Jenny Karakaya of JoBlo.com wrote an extensive review on The Golden Compass footage screening and festivities at the Cannes Film Festival.

When venturing back into a fantasy world, New Line followed their instincts to replicate a precedent set by their successful launch of the first THE LORD OF THE RINGS installment back in 2001. The studio went “all out” with the intention of launching their newest multi million-dollar epic production. Nothing was spared at the Cannes Film Festival in the hopes of creating their next great trilogy.

Journalists were invited for a special preview of striking footage from New Line’s highly anticipated adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s first book of his best-selling trilogy “His Dark Materials”. Our chosen destination was the quaint Cinema Olympia where notable screenwriter-director Chris Weitz (AMERICAN PIE and ABOUT A BOY) hopped on stage to give is a brief introduction before unveiling a spectacular ten-minute montage of THE GOLDEN COMPASS (opening wide on December 7th)…

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