Plot details for Eggers’ Labyrinth are under wraps, but we’re told the film is a sequel to, rather than a remake of, Jim Henson’s 1986 classic. Eggers is writing the script with Sjón, his collaborator on 2022 Viking actioner The Northman and with whom he’s also working on Werwulf. Chris and Eleanor Columbus will produce alongside Lisa Henson, with Brian Henson executive producing.
Efforts to get a Labyrinth follow-up off the ground have been ongoing since at least 2017, with Doctor Strange‘s Scott Derrickson most recently attaching to direct a prior incarnation from a script by Maggie Levin.
hmm was hoping he’d do something original next since his last two movies were Hamlet and Dracula. now he’s a director-for-hire on a legacy sequel? idk
I’ve liked all of Eggers’ movies but it seems like the bigger the budget, the worse the movie ends up being
Fun fact (not trying to be pedantic): Hamlet was inspired by the story of Amleth. The Northman and Hamlet are both inspired by/ retellings of the same story.