Robert Eggers is rumored to have closed a deal to direct and co-write a brand new movie set on this planet of the 1986 basic Labyrinth
2026 will mark the fortieth anniversary of the discharge of the musical fantasy movie Labyrinth… and if all goes properly, we’d have the ability to have a good time the anniversary with a brand new movie that’s set on this planet of the unique movie. Such a venture has been making its method by way of growth hell for a number of years, and now Jeff Sneider of The InSneider has revealed that he has heard that The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman, and Nosferatu author/director Robert Eggers has closed a deal to co-write and direct the brand new Labyrinth movie!
This venture first began shifting ahead in 2016, when Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel author Nicole Perlman signed on to write down the screenplay. Fede Álvarez (Alien: Romulus) was employed to direct the movie in 2017, and he wrote his personal draft of the script with Jay Basu. The script was full by October 2018… however the venture didn’t go into manufacturing, and Álvarez dropped out in 2020. That very same 12 months, Scott Derrickson (Physician Unusual) was employed to direct the movie. He wrote his personal model of the script with Maggie Levin, and Labyrinth star Jennifer Connelly confirmed that there had been conversations about her being concerned within the new film. In late 2023, Derrickson stated he wasn’t certain the venture would transfer ahead as a result of it was “so imaginative and surreal” that it may not be commercially viable. He was off the venture by early 2024.
The brand new Labyrinth film is being produced by Lisa Henson, with The Jim Henson Firm’s Brian Henson serving as an govt producer. In February of this 12 months, Lisa Henson advised Paste, “We simply haven’t been capable of get the script proper. We’ve had a few scripts written, and we’re gonna begin over once more. We’re gonna begin with a brand new script and a brand new director so it gained’t be anytime quickly.“
Now, if Sneider’s sources are appropriate, it appears like Robert Eggers is the brand new director who will probably be engaged on a brand new script. Apparently his method is make a follow-up to Labyrinth relatively than a reboot of it, and he’s anticipated to write down the script with somebody who has collaborated with him beforehand – that means both his brother Max Eggers (The Lighthouse) or poet, novelist, lyricist, and screenwriter Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson, a.ok.a. Sjón (The Northman). Sneider thinks the co-writer will probably be Sjón.
Together with Eggers, producers Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus have boarded the venture.
Directed by Jim Henson (who additionally crafted the story with Dennis Lee) from a screenplay by Terry Jones, Labyrinth had the next synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Sarah is given 13 hours to resolve a labyrinth and rescue her child brother Toby when her want for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King Jareth. Connelly performed Sarah, with David Bowie as Jareth.
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