WB Sticks it to New Line

Time Warner topper Jeff Bewkes has declared that he no longer wants to split rights on New Line movies. But if Warners wants to make the sequels to “The Golden Compass,” it may have no choice. Many of the key foreign distribs of “Compass” also have a first option to acquire “The Subtle Knife” and “The Amber Spyglass,” the next installments in Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy.

Via Variety