Why are we so obsessed with the “Dark Crystal” sequel? Well, because the first one completely rocked, that’s why. Thos damn creepy gelflings struck a chord in our pre-pubescent heads, lo those many years ago. At any rate, more info is starting to leak out to the non-Variety subscriber internet.

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.
“The original ‘Dark Crystal’ was the pinnacle of puppetry; they created characters that were as believable as the ones you see in animated films,” Tartakovsky said. “There is a limited budget here, and this will be more artsy, in a ‘Sin City’ fashion, with characters performing over greenscreen and great backgrounds behind it,” he said.

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