TriStar Pictures and The Jim Henson Company have made a deal to reboot Labyrinth, the ’80s cult classic, with Guardians of the Galaxy co-writer Nicole Perlman penning the script, EW has learned.
Labyrinth was the last film Muppets master Jim Henson directed before his death in 1990. The movie followed a teenager (Jennifer Connelly) who wished away her baby brother. The Goblin King, Jareth (played by David Bowie), snatches the infant away and takes him to his fantastical castle. Connelly’s character traverses the titular maze to rescue her brother before he becomes a goblin.
The film received lukewarm reviews and bombed commercially upon its 1986 release. But in the nearly three decades since, it’s become a cult favorite.
This film has such a creepy/eerie undertone and message. My mom would make me watch it repeatedly.
Only realized how freaky it was when I grew up. Can't wait to see what they do with it.
