Jim Henson’s daughter Lisa thanks Netflix for The Dark Crystal revival (Picture: Netflix)

Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal has had the revival we’ve all been waiting for, and his daughter Lisa has thanked Netflix for the classic’s return.

It has been 37 years since the horrifying children’s puppet show appeared on our screens, and after teasing its comeback, the CEO and President of the Jim Henson Company has finally given fans what they want in the form of the prequel, The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance.

When talking to Metro.co.uk about the upcoming 10 part series, Lisa revealed that she had toyed with the idea of bringing Thra back to life for more than a decade, and only thought it could have been done through the means of animation.



However, it turns out Netflix got in touch with the company and posed the question ‘why not puppets?’ and the magic started there.


Excitedly talking about her latest project, and why she decided the time was right to launch the new show, Lisa told us: ‘I think the answer to “why now?” is Netflix.

‘We had been working on a sequel film… We announced it a couple of times and disappointed our fans by not making it immediately.

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She said it couldn’t have been done without the streaming network’s support (Picture: WireImage)

‘But Netflix came along, and we could do a television series, at the production quality of a feature film, and it all came together. It wouldn’t have been done before Netflix was there to give it a go.’

Halle Stanford, who is the President of Television for the Jim Henson Company, joined Lisa, and added: ‘The prequel had been in the works for so long I feel like the universe did conspire with the messaging within the series…

‘That has a lot to do with speaking up, and telling the truth, and looking at when people in authority are maybe doing things that are questionable.

‘It kind of came out at a perfect time.’

Jim Henson would be proud (Picture: Getty Images)

They brought the world of Thra back to life (Picture: Netflix)

According to Lisa, her late father Jim wasn’t actively developing a sequel himself but had spoken to the original writer David Odell about potential ideas.

She said: ‘It’s something the company has been wanting to do for over 10 years. It has been a remarkable journey for us to be as ambitious as we have been, and I think the director Louis Leterrier took us to another level.

‘Thanks to that man it is more cinematic and more thrilling than the original movie, because we know we were capable of getting the puppets and puppet action to another level entirely.’

Beaming from ear to ear, Louis chimed in: ‘For me, it’s taking on one of the greatest movies ever made. I didn’t want to make the prequel better, I wanted to make it as good as.’

The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance launches on Netflix 30 August.

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