Labyrinth il Sequel Opzioni

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Dal sito Coming Soon:

Labyrinth Reboot Planned at Tri-Star

A Labyrinth reboot is being planned, although it’s uncertain if it will manifest as a sequel or a remake

A Labyrinth reboot is on the way from Tri-Star Pictures, says a story today at The Hollywood Reporter. It is uncertain whether or not the new Labyrinth will serve as a sequel to or a remake of Jim Henson’s 1982 fantasy classic, starring Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie. The trade notes that Guardians of the Galaxy cowriter Nicole Perlman has been brought aboard to supply the screenplay.


Scripted by Terry Jones from a story by Dennis Lee, the original Labyrinth was the final project from Henson. Connelly plays a young woman, Sarah, who accidentally offers up her baby brother to the Goblin King, Jareth (Bowie). To rescue the child, Sarah must navigate a fantastical world of creatures and magic until she can ultimately face off against Jareth himself.

News of the Labyrinth reboot comes, unfortunately, in the wake of the tragic news surrounding David Bowie’s passing earlier this month.

Since working on Guardians of the Galaxy, Perlman has returned to Marvel Studios to work on the screenplay for 2019’s Captain Marvel.

The Henson Company‘s Lisa Henson is attached to produce the Labyrinth reboot. Nicole Brown will oversee for Tri-Star.

Back in 2013, it was reported that Walt Disney Pictures was developing their own film titled Labyrinth. Although that project is not connected to the Henson film, it is said to follow a similar storyline with the central protagonist being a princess who has to traverse a dangerous maze in order to save her father. The current status of Disney’s Labyrinth project is unknown.

How do you feel about a Labyrinth reboot? Would you rather see a sequel to the original or a full on remake? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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Dal sito Best Movie:

Labyrinth, scelto il regista per il remake dell’iconico fantasy? Ed è un nome molto amato dai fan

L'amato film cult con David Bowie e Jennifer Connelly potrebbe tornare in una versione del tutto nuova a quattro decenni di distanza

Labyrinth, l’iconico fantasy con David Bowie e Jennifer Connelly affermatosi in breve tempo come uno dei film più amati degli anni ’80, è ormai da anni al centro di alcune indiscrezioni riguardanti l’eventuale realizzazione di un remake.

Nelle ultime ore queste si sarebbero ravvivate portando nuovi aggiornamenti sul progetto, il quale sarebbe ormai ad un passo dal trovare il suo regista designato. Secondo il celebre scooper Daniel Richtman la Tristar avrebbe infatti adocchiato nientemeno che Mike Flanagan, il quale sarebbe ormai in fase avanzata di trattative avanzate con lo studio.

Negli ultimi anni Flanagan si è affermato come uno dei filmmaker più apprezzati tanto sul fronte cinematografico quanto su quello seriale. Tra i suoi film più noti vi sono infatti Oculus – Il riflesso del male (2013), Ouija – L’origine del male (2016), Il gioco di Gerald (2017) e Doctor Sleep (2019). Il regista ha inoltre firmato serie molto apprezzate tra cui la recentissima La caduta della casa degli Usher (2023) alla quale sono precedute The Haunting of Hill House (2018), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) e Midnight Mass (2022).

Flanagan ha inoltre appena concluso le riprese de La vita di Chuck, film tratto dall’omonimo romanzo di Stephen King che vedrà il coinvolgimento nel cast di Tom Hiddleston, mentre tra i suoi progetti futuri sembrerebbe esserci anche l’adattamento seriale de La Torre Nera, l’opera più imponente dello stesso King.

Negli ultimi anni erano inoltre emersi rumor sulla realizzazione di un possibile sequel di Labyrinth, il quale avrebbe visto l’avvicendarsi di altri noti registi come Fede Alvarez e Scott Derrickson. In principio la sceneggiatura del sequel era stata affidata a Maggie Levin (Into the Dark), e inoltre sarebbero stati coinvolti come produttori anche Brian e Lisa Henson, figli del leggendario Jim Henson e ora a capo della rinomata The Jim Henson Company.

Il silenzio che ha circondato il l’ipotetico sequel sembrerebbe suggerire l’idea che questo sia confluito a sua volta nel vociferato progetto che Tristar vorrebbe affidare a Mike Flanagan. Al momento è tuttavia difficile dire se il sequel e il remake siano davvero conversi in un progetto unico, o se rimangano ancora due film separati.


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LABYRINTH Remake Reportedly In The Works With Mike Flanagan In Talks To Direct

A remake of Jim Henson's fantasy classic, Labyrinth, is rumored to be in the work at TriStar, and Mike Flanagan (The Fall of the House of Usher is said to be in talks to direct...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness director Scott Derrickson recently confirmed that a direct sequel to Jim Henson's Labyrinth was still in development, but it sounds like a remake/reboot may also be in the works.

"We never got the script all the way to a place where the studio wanted to make it, but I was very proud of the work that we did on it," Derrickson said in a recent interview.

"And it's a hard, hard project to turn into something commercially viable, because it's so imaginative and surreal that there's no way that it can be done cheaply. And at the same time, it's so daring and different that it is a tough movie for a studio to feel competent that it has enough commercial value to earn a profit. So I think that it's a tough nut to crack, but all I can tell you is I'm very proud of the work that we did on it. We certainly had a great film in mind."

When asked if the plan was to cast another actor as Jareth the Goblin King in the wake of the legendary David Bowie's passing, Derrickson declined to go into too much detail, but did say they "had a really cool idea."

Now, scooper Daniel Richtman is reporting that Mike Flanagan (The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass) is in talks to direct a Labyrinth remake for TriStar.

There's a chance both of these projects are one and the same, of course, but this is all we have to go on for the time being.

The 1986 original starred Jennifer Connolly as a teenager named Sarah who enters a strange fantasy realm in an effort to rescue her little brother from Jareth the Goblin King (Bowie). There, she meets some weird and wonderful creatures (Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Didymus) who help her on her quest to reach the King's castle.

Although it received something of a mixed reception upon its release, the movie has since gone on to achieve cult status, and we've seen various spinoff comics, books, and video games over the years.

There's also an annual fan masquerade ball, which is considered one of the largest of its kind in the world.

Maggie Levin (Into the Dark, My Valentine) was tasked with writing the sequel's script back when it was first announced, while The Jim Henson Company's Brian and Lisa Henson were on board as producers. We don't know if they're still attached, however.