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Based on the first novel in Philip Pullman’s trilogy, - starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig - hit screens in 2007, scoring an Oscar (for Best Achievement in Visual Effects) but not nearly enough box-office dosh to scare up a sequel. Now, more than a decade later, BBC and HBO have teamed up for an all-new and expansive take on Pullman’s fantasy world, following young orphan Lyra (’s Dafne Keen) on a perilous journey that takes in such characters as her

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