Dark crystal show1/4/2023 ![]() It’s not exactly draining their essence, but it’s the same attitude. Given the state of the world, do you look back at The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and see new relevance? Especially when you have certain people making statements like they think it’s OK if older, at-risk people are sacrificed so others can live. ![]() Now, Lisa Henson, CEO of the Jim Henson Company and guardian of all things Thra, chats with SYFY WIRE about getting back to work, and the challenges of creating this world - among them, working with puppets in confined spaces. Last month, Age of Resistance nabbed a 2020 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Children's Program. ![]() New Thra stories have continued to appear over the years in book and graphic novel form, but the fate of the Age of Resistance series remains uncertain. ![]() The Jim Henson Company, the producer of the series, received a federal Payroll Protection Program (PPP) bailout (approximately $2 million) in order to retain its 75-person staff after live-action productions and the Jim Henson Creature Shop were shut down. But now the future of this live-action return to the world of Thra has been put in jeopardy - after just one season - by the coronavirus pandemic. The journey from the cult classic film The Dark Crystal to its prequel series, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, has taken nearly 35 years. Today we speak with Lisa Henson, the Emmy-nominated executive producer of Netflix’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. This month, SYFY WIRE is speaking to some of the actors and artisans whose work earned them Emmy nominations this year. ![]()
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