His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials is ending with its third season because the TV series is based on a trilogy of novels by Philip Pullman. Season 3 adapts the third and final ...

“It’s the most exciting story but, like everything Philip does, it has many levels to it,” she continued. I just don’t think there is a better study of depression, in some ways, in a fantasy landscape.” “But unfortunately, that’s probably the wrong thing for an audience,” she explained during a panel at Edinburgh International TV Festival. [HBO](https://www.hbo.com/his-dark-materials) and [HBO Max](https://www.hbo.com/his-dark-materials) in the US after premiering on December 5 while UK viewers will be able to watch via [BBC One](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000b1v2) and [iPlayer](https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000b1v2/his-dark-materials) from December 18. “And The Secret Commonwealth is one of the best books I’ve ever read. After an agonizing two-year wait, His Dark Materials season 3 landed on HBO in the US on December 5, will be following on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK on December 18.

His Dark Materials has been a huge success for HBO as a high-budget fantasy series to complement the Game of Thrones franchise and the subsequent increased ...

[Will and Lyra return in season 3](https://screenrant.com/how-old-are-lyra-will-in-his-dark-materials/) for the completion of the show's movie fix. His Dark Materials sternly warns against the dangers of organized religion with total control, something The Golden Compass largely avoids. His Dark Materials has been a huge success for HBO as a high-budget fantasy series to complement the Game of Thrones franchise and the subsequent increased interest in the genre it created.

Coulter's ongoing need to control Lyra (Dafne Keen) finds her forcibly drugging her, and we guess that's one way to do it. Asriel, on the other hand, is trying ...

And I think it was really juicy to play, because there's lots of sadness in that too, and loss as well as frustration, upset and disappointment. And part of me felt like actually when she was separated from her monkey, she was kind of depressed and without energy, she was completely opposite of what she is in the public. I also sort of got a sense that she takes risks, but she also doesn't really value the self-loathing in her. But she's still trying to be close to her and be close to that power. Actually, Asriel's trying to hold onto you, trying to make you love him, trying to f**king show up, say, "Look, I'm going to f**king murder an angel in front of you," and all of that, but actually… I always got the sense that she hated being in the presence of her monkey, of herself. To be close to anything powerful is exciting for her and gives her agency. about how your relationship with Lyra, it's more about trying to hold on, you're keeping her asleep, you're drugging her so you can just f**king hold on. And whether it's love or whether it's actually just her usual kind of desire to be close to something that is going to rule the world, that's up to people to interpret. But I do think what he's trying to do is the right thing. [Ruth Wilson](https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/his-dark-materials-second-trailer-hbo-bbc) (Coulter) and [James McAvoy](https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/his-dark-materials-exclusive-clip-james-mcavoy-lin-manuel-miranda) (Asriel) have excelled in these roles from the very start, but their fireworks in Season 3 are bigger and brighter than ever. I honestly think, I mean throughout the course of the three seasons, the only thing she starts to believe in is Lyra, and believes in what she has to offer.