The HBO/BBC adaptation of Phillip Pullman's books had its world premiere in London.
is well documented and debated, but at the world premiere of the latest screen adaptation of his acclaimed novels, a more topical subject matter was raised.
Speaking at the launch of the big-budget HBO/BBC dramatization, writer Jack Thorne compared the Magisterium, the novels' overbearing and all-powerful religious authority, to the current British government, particularly given its response to pro-environmental Extinction Rebellion protestors, who have recently been campaigning across London and causing disruption in order to raise awareness of climate change.
"We just saw today a protest being removed from the streets without due process of law, and it was done quite openly by a group of people that felt they were entitled to do it, and they denied another group of people the right to protest," said Thorne, one of the most prolific U.K. writers and best known for the "We live in scary times. And I think there's so much in Philip's books about now and where we're at now, even more than when he first wrote it," he added.
Thorne was joined on stage at the premiere at London's BFI Southbank by Dafne Keen, who plays Lyra, plus James McAvoy , Ruth Wilson , Clarke Peters and series producer Jane Tranter. The first 8-part season of– which is already shooting season two – launches on the BBC on Nov. 3 and on HBO on Nov. 4.
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