In The Golden Compass, Christopher Lee plays the crucial role of the First High Council. A legendary actor, Lee starred as Mr. Wonka, Willy’s dentist father, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Previously, he starred in The Lord of the Rings trilogy from New Line Cinema, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones; and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith from LucasFilm.

Dakota Blue Richards plays the lead role, the precocious, willfull girl, Lyra Belacqua, in the new epci spectacle, “The Golden Compass.”

November 16, 2007–Peter Zinner, whose career as a film editor included the first two “Godfather” films and an Oscar for 1978's “The Deer Hunter,” has died. He was 88.

Film director Barry Sonnenfeld is the producer of Disney's romantic comedy-musical, “Enchnated.”
Sonnenfeld had found commercial and artistic success with such films as ?¢¬Ä¬úThe Addams Family,?¢¬Ä ?¢¬Ä¬úAddams Family Values,?¢¬Ä both ?¢¬Ä¬úMen in Black?¢¬Ä films, ?¢¬Ä¬úGet Shorty,?¢¬Ä ?¢¬Ä¬úWild Wild West,?¢¬Ä ?¢¬Ä¬úBig Trouble?¢¬Ä and, most recently released, ?¢¬Ä¬úRV.?¢¬Ä He has produced or executive produced ?¢¬Ä¬úThe Ladykillers,?¢¬Ä ?¢¬Ä¬úLemony Snicket?¢¬Ä¬ôs A Series of Unfortunate Events,?¢¬Ä and ?¢¬Ä¬úOut of Sight.?¢¬Ä

Kevin Lima is the director of Disney's new romantic comedy-musical, “Enchanted.” Lima was born and raised in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and has been drawing as long as he can remember.