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Doctor Strange Director Scott Derrickson to Make Labyrinth 2 - IGN

The long-gestating follow-up to the 1986 fantasy-musical cult classic Labyrinth is moving ahead, with Doctor Strange's Scott Derrickson attached to direct from a screenplay by Maggie Levin (Into the Dark) for The Jim Henson Company and TriStar Pictures.

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According to Deadline, Derrickson will helm from a screenplay by Maggie Levin (Into the Dark) for The Jim Henson Company and TriStar Pictures. Derrickson confirmed the news via Twitter.

The late Jim Henson directed the original Labyrinth, which starred Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie. The movie followed a teenage girl named Sarah (Connelly) who had to navigate a fantastical maze in order to rescue her baby brother Toby from Bowie's Jareth the Goblin King.

Although a box office disappointment in its time, Labyrinth has maintained a cult following in the ensuing years thanks to comics, books, and games. George Lucas exec produced the original film, while Jim Henson's Creature Shop created the film's many elaborate puppets.

 

[kunonabi]

Nah, I'm good.

 

[Tesseract]

cool, pull in some demoscene talent please

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Watch them get Sam Smith or some other punk ass to try and match Bowie.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

I mean, they made a Netflix series and a videogame for The Dark Crystal. Might as well keep going with all the other untapped 80s stuff.

Fraggle Rock strategy RPG when? Muppet Babies Imagination Battle Royale?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Labyrinth is one of my favorite movies ever. This should have been made at least ten years ago though while Bowie was still alive. I can't imagine who could play the goblin king now.

 

[Husky]

I mean, they made a Netflix series and a videogame for The Dark Crystal. Might as well keep going with all the other untapped 80s stuff.

Fraggle Rock strategy RPG when? Muppet Babies Imagination Battle Royale?

Apple TV+ has the Fraggle Rock revival. Ripe potential for a tie-in game!

 

[ZeroZeroQuatre]

 

[zeioIIDX]

Eh...if they screw it up, we'll still always have the original. I suppose the Labyrinth universe potentially has tons of characters, locales, stories, etc so the sequel wouldn't have to even include Jareth, Sarah, or Toby at all.

 

[Arkam]

My gut take is, why? BUT I know it is possible make solid sequels to "classics', just have the odds against you. I could see a Return to Oz type of sequel. The labyrinth has gone into chaos with the absence of the Goblin king but make it dark like Pan's Labyrinth (the fantasy bits)

 

[Trogdor1123]

Needs Jennifer Connelly in it... Anyone remember her in the Rocketeer?

 

[zeorhymer]

It way, way too late for a direct sequel. Much better if it was another chapter or side story to be honest.

 

[DESTROYA]

 

[Sakura Doritos]

Would pay money to see a hottie dance team known for twerking do that scene.

also, not convinced a sequel will live up to the original.