His Dark...movies?

I caught a reference during other reading that the Philp Pullman books had the movie rights purchased and were in pre-production. They are. Scheduled for a 2006 release. Here's a site that talks about it. I hope they don't screw it up, but if they do it right it will be amazing. The screenwriter also did "Brazil" (favorite movie) and "Empire of the Sun" so there is faith he'll get it right.

(Btw - I could be ages behind in this news, sorry)