Don´t do that to me Shipy!!!!!!!!!...... Tell me something.....Anything!!!!!!!!

While Promoting "Compass", Dakota talks Moonacre. Thanks to My Irish Sister Richards Returns In Moonacre Dakota Blue Richards made her film debut in the upcoming The Golden Compass movie, then went directly to starring in a second fantasy film, The Secret of Moonacre, which she said that she preferred in some ways. "I loved the story of that as well," Richards, 13, said during a group interview while promoting The Golden Compass in London. "And, I mean, to be honest, in some ways I preferred working on that more than on this, and in some ways, I prefer this more than that. We were out of the country shooting that, and there was one other child on set at any one time, and she was Hungarian, and she didn't speak any English, and my Hungarian is terrible. It's very hard to be away from your friends for so long." The Secret of Moonacre is based on the award-winning children's story "The Little White Horse" by Elizabeth Goudge. Directed by Gabor Csupo (The Bridge to Terabithia), the film co-stars Ioan Gruffudd, Tim Curry and Natascha McElhone. "There are the two families who are against each other, the Merryweathers and the De Noirs," Richards said. "And this is very, very basic and simple: One of the Merryweathers has to team up with one of the De Noirs to kind of set something right." Richards plays Maria Merryweather, a 13-year-old orphan who learns that she's the only remaining Moon Princess and must embark on a race against time to save her family's estate, called Moonacre Manor. Doing so involves not only righting some old wrongs, but also a bit of magic. Richards described Maria as quite different from Lyra, her character in The Golden Compass. "Maria is very much a lady," Richards said, "Whereas Lyra is, you know, not, and not wanting to be one." The Secret of Moonacre will be released in 2008. The Golden Compass opens Dec. 7. —Ian Spelling http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=45952

Thanks Annee, another good one!

great find annee! thanks a lot!!!

Thanks annee great interview

Can´t wait for the first pics we can get!!!!!! It´s very exciting!!!

I'd like to see some pics, too. Hopefully, we will get some soon.

Yep! Keeping the fingers crossed!!!!!

Wow! Sounds like a fantastic project. Thanks for all the info and yes, I am still alive! :wink:

Nice to see you HHH! It does look like a fun movie and the book was quite enjoyable on many levels. Hopefully, it will be a successful project.

Nice to hear from you HHH. A release date appeared on IMDb for The Netherlands, that is 9 October, 2008. Hopefully, release dates will be announced soon for other countries as well.

Hi Frances, Hey, that sounds like nice news.....at least we've got something specific to start with now!

Yes, at least now we know that we have to wait till Autumn 2008 before we can see The Secret of Moonacre as I expect it will be released in other countries around when it is released in The Netherlands.

Yeah! Maybe we have to give it a week before or after that day. I´ll check the IMDB for a date here in Argentina and see what I can find