The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

conorhal · 28-05-2017 11:24AM #1

As a kid I was fascinated by Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal, his puppet fantasy epic took place in such a lush, alien and extraordinary world that it has become a cult classic.
Netflix is to film a 10 part prequel this autumn that will also involve Henson's creature workshop and lean heavily on animatronics and puppets embellished with CGI.

I could not be more excited!
http://nerdist.com/dark-crystal-henson-netflix-tv-series/

It is being produced and directed by Louis Leterrier (Now You See Me, The Incredible Hulk and The Clash of the Titans films) and written by writes from 'The 100' so I have my reservations about the creative team who seem a bad fit to me. Still, there has been talk for years about a return to the world of the dark crystal and I'll take what I can get.

For those interested in practical effects, they don't get much better and the documentary 'The World of the Dark Crystal' is a fascinating watch:

Ms Doubtfire1 · 13-06-2017 11:28AM

oh that's actually one of the movies that sparked my interest in fantasy..moved to lord of the rings from there and the rest is history....:D

CastorTroy · 07-10-2018 11:08AM

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance-new-york-comic-con-1202971033/

Limited CGI. All puppets with CGI being used to remove puppeteers and rods, etc.

In the original movie, Jen and Kira stop at the Wall of Destiny and they see the ruins of what was once a beautiful Gefling culture, and we took that as a jumping of point for the whole series,” said Henson, hinting that the prequel may give a glimpse of the planet Thra before the Dark Crystal was cracked.

“What was that culture, what was lost, what was that beautiful Gefling civilization? It’s very developed, with a big canvas with many different group of Gelflings…it’s rich.”

No release date yet, but filming as completed

budhabob · 07-10-2018 01:58PM

CastorTroy wrote: »

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance-new-york-comic-con-1202971033/

Limited CGI. All puppets with CGI being used to remove puppeteers and rods, etc.

No release date yet, but filming as completed

Very excited by this, one of my favourite childhood films!

CastorTroy · 07-10-2018 02:37PM

Rewatching the movie now. Haven't seen it in years.

Hmmmm!

Makes me want to do a rewatch of Legend as well

sioda · 07-10-2018 07:54PM

CastorTroy wrote: »

Rewatching the movie now. Haven't seen it in years.

Hmmmm!

Makes me want to do a rewatch of Legend as well

Movie scared the crap out of me as a kid. Looking forward to this

Skerries · 08-10-2018 01:17PM

CastorTroy wrote: »

Makes me want to do a rewatch of Legend as well

and round it off with Time Bandits

CastorTroy · 08-10-2018 08:49PM

Skerries wrote: »

and round it off with Time Bandits

That is something I need to rewatch. Saw it as a kid but don't think I was able to follow it or maybe I only saw parts.
Princess Bride, Labyrinth and Willow are also on the cards for the fantasy rewatch

CastorTroy · 17-12-2018 10:43PM

https://ie.ign.com/articles/2018/12/17/netflixs-dark-crystal-prequel-cast-age-of-resistance-taron-egerton-nathalie-emmanuel-mark-hamill

Article includes cast and photos of the 3 main characters.
Cast includes the likes of Taron Egerton, Nathalie Emmanuel, Mark Hamill, Helena Bonham Carter, Natalie Dormer

pixelburp · 21-05-2019 01:45PM

Some first photos have surfaced, courtesy of Empire:

https://twitter.com/DarkCrystalPod/status/1128850148144975872

corkie · 21-05-2019 03:11PM

‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ Netflix Series Premiere Date and New Images Revealed

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance premiere date has been set for August 30, 2019, with all 10 episodes dropping at once. In conjuction with the premiere date announcement, Netflix has also released some new images that you can check out below, teasing some intense action to come.

pixelburp · 30-05-2019 03:42PM

First trailer has finally popped up; it looks absolutely spectacular.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSV42j8lccg

CastorTroy · 30-05-2019 10:32PM

Is it wrong that I saw a recent picture of the Olsen Twins and thought they were auditioning for this series?

Anyway, I'm assuming episodes are ~30 mins each?

corkie · 30-05-2019 10:35PM

^^^ That is what IMDb has them listed as! 30mins each!

CastorTroy · 05-06-2019 09:52PM

Was just thinking, I'm surprised this was finished, with how Disney have treated the Marvel shows. Maybe contracts were all finalised.

corkie · 27-06-2019 06:58PM

See the full voice cast for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance — and the puppets they're playing

sioda · 27-06-2019 07:02PM

corkie wrote: »

See the full voice cast for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance — and the puppets they're playing

That's some cast list. Can't wait for this the film frightened the shiite out of me as a kid but grew to love it over the years

Agent Coulson · 30-06-2019 11:28PM

The original film is due to drop on Netflix tomorrow Monday 1/7/19

Mr Crispy · 20-07-2019 04:45AM

The first episode was shown in full at Comic Con in San Diego, and seems to have gone down very well.

Slydice · 22-07-2019 09:24PM

Watched the film. Decent! Will give the show a shot.

pixelburp · 13-08-2019 03:34PM

Another new trailer, with the series dropping on Aug 30th:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3_owZfYVR8

pinksoir · 13-08-2019 03:55PM

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Stop moaning ffs · 21-08-2019 12:39PM

So excited for this. Ive never been as terrified by anything as the skekses when I saw this as a kid. This looks like it’s going to be a visual feast. Cannot wait!

Slydice · 22-08-2019 10:18PM

How is it not gonna end up in genocide?

ixoy · 23-08-2019 08:30PM

Reviews are out and they are very very positive. Looks like it's a great sequel for fans of the film.

Slydice · 23-08-2019 09:27PM

https://twitter.com/darkcrystal/status/1164990892345909249

Agent Coulson · 27-08-2019 08:35AM

Reviews starting to come out and they seem to be good.

Fingers crossed.

pixelburp · 30-08-2019 08:06AM

This has dropped.

Never would have thought one of my most anticipated shows of 2019 would be a TV series of Dark Crystal FFS lol

kerplun k · 30-08-2019 11:31AM

Full disclosure. I had no prior knowledge of this. It just popped up on my Netflix this morning.

So, I’ve watched the first one and first impression is that it’s utterly bizarre, in a good way I mean. It’s a very surreal watch. It looks amazing, and the story is right down my ally. Some of the imagery is mind blowing, distracting almost. Fair play to Netflix for putting something like this out there. I’m hoping after a few episodes that the novelty of the look and puppets will fade and I’ll get sucked into the story.

I’m just reading this is based on a film, can’t believe I’ve never seen it. This is something I would have lapped up as a kid.

I can only imagine what this would look like in 4K. I only have regular HD and it pops off the screen.

CastorTroy · 30-08-2019 02:50PM

The film is on there as well. Looking forward to watching this

Stop moaning ffs · 30-08-2019 02:55PM

CastorTroy wrote: »

The film is on there as well. Looking forward to watching this

Going to ask the age old cliche question

I have seen and loved the film as a kid. Haven’t seen it since.

Do I need to watch it before I dive in to the series?

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

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