To this day I get a huge grin on my face whenever I even THINK about the original “The Dark Crystal” movie. You wanna know if someone is cool? Do a quick Chamberlain imitation by going “mmmMMMMMmmmmm….” and see if they get the reference. If they do… they are COOL. If they don’t, spit in their faces (an exception can be made for meeting your girlfriend’s parents for the first time).
It was over three years ago that we talked about the synopsis for the proposed second Dark Crystal film:
“Set hundreds of years after the events of the first movie when the world has once again fallen into darkness, Power of the Dark Crystal follows the adventures of a mysterious girl made of fire who, together with a Gelfling outcast, steals a shard of the legendary Crystal in an attempt to reignite the dying sun that exists at the center of the planet.“
We’ve basically heard nothing since. UNTIL NOW!
Henson Company co-CEO Brian Henson (son of the late Jim Henson) in a recent interview has emphatically said that both “Fraggle Rock” and “The Power of the Dark Crystal” are “Ready to go“. They both have “very strong” scripts and that’s they’re just getting the final financial and distribution pieces put together and expects both to go into full pre-production “soon“.
That damn grin is back on my face again. (source: MTV)
