Dark Crystal Sequel

Interesting new fact I discovered in my travels...

Seventeen years later, The Henson Company (the late Jim Henson's production company) has decided to go ahead with a sequel to the 1982 cult film The Dark Crystal. During the making of the original, Jim Henson and his partners discussed the story as a possible sequel, but when the movie was only moderately successful upon theater release, the idea was shelved. It was only after the movie was released on dvd that it proved to be a huge cult hit and the company decided to move along with the sequel.

The $40 million budgeted film was announced back in 2005, but production has finally begun to move forward in Australia.The sequel, to be released in 2009 will be called The Power of the Dark Crystal. Genndy Tartokovsky is set to direct and in an effort to stay true to the original, the filmmakers tried to get as many of the original cast and crew back as possible. The film will feature both live-action puppets and computer animation. The plot is set hundreds of years after the first Dark Crystal movie and focuses on a mysterious girl made of fire who breaks off a shard of the crystal in an effort to reignite the dying sun.

This should be an interesting movie to say the least. I hope, for Jim Henson's sake, that this movie isn't a bomb and can actually live up to the original. I'm not expecting a box-office hit, but I'm hoping that the cult crowd will be able to have an appreciation for it. But, a girl made of fire... with a plot like that, how can you go wrong???

~Maddie~