Slight Details Revealed About the Spierig Brothers’ Power of the Dark Crystal

Posted on Thursday, June 24th, 2010 by Russ Fischer

Development on a sequel to The Dark Crystal has been crawling along for several years. In May things kicked into gear, however, when The Henson Company announced that Undead and Daybreakers co-directors Peter and Michael Spierig would direct The Power of the Dark Crystal from a script by Craig Pearce (Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet).

In the two months since, we haven’t heard many new details. (No surprise.) But the Spierig Brothers recently appeared at a convention in Australia, where they talked a bit about their approach to the film. Read More »

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Spierig Brothers to Direct Dark Crystal Sequel

Posted on Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 by Brendon Connelly

Sorry, Samurai Jack fans – Genndy Tartakovsky is no longer attached to direct The Power of the Dark Crystal. Boo? Hiss? I know he was an incredibly popular choice, but for years all I was hearing was that his version of the film was going nowhere.

But there’s good news. According to a smoking hot press release from The Henson Company, the film is finally set to move ahead with newly appointed directors, Peter and Michael Spierig. If you’ve seen Undead or, even more so Daybreakers, I think you’ll agree that this tie-up is a very good thing indeed.

The full press release also includes details on who has written the script, who is doing the FX and much more.

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