In looking to replicate the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy by starting a new franchise, part of the problem came with New Line’s chosen source material, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.
Head of New Line Robert Shaye said, “I do not want to make a movie with somebody who is suing me.” Fair enough. However, Jackson believed that he had not received what he was owed from merchandising revenue for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, so launched a lawsuit against New Line. Tolkien’s The Hobbit (given rights issues, it would be co-financed by MGM and New Line). After all, millions flocked to see the death of a certain biblical leader in The Passion of the Christ and that made over $350 million in the US alone.Īfter Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy earned over $2.9 billion worldwide, New Line Cinema wanted to take the next logical step by milking the franchise as much as possible. Still, you would think that even with this level of misunderstanding the film should have a seen a spike in audience attendance. This might as well be a good a time to say that the filmed adaptation of The Golden Compass does NOT contain God, or a Jesus-like character and Jesus is NOT God (otherwise who was up in Heaven?). It is in the final book, The Amber Spyglass, where a God-like character, known as The Authority, dies. Ill-informed parents must have assumed The Golden Compass to be a complete adaptation of Philip Pullman’s trilogy of fantasy novels, His Dark Materials. Some children were being told by their parents that they couldn’t watch The Golden Compass because, “They kill God” at the end! I don’t know who "they" are, however there is some confusion.
This will go into spoilers, so if you haven’t seen The Golden Compass, or read any of the His Dark Materials trilogy, then you’re probably a member of the Catholic League, right? What Went Wrong: The Golden Compass By Shalimar Sahota February 3, 2011
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