So far, however, it works. Showrunner Jack Thorne appears to have realized that there’s no way to outdo Elliott in the cowboy department, so he’s taken a radically different tack. Theimpresario plays Scoresby as a more playful kind of adventurer, with a bright smile and breezy disposition that befit his side hustles as a trickster, a card sharp, and a pickpocket.
And right at the end of the hour, we get a glimpse of the creature who usurped Iorek’s throne: Iofur Raknison, a bear who skulks in a shadow cave and wears skull-themed armor. He’s voiced by Peter Serafinowicz, the British comedian who gaveEven though all we see is his CGI head, Iofur is already an interesting bad guy. He’s as arrogant as any monarch, full of bluster over having captured the formidable Lord Asriel when Mrs. Coulter comes to claim the prisoner.
So this show ties in with the Golden Compass book?