The ubiquitous Daniel Craig has been signed to play the fearsome Lord Asriel in the feature film version of The Golden Compass.
James Bond actor Daniel Craig is to take the role of Lord Asriel in the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials books. He will star alongside Nicole Kidman as the glamorous, ambitious Mrs Coulter and the unknown English schoolgirl, 12-year-old Dakota Blue Richards, as heroine Lyra Belacqua.
Filming will start in Britain on September 4, and the film is scheduled for release in December next year. The trilogy, budgeted at £83m, is to be made by New Line, the company behind The Lord of the Rings films, one of the most successful franchises.
We have to say that this sounds like an excellent casting idea. We think he'll do a bang up job in the role of the powerful, complex, obsessed Lord Asriel, who will do anything to achieve his goals.
