Tag: The Dark Crystal
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The Star Wars Actor Who Couldn’t Stand Working With Marlon Brando
Frank Oz became a pop culture icon thanks to his work alongside Jim Henson in the 1980s. In addition to providing the vocal and puppet work for beloved characters like The Empire Strikes Back’s Yoda and The Muppet Show’s Fozzie Bear, Oz established himself as a promising filmmaker. After working alongside Henson’s production company to…
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Lisa Henson says ‘Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ Is ‘Worthy’ of Her Father’s Legacy [Interview]
If you’re a genre fan – shoot, if you’re a fan of quality television – and skipped watching the Netflix mini-series “Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” you’ve made a very silly mistake. The long-awaited return to the world of the original 1982 fantasy film “The Dark Crystal” is not only gorgeous and captivating but a…
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‘The Dark Crystal’ Recap: Everything You Need to Remember Before Netflix’s New Series
Sometime during July of 1979, a Hollywood miracle happened. After three years of world-building and hammering out a screenplay, Jim Henson was given a budget of $15 million to create a high-fantasy film compromised completely of puppets. Accounting for inflation, that would be the equivalent of $40 million to make what Henson described as a…
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Exclusive Clip: The Cast of Netflix’s ‘The Dark Crystal’ Series Welcomes You to Thra
Even though you can’t yet watch Netflix’s incredible new series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, you can get a glimpse at the revitalized world of Thra thanks to our exclusive new clip. This behind-the-scenes featurette, “The World of The Dark Crystal” features stars Natalie Dormer, Taron Egerton, Jason Isaacs, Simon Pegg and Executive Producer,…
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We Watched Gorgeous and Gripping First Episode of ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’, and Our Jaws Are Still on the Floor [Comic-Con 2019]
Netflix isn’t immune to Hollywood’s obsession with digging back into the past for a dose of nostalgia in their entertainment line-up. This time they’re reaching into cult territory with a revival of The Dark Crystal, the fantasy adventure film from Jim Henson that fascinated audiences in 1982 and continues to be a retro favorite for…
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‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ Screens First Episode at Sdcc After Five Years of Development
On Friday, Netflix aired the first episode from its highly-anticipated series “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,” delighting fans crowded into San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H – and the streaming giant additionally released a sneak peek of a “making of” documentary special that will serve almost as an 11th episode of the series.The documentary will…
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‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ Trailer: Jim Henson’s Fantasy World Comes Back to Life
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is reviving the classic fantasy world created by The Jim Henson Company. But this time, we’re flashing back long before the events of the 1982 film The Dark Crystal. The prequel series coming to Netflix brings back puppetry in an epic fashion, showing us what might be the most…
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‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ Trailer: Netflix Launches A Prequel Series To Jim Henson’s 1982 Cult Classic
In an age dominated by CGI blockbusters, Netflix is looking to return to a simpler time with the new upcoming series “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.” The series will be a prequel to Jim Henson’s innovative 1982 feature film “The Dark Crystal.” As the creator of beloved shows such as “The Muppets” and “Fraggle…
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‘The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance’: The Netflix Prequel Series Is ‘Still Pure Puppetry’
“I love CGI, but we’re not using CGI on this one,” “The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance” director Louis Leterrier told the audience at New York Comic-Con on Friday night.Preserving the old way of telling stories through puppets was a theme of the panel, one of the first times the creative team behind the…