‘Nosferatu’ Director Robert Eggers Signs on for ‘Labyrinth’ Sequel
variety.comPat Saperstein Deputy Editor “Nosferatu” director Robert Eggers is set to write and direct the sequel to Jim Henson’s the 1986 cult fantasy movie “Labyrinth” for TriStar Pictures, Variety has confirmed.
Eggers is writing the project with his writing partner Sjón, while Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus are producing alongside Lisa Henson.
Brian Henson is executive producing. The sequel originally had Scott Derrickson set to direct. When asked about the status of the project for TriStar Pictures and Jim Henson Pictures in 2023, Derrickson admitted it was “a tough nut to crack” and apparently exited after that.
The script had been set to be written by Maggie Levin, and it was being described as a sequel at the time. Directed by Jim Henson, the original “Labyrinth” starred David Bowie as the Goblin King and Jennifer Connelly as a teenager who must save her baby brother, along with a slew of Henson puppets, in an imaginative musical fantasy that bombed at the box office.
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