HBO today released new character posters and key art for the third and final season of His Dark Materials. You can check them out below.
The eight-episode His Dark Materials Season 3 will debut Monday, December 5 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) with two back-to-back episodes on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
Two new episodes will debut each week leading up to the series finale on December 26.
Based on The Amber Spyglass, the final novel in Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy, in the final chapter of this epic fantasy series, Lyra (Dafne Keen), the prophesied child, and Will (Amir Wilson), the bearer of The Subtle Knife, must journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned.
As her father’s great war against the Authority edges closer, they will learn that saving the world comes at a terrible price.
The Season 3 cast includes Dafne Keen as Lyra, Amir Wilson as Will, Ruth Wilson as Mrs. Coulter, James McAvoy as Lord Asriel, Simone Kirby as Mary Malone, and Will Keen as Father President McPhail.
Jade Anouka as Ruta Skadi, Ruta Gedminstas as Serafina Pekkala, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Commander Ogunwe, Jamie Ward as Father Gomez, and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith also star.
The cast is rounded out by Simon Harrison and Chipo Chung as the rebel angels Balthamos, Baruch, and Xaphania, and Amber Fitzgerald-Woolfe as Ama.
Lin-Manuel Miranda will return for season three as Lee Scoresby. His Dark Materials is produced by Bad Wolf in association with New Line Cinema for BBC One and HBO.
Jane Tranter, Dan McCulloch, Joel Collins, and Julie Gardner for Bad Wolf; Philip Pullman, Jack Thorne, Tom Hooper; Deborah Forte, Toby Emmerich, and Carolyn Blackwood for New Line Cinema; and Ben Irving for the BBC executive produce the series.
Jenna Busch has written and spoken about movies, TV, video games, and comics all over the Internet for over 15 years, co-hosted a series with Stan Lee, appeared on multiple episodes of “Tabletop,” written comic books, and is a contributing author for the 13 books in the “PsychGeeks” series including “Star Wars Psychology.” She founded Legion of Leia and hosted the “Legion” podcast.