New LABYRINTH Movie Coming From GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Co-Writer
The Hollywood Reporter ran a story a couple of days ago saying that the David Bowie classic Labyrinth was getting a reboot from Guardians of the Galaxy co-writer Nicole Perlman. Now Perlman — who wrote the initial draft of Guardians while she was in Marvel's in-house writing program before James Gunn apparently revamped the script — has taken to Twitter to dispel any notions that this new project will be a remake or reboot:
I agree that the timing is incredibly unfortunate, because now it seems like this project is only moving forward because of the recent death of original star David Bowie. But as you can see, Perlman seems to have a lot of respect for the property and doesn't seem to be planning on creating a straight-up remake; her insistence that this version isn't a reboot either means it's a continuation of the first film's story, or something that only vaguely touches on the first film's themes and worlds — anything too close would be considered a remake. No word yet if original star Jennifer Connelly is involved, but it would be cool to see her again if the script turns out well.
Perlman is also co-writing Marvel Studios' upcoming Captain Marvel movie along with Inside Out screenwriter Meg Lefauve.