Fans of Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy will be eagerly awaiting 2007 and the arrival of Lyra Belacqua on our screens. But you need not wait till next year for your first look at The Golden Compass' heroine as an image from the film has now gone online.
Newsround has published the first image from the film, which shows Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra in conversation with Nicole Kidman in her role as Lyra's 'guardian', Marisa Coulter.
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