‘His Dark Materials’ Season 3 First Trailer Confirms Its Release Date on HBO

HBO has revealed the first teaser trailer for the third and final season of ‘His Dark Materials.’ The premiere date and teaser were first shown at NYCC 2022 during the show's panel.

The eight-episode ‘His Dark Materials’ Season 3 will release on MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) with two back-to-back episodes on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Two new episodes will debut each week leading up to the series finale on December 26.

Season 3 will see the angels take on more physical forms. Actors Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Simon Harrison, and Chipo Chung will play Balthamos, Baruch, and Xaphania, three of the story's notable rebel angels. The third and final season will see Dafne Keen (Lyra) and Amir Wilson (Will) along with James McAvoy (Lord Asriel), Ruth Wilson (Mrs. Coulter), Ruta Gedminstas (Serafina Pekkala), Simone Kirby (Mary Malone), Will Keen (Father McPhail), Lin-Manuel Miranda will return as Lee Scoresby, and Jade Anouka (Ruta Skadi). The new cast joining Season 3 are - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Commander Ogunwe; Jamie Ward as Father Gomez; Sian Clifford as Agent Salmakia; Jonathan Aris as Commander Roke; and Amber Fitzgerald-Woolfe as Ama.

HBO and BBC fantasy series “His Dark Materials” is based on The Amber Spyglass, the final Novel in His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman, as Lyra and Will travel through different worlds to find each other.  As Lyra's father’s great war against the Authority edges closer, they will learn that saving worlds comes at a terrible price. The Amber Spyglass is set in several worlds dominated by the Magisterium, a theocracy that actively suppresses heresy.

“His Dark Materials” Season 3 story also involves ‘Gallivespian Spies,’ Gallivespians are tiny humanoids who evolved in their native universe’s earth.

Season 2 of "His Dark Materials" concluded with the angels pledging their support for Lord Asriel in the imminent war against the Authority in a desolate world. Will returns to find Lyra missing, having been kidnapped by Mrs. Coulter. Coulter pledges to defend Lyra, who looks to be drugged and is locked inside a trunk aboard a ship. During a post-credit scene, we also see Roger and Lyra calling to one another at an unknown location.

HIS DARK MATERIALS Season 3 is produced by Bad Wolf in association with New Line Cinema for BBC One and HBO. Executive producing the series are Jane Tranter, Dan McCulloch, Joel Collins, and Julie Gardner for Bad Wolf; Philip Pullman, Jack Thorne, Tom Hooper; Deborah Forte, Toby Emmerich, and Carolyn Blackwood for New Line Cinema; and Ben Irving for the BBC.