'His Dark Materials' at HBO Finalizes Voice Cast

The much-awaited adaptation of His Dark Materials at HBO is finally moving forward in full force. The show has now officially finalized its voice cat and some of the best names have been roped in.

According to a report in Variety, Joe Tandberg will voice the famous armored bear. Byrnison comes from the frozen wilderness of the North and is both a skilled metal worker and a fierce warrior.

Also joining the voice cast of the fantasy series based on the Philip Pullman novels are Detective Hercule Poirot himself David Suchet as Kaisa, the gyrfalcon daemon to the witch Serafina Pekkala (Ruta Gedmintas), American comedian Cristela Alonzo, who will voice Lee Scoresby’s (Lin-Manuel Miranda) arctic hare daemon Hester, and Kit Connor (young Elton John in “Rocketman”) who will voice the main character Lyra Belacqua’s (Dafne Keen) unsettled daemon Pantalaimon.

It was previously announced that “Peaky Blinders” star Helen McCrory is voicing Lord Asriel’s (James McAvoy) snow leopard daemon, and the network has also revealed that Mrs. Coulter’s (Ruth Wilson) mysterious Golden Monkey daemon, who doesn’t speak or have a name, will be given animal noises and vocal characteristics by Brian Fisher. Fisher also serves as the lead puppeteer and CFX coordinator on the series.

His Dark Materials centers around Lyra, a seemingly ordinary but brave young woman from another world. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and becomes a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust.