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The Dark Crystal 2 - Sequel Plans

The Dark Crystal 2 - Sequel Plans
The best fantasy Muppet movie not to star David Bowie, The Dark Crystal, will be sequalized.

Brian Henson said this week: “We have a Dark Crystal sequel, called The Power of the Dark Crystal. It has a very strong script.”

For Henson fans this is a very big deal. Jim Henson’s death brought a halt to the darker, fantasy-driven progression of the Henson company. In 2005 they produced the vastly underrated Mirrormask but maybe a more dedicated Dark Crystal fanbase will keep this endeavor from disappearing so quickly from cinemas.

According to IMDB, The Power of the Dark Crystal (PODC, anyone?) will be helmed by Genndy Tartakovsky, the man responsible for The Clone Wars television cartoon, the only good thing to come out of the Star Wars universe since Leia’s golden bikini.

The Dark Crystal 2 - Sequel Plans
Kira in “The Power of the Dark Crystal”

Fingers crossed that this sequel expands Henson’s universe without losing the epic magic of the original. The good thing is puppets don’t age so they don’t have to recast except for the voices.

What are your thoughts?

Source: Latino Review

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  • Juju said:

    Sounds promising! :)

  • Thom said:

    Can fantasy muppets stand up in the modern CGI cinema? Would be interesting to see how it would look, hopefully the characters will all have the black sticks coming down from their wrists LOL

  • Adam Chamberlain said:

    I’m so excited about this and glad to hear that they are doing a puppet version rather than the rumored CGI version a few years ago.

  • DalmatianJaws (author) said:

    To be honest, no one has said specifically it’s puppets. It should be, but that director made a name for himself with animation … *nervous*

  • Adam Chamberlain said:

    Oh no! Now I am worried!

  • Ash said:

    “Genndy Tartakovsky agreed to direct on two conditions: that the film would utilize live-action puppets as well as computer animation, and that Brian Froud would return to design the characters” from IMDB & various other places.

  • Darke said:

    When the movie is made, i cant wait to see how it will look now, because with all the new tech n’ all… this is a very promising project, Cant wait!

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