The Golden Compass introduces us to Lyra Belacqua—played in the series by Dafne Keen ( Logan)—a 12-year-old orphan raised by the faculty of the fictional Jordan College, in the English city of Oxford.

It has been more than 25 years since the world was introduced to Lyra Belacqua. Lyra is the heroine of the "His Dark Materials" series, where she answers big questions with a seemingly magical golden ...

(New York Times)Philip Pullman's novel "The Golden Compass," the basis for the new movie of the same name, is set in a parallel universe that runs on something called anbaric power instead of ...

“His Dark Materials” fans are no joke. The book series by author Philip Pullman is one of the most beloved fantasy franchises this side of “Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter,” and any writer ...

HBO’s His Dark Materials faithfully adapts Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass (published first as Northern Lights in the UK). The first episode introduces us to plucky Lyra, played by Logan’s Dafne ...