Dark Crystal Sequel and Fraggle Rock Movie Coming Soon!

MTV News’ Brian Jacks got to sit down with Jim Henson’s son, Brian Henson – co CEO of the Jim Henson Company – and got some big (for me) news about updates to some upcoming projects that will make my fellow geeks very happy:

Henson told us that “Fraggle Rock” is “still in very active development. Very active development. That has a very strong script.” Woosh. See that emphasis on the second ‘very’? That’s all Henson baby. He was emphatic in his “Fraggle” talk. And that’s not all!

“It’ll have a strong musical component,” he said. “It’ll be expanded to an older audience. ‘Fraggle Rock’ [the TV show] was presented… for a pretty exclusively children’s audience. The feature film does expand it to be more accessible to a wider audience.”
“We have a ‘Dark Crystal’ sequel, called ‘The Power of the Dark Crystal.’ It has a very strong script.” More emphasis. I like that, Mr. Henson. Enthusiasm. It’s infectious. I’m already excited about these projects, and hearing your comments only amplifies that.
“Both of those projects… are very close to going into pre-production,” Henson said. “They’re both really ready to go. [The studio is] just [in the process of] putting together the final finance pieces and the final distribution pieces.”

I know I’ve seen The Dark Crystal; I remember that it was visually stunning; but I cannot remember a single thing about what happened, other than a vague memory of these big vulture-looking things in robes. Along the same lines, I know that I’ve seen ET, but I couldn’t remember the plot if you put a gun to my head. I really need to get back in touch with my childhood.

One thing I do remember, though, is Fraggle Rock. Some of my best childhood memories include commandeering the TV in my grandparent’s basement for my monthly dates with Sprocket, the Doozers, Gobo, Mokey, Red, Wembley, Boober, and the all-knowing Marjory the Trash Heap (who kind of resembled a messier, but wiser, more well-mannered, and probably better smelling Jabba the Hutt, now that I think about it). I don’t really remember whether Fraggle Rock or my grandparents’ subscription to HBO was canceled first, but I never forgot the Fraggles and can still sing the theme song word-for-word.

It should be fairly obvious which project I’m looking forward to sharing with my children more (hint: it rhymes with haggle sock!), but both movies should rock and I can’t wait to take at least the older boys to see them in the theater!

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