Eh?

[sombrefan]

The God character and any references to churches will be removed from the film version of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy.

Which just strikes me as bloody stupid and a blatant attempt to bend over backwards to accomodate the wishes of the vocal religious loonies.

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[kuzibah.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, most of the overseas market doesn't speak English as a first language, so the big international hits are things like "Die Hard." A talky, philosophical piece wouldn't survive the translation. And even if something is a hit in the British Isles, the population is not large enough to recoup the investment.

Honestly, I think the money they pour into movies is out of control. If a movie costs $80 million to make, and $40 million to market, and $30 million to distribute, there's no possible way it can ever make a profit. But then you have something like "Lost in Translation," which was made for a few million, made $30 million internationally, and everyone's happy. There should be more films like that.