Well, it’s official - Variety’s announced that ‘Samurai Jack’ creator, Genndy Tartakovsky, has signed on to direct the Jim Henson Co.’s “Power of the Dark Crystal.” Additionally, his production company (Tartakovsky’s Orphanage) will be handling the lion’s share of the CG animation elements to be used in conjunction with the Brian Froud designed muppets.

Set hundreds of years after the first pic, sequel follows a mysterious girl made of fire who steals a shard of the crystal in hopes of reigniting the dying sun.Annette Duffy and David Odell penned the script.

The puppets this time around will operate amid a CGI backdrop. Henson will secure a domestic distributor by the time the film begins production in late summer.

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