I don't know how many people here read these books, I read His Dark Materials back in high school at the suggestion of a good friend. And while I don't read too many fantasy novels this one is deffenitly on my good list, anyway for those of you who don't know, a few years ago when this movie project started they said they'd take out a lot of the "anti-christian" themes and such... so I don't know how far they'll go with that, but it'll probably weaken the movie series. The Trailer looks kinda cool though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_WDOnhE7u8