The Golden Compass

...directed at the pace of an expiring snail by Chris Weitz, who does an even more dreary, franchise-threatening job here than he did on The Golden Compass. Tourism in Washington's Twilight town increases by 1000 per cent Teenage girl...

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...and Sam Raimi who have opened their films above the $100 million mark. The news is sweet revenge for a man who had his last film The Golden Compass complete re-cut by his previous studio bosses. Check out our Q&A with Weitz where he reveals...

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...the teenage-girl thing not that long ago with my daughters. But I'm on a break from it now. MTV: You worked on Chris Weitz's "The Golden Compass." So, did he just call you up and ask you to do "New Moon" as well? Tippett: No, actually...

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...any Lon Chaney Jr.-Teen Wolf fur-growing." She already had experience with shape-shifting creatures from working on 2007's The Golden Compass, also directed by New Moon's Chris Weitz. But none were quite so immense. "They grow in volume...

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Dakota Fanning has a small role as the innocent-looking Jane, who calmly tortures Edward with her mind. Director Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass) has crafted a film with visual flair and polish, particularly in the action sequences of...

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...of Forks, Washington. Given that he's directed both the more intimate, character-driven "About a Boy" and the fantastical "The Golden Compass," incoming director Weitz (who also helms the back-to-back third installment due this summer)...

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...revolutionary for a character to be a virgin and for the male to want to wait. Was there anything Meyers had to correct you on? The Golden Compass became a bad experience because the studio didn't have faith in the strength of the ideas...

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...really hard." Heck, we'd probably say the exact same thing if we read the following reviews: "Director Chris Weitz proves that The Golden Compass was no fluke: He really is a non-master of action. His CGI werewolves, who look like they...

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...coming to the forefront of the story in "New Moon," there are a number of visual effects in the movie. Your previous film, "The Golden Compass," also was very heavily dependent on computer-generated effects. Were you excited to tackle...

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...will live forever, like him. While Stewart has her view on the film's message, "New Moon" director Chris Weitz, who made 2007 fantasy "The Golden Compass" and teen comedy series "American Pie," differs. "I'm going to use this word:...

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