As well, the original conceptual designer for Dark Crystal’s feature, Brian Froud, will also be back on board for this new project.
It’s also worth noting that the practical visual effects will be buffered by some digital CGI, though the latter imagery will hopefully be for backgrounds and explosions.
Jen and Kira’s faces need never be replicated.
While the legendary Jim Henson obviously isn’t still around to get back behind the camera (nor the film’s co-director Frank Oz), Jim Henson’s Creature Shop will once again provide a lot of what we’ll be seeing on screen, and we’re so hoping that the designs of the Gelfling characters aren’t so dead-eyed and haunting as they were in the original.