The final rebellion begins in the newly released trailer for the third and final season of His Dark Materials. Released courtesy of the official Twitter account for His Dark Materials, the footage teases the sheer madness that will befall all universes as James McAvoy’s Lord Asriel Belacqua forges an army and declares war. You can check out the trailer for His Dark Materials Season 3 below.
Based on the trilogy of novels of the same name by Philip Pullman, the first season of His Dark Materials began in November 2019, with the second season airing in November 2020. Produced by Bad Wolf and New Line Productions for BBC One and HBO, His Dark Materials drops audiences into a multi-world reality and begins in an alternative world where all humans’ souls manifest as animal companions called daemons.
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The series centers on an orphan named Lyra, played by Logan star Dafne Keen, who heads out in search of her missing friend. She soon discovers a kidnapping plot, a dangerous secret involving the rebellious Lord Asriel and the authoritarian Marisa Coulter, and finds out that she is the subject of a witches’ prophecy that she will change the world, with everything linked by an invisible cosmic substance called Dust. Lyra is set on a collision course with our world and a teenager named Will, who is himself being pursued by figures connected to his vanished father.
The third season of His Dark Materials picks up with Will, the bearer of The Subtle Knife, and Lyra, the prophesied child, as they travel through multiple worlds to find and protect each other. All while Lord Ariel begins putting together a multiversal army and sets his sights on an all-out war with the Authority.
His Dark Materials Will End With Season 3
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It has now been confirmed that season 3 of His Dark Materials will be the show’s last, with the events expected to be all manner of dramatic as worlds collide and war is waged. Thankfully, unlike so many television shows these days, His Dark Materials will be allowed to finish as planned, with the project always envisioned as three seasons.
“Season 3 is wild,” says Dafne Keen of the show’s final outing. “It’s 100 percent the weirdest thing I’ve ever shot in my entire life.”
Starring Dafne Keen as Lyra Belacqua, Ruth Wilson as Marisa Coulter, James McAvoy as Lord Asriel Belacqua, Amir Wilson as Will Parry, Nina Sosanya as Elaine Parry, Joe Tandberg as Iorek Byrnison, Kit Connor as Pantalaimon, and the late Helen McCrory as Stelmaria, HBO has confirmed that His Dark Materials Season 3 will release in December 2022.
