“We know the outcome from the movie,” director Louis Leterrier ( The Transporter) explained during a Comic-Con press conference earlier in the day. The series, from co-creators and writers Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews and writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, takes viewers back before the events of the movie, before Thra is in ruins and before the crystal that helped maintain the balance of power throughout the land is destroyed. The stakes are high, and the puppets and a majority of the show’s effects are completely real. It was developed through great respect and love of the original.”Īs in the original movie, audiences will be taken back to Thra, Jim Henson’s fantastical world where the Gelfling race and villainous Skeksis struggle to coexist in a realm that faces a looming threat. We have so many tremendous fans of the original movie.
For us to go and try to approach the work that he, Frank Oz, and Brian Froud did, we had trepidation - it’s tremendously ambitious. “It was a very special project closest to heart. “This is the thing that I’m most proud of since my siblings and myself have been running the company,” Henson explained to a packed Hall H crowd on Friday at San Diego Comic-Con.
THE DARK CRYSTAL AGE OF RESISTANCE ROTTEN TOMATOES MOVIE
Netflix’s upcoming release of prequel series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance has many wondering if a puppet-filled fantasy program based on a four-decades-old movie can resonate with today’s audiences.Īccording to executive producer Lisa Henson, it’s a crowning achievement that the project was done at all. The series arrives on Netflix August 30.A lot has changed since Jim Henson‘s The Dark Crystal hit theaters in 1982 filmmaking processes, the content landscape, and attention spans are no longer what they were. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance features the voices of Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nathalie Emmanuel, Caitriona Balfe, Helena Bonham Carter, Harris Dickinson, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Izzard, Theo James, Toby Jones, Shazad Latif, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mark Strong, Alicia Vikander, Harvey Fierstein, Mark Hamill, Ralph Ineson, Jason Isaacs, Keegan-Michael Key, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Simon Pegg, Andy Samberg and Donna Kimball. When three Gelfling uncover the horrific truth behind the power of the Skeksis, an adventure unfolds as the fires of rebellion are lit and an epic battle for the planet begins. But it is damaged, corrupted by the evil Skeksis, and a sickness spreads across the land. The Crystal of Truth is at the heart of Thra, a source of untold power. Matt Fagerholm of said, "One of the all-time great fantasy epics, as well as the masterwork of puppetry most closely aligned with Jim Henson's humanistic philosophy." Dan Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter said, "Whether you're watching for fulfilled nostalgia or current pleasure, this is a whimsical, fun and entertaining series." And Caroline Framke of Variety said, "Simultaneously acts as a gift to fans packed with Easter eggs and a powerful primer for the uninitiated."īased on The Dark Crystal, Jim Henson’s groundbreaking 1982 feature film, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance tells a new epic story, set many years before the events of the movie, and realized using classic puppetry with cutting edge visual effects.
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