I had not read the book, but I told my sister (who had) that given the unbelievably quick pace, it felt like watching a collection of best bits. I viewed the film with my sister on a quiet Monday afternoon. In February 2008, it was revealed that New Line would shut down as a separate studio, but would continue to finance and market films as a part of their parent company, Warner Bros. It’s payback for not watching The Golden Compass, which although never explicitly named, is believed to have played a part in the downfall of the studio. The Hobbit will be split up into two films, so they’ll be charging audiences twice as much. As the years have gone on, he has since been attached to direct. They had kissed his (now slim) ass and agreed to pay him. On December 18th, just 11 days after the release of The Golden Compass, there was a press release from New Line announcing that Peter Jackson would be executive producer on The Hobbit. In an interview, Weitz had expressed interest in putting out a director’s cut of the film, saying that “it could probably end up at two and a half hours.” When released theatrically it ran at 113 minutes. There are no deleted scenes on the DVD, but some of that "real ending" does appear in The Golden Compass video game. Although shot, it was Weitz’s decision to close with a more positive conclusion, opting to have those scenes open the now unlikely sequel. Notably, the end of the book is not present in the film. The trailers do show scenes that never made it into the final film. As to why there is no sequel, he said, “I think New Line is scared off.” Donohue of the Catholic League was delighted that the boycott worked, saying, “I knew if we could hurt the box office receipts here, it might put the brakes on the next movie.”
“The Catholic church happened to The Golden Compass,” said Sam Elliot (who played Lee Scoresby), in an interview with UK newspaper Evening Standard. If any sequel were to go ahead, it seems clear that Weitz won’t be involved, though in all honesty, it’s just not going to happen. When at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2009 to promote The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Weitz revealed that The Golden Compass was recut by New Line, and that his experience was, “a terrible one,” saying that by “being faithful to the book I was working at odds with the studio.” New Line had forced Weitz to make changes, be it dropping scenes, or casting Ian McKellen as the voice of Iorek Byrnison over Nonso Anozie. New Line sold off the worldwide rights (something they have done with all their films) a bad move in hindsight, for the film earned just over $300 million overseas, with $50 million coming from its country of origin, the UK, and an additional $33 million earned in Japan. Spending only four weeks in the US top ten, it earned just $70.1 million during its entire run. Opening in over 20 countries on December 7, 2007, it managed to open at #1 in the US to a paltry $25.7 million.
The Golden Compass was one of the most expensive films ever made, with a production budget of $180 million. What Went Wrong: The Golden Compass By Shalimar Sahota February 3, 2011
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