- Original name: His dark materials
- Country: UK, USA
- Genre: fantasy, drama, adventure, family
- Producer: J. Childs, W. McGregor, O. Bathurst and others.
- World premiere: fall-winter 2020
- Starring: D. Keane, R. Wilson, L. Manuel Miranda, Andrew Scott, E. Bacare, K. Peters, R. Gedmintas, R. Milner, G. Miller, et al.
- Duration: 8 episodes
The BBC-HBO co-production season 2 Dark Beginnings (with a late 2020 release date) will take us to completely different worlds. The shooting of new episodes has already been completed, post-production and editing of demons and magical creatures using computer graphics are also completed. Despite mixed viewership and declining ratings, the BBC and HBO announced a sequel to their second season very early on. This means that it was already filmed at the same time as the first. The trailer for Dark Beginnings Season 2 (2020) can be viewed in our article below.
Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.3, IMDb - 7.9.
Season 1
Season 2 plot
The books are set in a multiverse permeated with mystical Dust - a kind of analogue of divine power, which many have long been studying, trying to use for their own purposes and even destroy.
In the season 1 finale, Will and Lear went through portals to parallel universes. The second season will tell you how they will enter a new world with their own laws and frightening threats. The Magisterium, witches and Mrs Coulter will play key roles, as will new characters from Will's world, as well as new fantasy creatures.
The second season adapts Thin Knife, Pullman's second book in the original trilogy.
Production
Directed by:
- Jamie Childs (Doctor Who, Vera);
- William McGregor (Missing, Poldark);
- Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror);
- Tom Hooper ("The King's Speech", "Damn United");
- Eros Lin ("Daredevil", "Sherlock");
- Dawn Shadforth (Trust).
Voiceover team:
- Screenplay: Philip Pullman (Butterfly Tattoo), Jack Thorne (Skins, This Is England. Year 1988);
- Producers: Stephen Haren (The Dregs), Dan McCulloch (Young Morse), J. Thorne and others;
- Cinematography: Joel Davlin (Dr. Foster), Justin Brown (The End of the *** World), David Higgs (Outlander), etc .;
- Artists: Joel Collins (Inhabitants of the Hills), Claudio Campana (Rome), Jon Horsham and others;
- Editing: David Fisher (Shetland), Stephen Haren (Strike), Niven Howie (Dawn of the Dead), etc .;
- Music: Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible - Fallout).
Studios
- Bad Wolf.
- BBC Television Center.
- New Line Cinema.
- Scholastic.
Special effects: Framestore.
Filming location: London, Oxford, Bristol, England, UK / Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Executive producer Jane Tranter said in an interview with Deadline that she would prefer to split the latest book of the Amber Spyglass trilogy into two seasons, describing the novel as "huge" and "sprawling."
Actors
Cast:
- Daphne Keane (Logan);
- Ruth Wilson (Jane Eyre, Luther);
- Lin Manuel Miranda (Dr. House, Fossey / Verdon, The Sopranos);
- Andrew Scott ("Sherlock", "Black Mirror", "1917", "Trash");
- Erion Bakare ("The Dark Knight", "Good Omens", "Doctor Who");
- Clark Peters (The Wire, True Detective);
- Ruta Gedmintas (Empty Words, Borgia);
- Remmie Milner (The Modern Ripper, A Christmas Carol);
- Henry Miller (On Duty, Tight String).
Interesting Facts
Interesting that:
- Season 1 premiere - November 5, 2019.
- In 2020, the first part of the trilogy of science fiction writer Philip Pullman "Dark beginnings" is 25 years old.
The estimated release date for the episodes of the 2nd season of the series "Dark Beginnings" is November 2020. Stay tuned for updates, the trailer has already appeared on the network.
