BBC Names Writer for His Dark Materials Adaptation

LONDON: BAFTA-nominated writer Jack Thorne has been tapped to adapt Philip Pullman’s hit His Dark Materials fantasy trilogy for BBC.

Bad Wolf and New Line Cinema will produce the series for BBC One. Pullman will executive produce, alongside Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner for Bad Wolf, Toby Emmerich and Carolyn Blackwood for New Line Cinema, Bethan Jones for BBC One and Deborah Forte for Scholastic. The series will be made in Wales.

Thorne was most recently nominated in three separate BAFTA TV categories: drama series, single drama and miniseries. The writer said: “It is such an honor and a privilege to be given this opportunity to delve into Philip Pullman’s world. What I always loved about Bad Wolf’s intentions with this project was the notion of sounding every note. The His Dark Materials trilogy are vast and glorious books full of beautiful characters and I’m going to work as hard as I can to try and do justice to them.”

Pullman commented: “I’m delighted to welcome Jack Thorne as writer on the TV dramatization of His Dark Materials. Jack is a writer of formidable energy and range, and I’ve greatly enjoyed talking to him and learning about his plans for bringing His Dark Materials to the screen. I’m certain he’ll do a superb job, and I look forward to seeing the whole project develop as he shapes the story.”