Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has signed on to direct TriStar Pictures’ long-gestating sequel to Jim Henson and George Lucas’ Labyrinth, according to Deadline. Maggie Levin (Into the Dark, My Valentine) has reportedly signed on to write the script.
In this report is accurate, they would replace screenwriter Nicole Perlman and director Fede Alvarez, who were announced in 2016 and 2017 as working on the project.
A prequel, sequel, and several spin-offs to Labryinth have been published as comic books by TOKYOPOP and BOOM! Studios.
Derrickson dropped out of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness due to the oft-cited ‘creative differences’ with Marvel Studios.
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