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Eva Green in The Golden Compass, Too
Source: Variety, August 2, 2006

Just a couple of days after Nicole Kidman was announced as the villain Mrs. Coulter in New Line's The Golden Compass, Eva Green has also come on board as the queen of witches. The project is the first installment of a potential trilogy based on Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials."

Green, who plays Vesper Lynd in the 21st James Bond movie Casino Royale, has signed a deal for one film, with an option for two more if the studio completes the trilogy.

Green will play Serafina Pekula, the witch who guides Lyra Belacqua (to be played by newcomer Dakota Blue Richards) on her journey to a parallel universe.

Chris Weitz is directing his adaptation of the novel; filming begins Sept. 4 at Shepperton Studios in London. New Line has set a November 16, 2007 release date for the film, which is produced by Deborah Forte and Bill Carraro.

Comments

[angel80.livejournal.com]

Are they remaking Casino Royale. I saw the one with Sean Connery in it!

[brdgt.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's the new Bond film with the new Bond. Didn't Flemming write a ton of Bond books, do they really need to remake one they already made??

[alexeye.livejournal.com]

i thought the only film version of casino royale was the parody with david niven & woody allen? (how's that for a pair?) that movie has nothing at all to do with the book.

looove the new icon. the booky one.

[angel80.livejournal.com]

You're right. Not only David Niven and Woody Allen, but Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Deborah Kerr, George Raft, Jean-Paul Belmondo, William Holden, John Huston, Charles Boyer AND Orson Welles!!! 1967.

I was getting it mixed up with From Russia with Love and Dr No, in which Sean Connery was Bond. But then all Bond films are spoofs, so I'm not surprised at my mistake :)

[brdgt.livejournal.com]

thanks! iconomicon made it :)

[angel80.livejournal.com]

They've already made all of the books and added some! I guess they're back to starting the cycle again.