The long-awaited follow up to Jim Henson’s classic The Dark Crystal is coming to Netflix with the series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. The story follows three Gelflings – Rian, Brea and Deet – as they discover the secret behind the Skeksis’ power, and undertake a quest to start a rebellion and save the world.
The show’s executive producers are Louis Leterrier, Halle Stanford, and Jim Henson’s daughter, Lisa Henson, who is CEO and President of The Jim Henson Company. The enormous cast includes Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Nathalie Emmanuel, Harvey Fierstein, Mark Hamill, Ralph Ineson, Jason Isaacs, Keegan-Michael Key, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Simon Pegg, Andy Samberg, Caitriona Balfe, Helena Bonham Carter, Harris Dickinson, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Izzard, Theo James, Toby Jones, Shazad Latif, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mark Strong, Alicia Vikander, and Donna Kimball.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance premieres August 30.