The 'Labyrinth' Remake Announcement Is Making People Nervous — Here's Why

Labyrinth Remake Cast Screen. 'Labyrinth' Remake on Its Way from 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Cowriter Fandango The original Labyrinth was released in 1986, starring Jennifer Connelly and the late, great, David Bowie as The Goblin King Eggers is writing the script with Sjón, his collaborator on 2022 Viking actioner The Northman.

Eggers' most recent big-screen offering was a remake of the 1922 silent movie Nosferatu, often hailed as a pioneering early work within the horror genre. Nearly a year after it was announced that the legacy sequel was in development, the latest news confirms that Robert Eggers will write and direct Labyrinth 2.The brilliant cinematic mind behind films like Nosferatu, The Lighthouse, and The Witch, Eggers is no stranger to bizarre worlds on film.Though many details, including the sequel's official title, are still unknown, it has been confirmed.

Labyrinth Writer Says the Film is a 'Continuation', Not a Remake

According to Deadline, "the film is a sequel to, rather than a remake of, Jim Henson's 1986 classic David Bowie appeared in the 1986 film Labyrinth where he played Jareth, the Goblin King. The plot of the movie, directed by the late Jim Henson, sees 13-year-old Sarah brashly wishes for her baby brother to be taken away by the goblins who are in the book she is reading.

The Remake of LABYRINTH Will Be Directed By EVIL DEAD Helmer Fede Alvarez — GeekTyrant. The poster features Hiddleston as the film's leading. There had been rumblings of another Labyrinth in the works for a couple of years when the news officially broke not long after Bowie's tragic passing in 2016

Labyrinth sequel Scott Derrickson to direct followup to 1986 fantasy film Ents & Arts News. Eggers is writing the script with Sjón, his collaborator on 2022 Viking actioner The Northman. The original Labyrinth was released in 1986, starring Jennifer Connelly and the late, great, David Bowie as The Goblin King