Netflix Announces ‘Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’

Netflix has ordered 10-episodes of “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,” which is a prequel to 1982’s “The Dark Crystal,” and takes place many years before the events of the film. The series will be shot in the U.K., and will star an ensemble of state-of-the-art creatures created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and Brian Froud, the original feature’s conceptual designer.

The logline” “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” returns to the world of Thra with an all new adventure. When three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis’ power, they set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.

Feature film director Louis Leterrier (“Now You See Me,” “The Incredible Hulk”) will executive produce the series and direct. “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” will be a Netflix original series produced by The Jim Henson Company and executive produced by Letterier, Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford. Longtime Henson collaborator Rita Peruggi will serve as producer and Henson’s Blanca Lista will serve as a co-executive producer. Leading the writing are co-executive producers Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (“Life in a Year”), and Javier Grillo-Marxuach (“Lost,” “The 100”).