LABYRINTH Is Getting a Remake by GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Co-Writer
Sheesh. Hollywood has no shame. Less than two weeks after David Bowie passed away it's been announced that Jim Henson's classic 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth is getting the remake treatment. You'd think they would honor Bowie by NOT remaking this movie, instead they are going to attempt to cash in on it.
According to THR, Guardians of the Galaxy co-writer Nicole Perlman will be writing the script for the film. The original movie starred Jennifer Connelly, who set out on an adventure in a fantastical maze to save her younger brother, who was kidnapped by the Goblin King played by Bowie.
The movie is set up at Tri-Star Pictures which has teamed up with The Jim Henson Co. to bring this story to the big screen... again. There's no word what the new take on this story will be, but I imagine it won't be too far off from what we saw in the original.
When the original film was first released it bombed at the box-office, but over the years, it has become a beloved cult classic. Labyrinth was the last film that Henson directed, it was written by Monty Python's Terry Jones, and George Lucas was an executive producer. Yeah, good luck recreating that magic!