![]() I mean, the Welsh BAFTAs are special for a number of reasons. Scroll on for the full interview, which has been edited for length and clarity.ĭEADLINE: The Welsh BAFTAs - are they recognition of the work that you’ve been doing in Wales in terms of building your base there and trying to create a real hub for production? “I’ve never appreciated my job so much that I can escape our world and go into another one,” she says. Wilson shares Tranter’s happiness at being back at work. Either way, Wilson says she “can’t wait to get back into Mrs Coulter’s boots.”Įlsewhere, Tranter reveals that A Discovery Of Witches resumed shooting this week after a Covid-induced pause in production, while she adds that she nearly wept with relief when the British and Welsh governments said that film and TV work can continue despite another lockdown. “ The Amber Spyglass is quite right adapted into eight episodes and I will fully and humbly admit I was completely wrong,” she smiles. Meanwhile, Tranter confirmed that her original vision to split the adaptation of The Amber Spyglass into two seasons has been abandoned. Bad Wolf has also set up a limited company to house the series. ![]() The BBC and HBO are yet to confirm the recommission, but Tranter tells Deadline that Jack Thorne and a team of writers are currently busy on six of the eight scripts, with hopes that production can begin potentially as early as spring next year. “Whatever that film ends up being, it’s definitely a record of what we were going through at that time and that will translate into the language of the film,” she says. The shoot got underway at the beginning of 2020, but was forced into hiatus by coronavirus and resumed filming in September. Speaking from quarantine in Prague, the actress reflected on recently wrapping Harry Wootliff feature True Things. It’s something that Wilson instantly recognized. She thinks that the enormity of the coronavirus crisis will mean that the season is shot through with a “brooding anxiety.” This is not to say that Covid is literally a part of Lyra’s world, but Tranter believes the atmosphere of making the show during lockdown has infused with the narrative. ![]() ![]() As Lyra (Dafne Keen) enters the mysterious abandoned city of Cittàgazze, the fantasy drama will take on a quieter, more adult quality, and Tranter says it has been hard to escape the pandemic - especially after production staff fell ill with the disease. ![]() Tranter’s Wales-based Bad Wolf shot Season 1 & 2 back-to-back last year, meaning the second run - based on Pullman’s The Subtle Knife - was cut during the height of the coronavirus crisis. To mark the occasion, Deadline sat down with Ruth Wilson, who plays the dastardly Mrs Coulter in the sweeping Philip Pullman adaptation, and the show’s executive producer Jane Tranter. Fresh from scooping a hat-trick of Welsh BAFTAs, His Dark Materials returns to BBC One this weekend for a second season. ![]()
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