Fede Alvarez Offers Updates on the Status of LABYRINTH 2
Fede Alvarez became a household name among horror fans following the 2013 release of his Evil Dead remake. Since then, he’s helmed Don’t Breathe in 2016 and The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story, hitting US theaters this Friday. Today, we’re getting updates regarding the filmmaker’s sequel to 1986’s Labyrinth.
Labyrinth, directed by Jim Henson, was a dark anomaly when it was released; not unlike The Dark Crystal (another Henson picture) it was presented as a family-friendly affair—and it is. But it was much darker than any Muppet movie and, for those of us who came of age in the 1980’s, Labyrinth was something of a horror primer.
The sequel has been in pre-production for a couple years now, but Alvarez gave exclusive updates to our friends at MovieWeb. On the status of a completed script, he stated:
“I never said the script is complete. I never believe the script is actually complete. We do have a first version of it, we have a first version that I think is amazing. I’m sure we’ve gotta write more because that’s the way we do with Jay [Basu]. We’re gonna keep writing until we believe that it’s a perfect script. We’re gonna try to get there because that’s one that has such a beloved fanbase, me included in it, that I would never do anything that’s far from perfect. Or at least I’m gonna try to aim there. It will take some time because that’s not something you rush. It’s been enough years that I think no one should rush that one. We’re gonna try and get it right.”
On his specific approach to the film:
“I’m a fan of the original and again, in this case, it’s something that I haven’t done. Where Evil Dead was kind of a remake, but at the same time it was a sequel, because the events that happened before did happen in our Evil Dead. But it was different characters. That was one thing. Whereas [The Girl in the Spider’s Web], that was more of a different chapter in the story, where you bring in a new actor to play an iconic role. In the case of Labyrinth, it’s the only one, which I haven’t done that yet, of a straightforward sequel. But it’s a sequel to a classic and a continuation of that story. And with Jay Basu, my co-writer on Spider’s Web, we had what I thought was this great idea to continue that story and jump so many years later and pick up that story now. We got really excited about that and we started collaborating with the Henson’s, with Jim Henson’s daughter.”
In addition to the Labyrinth sequel, Alvarez is currently working on a sequel to Don’t Breathe; though fans are aching for another Devil Dead flick featuring Jane Levy as Mia, nothing official has been announced.
Well keep you up to date on all Labyrinth news as details emerge; stay tuned! In the meantime, check out the synopsis and trailer for 1986’s Labyrinth, starring David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, and Toby Froud below.
Synopsis:
A 16-year-old girl is given 13 hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King.
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