'His Dark Materials' cult fantasy adaptation under the spotlight at Comic Con

W/S 'His Dark Materials' panel, San Diego
W/S JD Heyman inviting James McAvoy on stage
M/S James McAvoy on stage
M/S JD Heyman and cast members (L-R) Jack Thorne, Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Lin-Manuel Miranda
W/S Question addressed by audience
W/S JD Heyman speaking
SOT, James McAvoy, actor and cast member: '' A sea otter, I would like to be sea otter. Thank you, yes, we do love each other. They are exceptionally happy, playful, they play in large groups and they just love eating and playing and sleeping. It's a real good, sort of almost like a water dog, do you know what I mean. I am up for that.''
W/S Audience *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor and cast member: ''Pizza rat. Have you ever seen the footage of the rat taking pizza down into the subway platform where it lives? answer: yes. That's my team?*. That team has got it all figured out.''
W/S Audience *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Jack Thorne, actor and cast member: ''I said Ruth is a sphinx''
Ruth Wilson: ''I don't know I haven't thought about it. A cat of some sort probably''
Dafne Keen: ''I can see that''
Ruth Wilson: ''You can see me as a cat''
W/S Audience *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Dafne Keen: ''I think I'm like, you know, one of these really annoying tiny tropical monkeys, which are like bouncing around all the time. Yea one of those.''
W/S Audience *CUTAWAY*
SOT, JD Heyman, panel host: ''The great thing about this show, is it gives us all hope that we can imagine the world, or indeed any world, the way we want them to be, if we do what Jack says, which is, be good. So be good, and thank you all for joining us.''
W/S Actors leaving stage
W/S End of panel
SCRIPT
Light was shed on the new adaptation of Philip Pullman's cult fantasy book series 'His Dark Materials' by executive producer Jane Tranter, writer Jack Thorne and cast members during a panel at the 2019 Comic Con in San Diego, on Friday.
'His Dark Materials' is an upcoming big-budget HBO/BBC British fantasy adventure series starring James McAvoy, Jack Thorne, Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson and Lin-Manuel Miranda, who were all present on the panel to unveil information to their fans.
''The great thing about this show, is that it gives us all hope that we can imagine the world, or indeed any world, the way we want them to be, if we do what Jack says, which is, be good,'' JD Heyman said, describing the show during the panel.
This year Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center runs everything from screenings, cosplay contests and panels with artists and showrunners during its four day event and has already attracted over 5,000 fantasy, sci-fi and superhero fans.