Chris Weitz, the director of New Line’s controversial fantasy epic The Golden Compass, took part in a very illuminating Q&A session with MTV News.
In it, he talks about the attacks by religious groups over the original book’s supposed atheist agenda and addresses fan concerns over the watering down of these elements in his film adaptation. Weitz stresses that the filmmaking process is a dynamic in which he must try to balance his visions as a director against the financial expectations of the investing studio.
Weitz maintains that he didn’t simply eradicate the book’s problematic themes, but that he just had to be clever about it. ‘I also knew that as a filmmaker one has more means of expression than dialogue, and that dialogue is a more subtle business than characters saying exactly what the characters say in the book’.
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The Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD set hit stores a few days ago, and included in the package is an online link that takes you to two special behind-the-scenes videos of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
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SuperHeroHype.com had the chance to visit the set of Will Eisner’s The Spirit earlier this week, which Frank Miller (Sin City) is currently shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
A small rotation of video spots for New Line’s The Golden Compass is currently airing on US television, and seven of these can now be viewed online at 
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