"Dark Crystal - The Resistance" closes the fantasy saga

Immediately after winning the award Exceptional programs for children to the virtual ceremony Creative Arts Emmys this weekend, The Jim Henson Company and Netflix confirmed to Gizmodo's i09 that there won't be another season of Dark Crystal - The resistance (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance).

Henson made the following statement:

“We can confirm that there will be no further season of Dark Crystal - The resistance (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance). We know that fans are eager to find out the rest of this chapter. The saga of The dark crystal ends and we'll look for other ways to tell that story in the future. Our company has a legacy of creating rich and complex worlds that require technical innovation, artistic excellence and masterful storytelling. Our story also includes enduring productions, which often find and grow their audience over time and still demonstrate, that the fantasy and science fiction genres reflect eternal messages and ever relevant truths. We are so grateful to Netflix for trusting us to be able to make this ambitious series; we are deeply proud of our work on Dark Crystal - The resistance and the approval it has received from fans, critics and colleagues who recently received an Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program. "

Netflix echoed these sentiments in its shortest statement:

“We are grateful to the Jim Henson Company master artists for bringing us Dark Crystal - The resistance (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance)  for fans around the world. We thank executive producers Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford, and Louis Leterrier, who also directed all episodes, as well as the writers, cast and crew for their outstanding work and thrilled to be Emmy honored this end. week ".

The prequel series inspired by Jim Henson's 80s fantasy epic premiered on August 30, 2019. Rumored to be an expensive and long-running project for the streamer, the ambitious 10-episode series boasted a cast star-studded including Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor- Joy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Simon Pegg, Benedict Wong, Keegan-Michael Key, Awkwafina and Mark Hamill.

The plot follows three heroes of Gelfling, who discover the horrible truth behind the power of the buzzard-like Skeksis who rule them, and prepare to ignite the fire of rebellion among all tribes, to end this cruel reign and to his damage to the Crystal of Truth, which is poisoning the world of Thra.

Co-creator Will Matthews told IndieWire just a month after the show's debut, “From a production standpoint, there was a lot of discussion and some of it got a little serious. At one point we thought: “It's too big. It's too much. It will take too long. It will cost too much. It is too difficult to do. Maybe we can make it smaller and not fight… At one point everything was on the table in a scary way, but we made our way through that. It worked well and we eliminated one or two beats of action “.

“When I presented the series to Netflix four years ago, we had an ending that we really care about. We had an ending about the movie and the problem you described, ”Matthews continued. "If we're lucky enough to have more seasons, the story will go on and we know where it's going and maybe it's more promising than you might think."

Co-creator Addiss also noted at the time that they had a "concrete document" for the second season.

[Source: io9]