Nicole In UK For Premiere

Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig attend the world premiere of the new film The Golden Compass tonight.

The £90million movie is based on the first book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

Newcomer 13-year-old Dakota Blue Richards who was plucked from 10,000 schoolgirls in open auditions to play heroine Lyra Belacqua, will also be at the red carpet premiere in London's Leicester Square.

Nicole plays villain Mrs Coulter while Craig is adventurer Lord Asriel in the film made by New Line Cinema, the studio behind the Lord Of The Rings.

The Golden Compass sees Lyra travel through a CGI-dominated universe of humans and their talking daemons as she attempts to rescue her kidnapped friend and fight the sinister Magisterium, which condones the surgical removal of children's souls.

The film, released on December 5, is certain to be a box office hit, despite having a troubled history.

Director Chris Weitz, best known for the movie About A Boy, originally quit the movie, but returned when his replacement Anand Tucker left the project.

His Dark Materials trilogy became a best-seller around the world, attracting adult and young readers, and has already been turned into a play at the National Theatre.