Pretty damn cool news! Speirig Brothers to direct POWER OF THE DARK CRYSTAL!!!

Hey folks, Harry here with some damn fine news about POWER OF THE DARK CRYSTAL moving forward with the incredibly talented Speirig Brothers helming for Jim Henson Company and Omnilab Media. Hollywood Reporter broke the story telling us it'll be shot stereoscopically in 3D - that it'll be Live Action and Henson's Puppets and there will be CG elements as well. Probably due to the first character they tell us about:

Set hundreds of years after the events of the first movie when the world has once again fallen into darkness, "Power of the Dark Crystal" follows the adventures of a mysterious girl made of fire who, together with a Gelfling outcast, steals a shard of the legendary crystal in an attempt to reignite the dying sun that exists at the center of the planet. The screenplay has been written by Australian Craig Pearce based on an original script by Annette Duffy and David Odell. Fantasy artist Brian Froud will reprise his role as conceptual designer of the film.

Peter & Michael are to be trusted in my opinion. They're the sort of filmmakers that have proven to roll up their sleeves and get dirty if the budget isn't enough, if the studio won't fit the bill - these guys do it the way they want to - and having just watched DAYBREAKERS on Blu-Ray for the upcoming column - I was freshly reminded of why they kick so much ass. I really am quite fond of that film and UNDEAD. Now, for something entirely different from them! Can't wait!