So anyone looking for a great new mythic fantasy adventure to watch with great storytelling, amazing characters and actors, direction and insanely beautiful design, I can't recommend His Dark Materials highly enough.
I read the books a few years ago and they've nailed them beautifully. It's based on a trilogy by Philip Pullman that's a re-imagining of Paradise Lost except it doesn't mourn lost innocence as much as celebrate growth and knowledge.
@TheAbbotTrithemius the books were really good
Yeah, fantastic. Right up there in terms of this genre with Tolkien, Lewis and Rowling.
The protoganist of His Dark Materials is a young teen girl too, which is something for anyone who wants a main character as great as Harry Potter, but for girls.
I have no idea how they're going to pull off the weirdness in the third book of the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass. LOL. That's going to be cool to see.