The Golden Compass movie might end up being a big pile of crap.

So, yeah. I'm a little concerned about the movie. You know that they cut out all references to God and the Church, right? Let me repeat that:

there will be no references to God or the Church in the film adaptation of The Golden Compass.

For those of you that haven't read the book (What do you mean you haven't read it?? Go read it!!), it's a re-write of Paradise Lost. So cutting out God is kind of a problem. Slightly.

The former director (more on that in a bit) said that New Line Cinema is concerned:

""They have expressed worry about the possibility of perceived anti-religiosity,"..."

No frigging duh. Have you ever read an interview with Philip Pullman? His views about Narnia aren't exactly wishy-washy:

You're not alone in attacking Lewis but you are really vehement in your criticism. You've called his books 'detestable'. Why do you feel so strongly about them?
Because the things he's being cruel to are things I value very highly. The crux of it all comes, as many people have found, with the point near the end of the Last Battle (in the Narnia books) when Susan is excluded from the stable. The stable obviously represents salvation. They're going to heaven, they're going to be saved. But Susan isn't allowed into the stable, and the reason given is that she's growing up. She's become far too interested in lipstick, nylons and invitations. One character says rather primly: 'She always was a jolly sight too keen on being grown up.'

Who knows, though? Maybe the movie won't even happen. They apparently threw out the screenplay that Tom Stoppard wrote. Let's repeat that one, too, just for good measure. They threw out the screenplay that TOM STOPPARD wrote. Who does that? And Weitz just resigned.

Man, I'm pissed.