“His Dark Materials” Season One Coming to Blu-ray and DVD This August!

HBO’s critically acclaimed fantasy drama series His Dark Materials: The Complete First Season will be available for fans to own on Blu-ray and DVD come August 4, 2020, from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

Adapted from Philip Pullman’s epic trilogy of the same name, which has sold over 22 million copies worldwide (according to the press release), His Dark Materials: The Complete First Season will feature all eight episodes from the debut season along with an exclusive new bonus feature, ‘Making His Dark Materials.’

Available from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the release will be priced at $29.98 SRP ($39.99 in Canada) for the Blu-ray and $24.98 SRP ($29.98 SRP in Canada) for the DVD.

The official description reads:

His Dark Materials takes place in a world parallel to our own, where a human’s soul exists outside one’s body in the form of a talking animal called a “daemon.” The all-powerful Magisterium rule over this world where they suppress any knowledge that attempts to challenge its ideas, particularly around the theory that multiple worlds exist. Season One of this compelling HBO series follows Lyra (Dafne Keen), a young orphan who was left as a baby at Oxford’s Jordan College by her uncle Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) and desires a life of adventure beyond the confines of her bookish, scholarly surroundings. But when Lyra’s best friend goes missing, her search for her kidnapped friend uncovers a plot involving stolen children and transforms into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon known as Dust. Over the course of the season, as she journeys through the different worlds – including our own – Lyra encounters extraordinary beings and dangerous secrets, with the fate of both the living and the dead at stake.

In addition to Dafne Keen (Logan, the Refugees) as Lyra and James McAvoy (X-Men, Atonement) as Lord Asriel, the ensemble cast features Golden Globe Winner Ruth Wilson (The Affair) as Mrs. Coulter; Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) as the adventurer Lee Scoresby; Clarke Peters (The Wire, Treme) as The Master of Jordan College; Lewin Lloyd (The Aeronauts) as Lyra’s missing friend Roger Parslow; James Cosmo (Braveheart, Game of Thrones) as Farder Coram and Anne-Marie Duff as Ma Costa, who are part of the boat-dwelling Gyptian community; and Will Keen as Father MacPhail and Ariyon Bakare as Lord Boreal, both ministers for the Magisterium.

“Fans and critics alike have been raving about HBO’s adaptation of Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy since its debut,” said Rosemary Markson, Senior Vice President Marketing, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. “We are thrilled to release His Dark Materials: The Complete First Season with over an hour of behind-the-scenes extras including an exclusive new featurette for all viewers to enjoy.”

His Dark Materials has been produced by Bad Wolf and New Line Cinema for BBC One and HBO. Executive producing the series are Dan McCulloch, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, and Julie Gardner for Bad Wolf; Philip Pullman, Jack Thorne, Tom Hooper, Otto Bathurst; Deborah Forte, Toby Emmerich and Carolyn Blackwood for New Line Cinema; and Ben Irving and Piers Wenger for BBC One.

The 8 One-Hour Episodes are:

• Lyra’s Jordan
• The Idea of North
• The Spies
• Armour
• The Lost Boy
• The Daemon-Cages
• The Fight to the Death
• Betrayal

You can read our episode reviews here.

The Special Features include:

• Making His Dark Materials (**Exclusive to Blu-ray and DVD)
• Dafne Keen: Bringing Lyra Belacqua to Life
• Ruth Wilson: Bringing Mrs. Coulter to Life
• Lin-Manuel Miranda: Bringing Lee Scoresby to Life
• James McAvoy: Bringing Lord Asriel to Life
• Adapting His Dark Materials
• The Daemons of His Dark Materials
• Dressing His Dark Materials
• Building His Dark Materials

You should know that the first season of His Dark Materials is currently available to own on Digital. 

The running time for the Blu-ray and DVD come in at approximately 460 minutes. The enhanced content is approximately 63 minutes.

His Dark Materials has already been renewed for an eight-episode long second season. The first season debuted on HBO on November 4, 2019.

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Author: Farid-ul-Haq

Farid has a Double Masters in Psychology and Biotechnology as well as an M.Phil in Molecular Genetics. He is the author of numerous books including Missing in Somerville, and The Game Master of Somerville. He gives us insight into comics, books, TV shows, anime/manga, video games, and movies.

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