Ain't It Cool News has a piece on the film of Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising that's in production now.

I'm finding it reassuring that Harry Knowles seems to like the script. I'd really like this movie to be good, because I think that you could make a great movie of the book. But it strikes me as not an easy book to film, because so much of it is about atmosphere. All I knew about the film prior to this article was that it had a great cast and a rather curious choice of director.

The stills look pretty enough, and there's nothing in them that looks terribly wrong. I'm not sure there's anything in them that looks terribly right, but there's not much you can tell from a few still shots.

I must say, I'm a bit disappointed by the shot of Christopher Eccleston as the Rider. He ought to be absolutely terrifying, and I'm sure he will be in the actual film, but when I look at that shot all I can think is, "Aw, he looks cold. Somebody bring him a cup of tea."