compass” becomes a HUGE hit in Japan and China!! Then maybe the sequels will be made, if not by New Line, then some other studio!
# February 22, 2008 22:25 by vlmecc
#2
About Newline and the future of HDM movies, Hellboy 2 got abandoned by its original production company and here I am, looking at the ad for it on the sidebar of this very webpage right now, so as long as there is some driving force behind it (Chris Weitz perhaps) there’s still hope for it.
# February 23, 2008 18:11 by Kingpun