Netflixs just-released showThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistanceis, without question, an epic fantasy tale.
Were backing up to a time when the Gelflings were plentiful in the world of Thra.
It was a rich culture, they had their own civilization.
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Hardly less epic thanThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistanceitself?
Fans never got to see Tartakovskys visualization at all, with the director subsequently departing the project.
It was going to have that feel to it.
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It was going to be in the spirit ofThe Dark Crystalbut pushing it further and being more modern.
Hensons words once again proved premature.
By the end of 2011, the movie was on hiatus.
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We agreed that it would sit for a period of time and wed talk again sometime in 2012.
We hope that well get a chance to give that another breath of life.
She also revealed that the Jim Henson Company had begun to consider the possibility of aDark Crystaltelevision show.
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Dont write it like were moving straight into production on that!
But we think it has some potential.
I grew up watching it, Letterier tells EW.
It is one of the movies, if notthemovie, that made me want to become a filmmaker.
It really struck a chord in me because it was so real.
We had a feature film sequel in development.
Its so so complicated to build a puppet, hire puppeteers, all that stuff.
Taron Egerton, bless him, he was the first actor to get involved, she says.
He became such a wonderful magnet.
After he committed to play Rian, we had so many people say Yes other roles.
I just said, Yes.
Its obviously cut from the same cloth.
We chose the long, hardest road and were very thankful [we did].
It looks absolutely stunning.
