According to the Times, in an article I saw on Locus, it doesn’t bother Pullman, who seems to be taking the Alan Moore philosophical approach to what Hollywood is doing to his books, but I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry…
THE Hollywood adaptation of Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials, in which two children do battle with an evil, all-powerful church, is being rewritten to remove anti-religious overtones.
I find it interesting that the article refers to the “perceived anti-religiosity” of the books. This is kind of like talking about the “perceived anti-Bush” stance of Fahrenheit 911. I mean these are books where the Church is killing children by forcibly slicing out their souls, and wherein the heros actually kill God.
On the upside, if the parents see the movie, and buy the books for their kids, then I guess that’s a good thing.
On yet another hand, Gwenda points out that Daniel Handler is apparently happy with the Unfortunate Events movie. I can’t believe anything with Jim Carrey doing his rubber face shtick could actually be any good, but…
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