The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper and Logan‘s Dafne Keen are set to join the adaptation of Philip Pullman’s series “His Dark Materials, according to Deadline.
The “His Dark Materials” adaptation will be produced by Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner’s Bad Wolf with New Line Cinema for BBC One.
The “His Dark Materials” series was ordered by BBC One and was written by Jack Thorne (National Treasure) back in 2015.
Hooper is up to direct the eight part series while Keen is on board to play the main character Lyra.