Power Of The Dark Crystal gets directors

Just over a month ago, artists Brian and Wendy Froud confirmed that Dark Crystal sequel The Power Of The Dark Crystal was still alive and kicking.

Despite having been in production for most of the noughties, this new decade brings fresh optimism for the project.

The Spierigs, who most recently directed the far more adult Daybreakers , will direct the existing script by Craig Pearce, from an original script by Annette Duffy and David Odell.

“We feel a tremendous amount of responsibility in telling this story with the same meticulous care that Jim Henson and Frank Oz gave the 1982 original,” says Michael.

Adds Peter, “This is a chance to take the world of puppetry into the modern age by using modern techniques (like motion capture CGI) and the tried and true methods (like puppetry and animatronics) to create a one hundred percent real world that is unique to The Dark Crystal .”

The Power Of The Dark Crystal will focus on a girl made of fire who steals a shard of the Crystal - with the help of a Gelfling outcast - in order to save her home at the center of the planet.

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