The choice to revisit Labyrinth without David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King—or Jim Henson’s puppet wizardry, for that matter—is a bit eyebrow-raising, but Eggers has never been in the business of people pleasing.

Nosferatu” director Robert Eggers is set to write and direct the sequel to Jim Henson’s the 1986 cult fantasy movie “Labyrinth” for TriStar Pictures, Variety has confirmed. Eggers is writing the project with his writing partner Sjón,

Coming off the success of Nosferatu, Robert Eggers will be staying in the horror space for his next project with Focus Features: a 13th century werewolf movie titled

Robert Eggers has closed his deal to write and direct a 'Labyrinth' sequel for TriStar and The Jim Henson Company, Deadline has learned.

A few weeks ago it was reported that Nosferatu director Robert Eggers was going to be developing a sequel to Jim Henson’s 1986 cult fantasy movie Labyrinth . Well, today it’s been confirmed that the filmmaker has signed on to write and direct the sequel.

Nosferatu director Robert Eggers is set to write and direct a sequel to Jim Henson's Labyrinth for TriStar Pictures. Eggers is writing the script with The Northman collaborator Sjón.

He's conquered the realms of witches (The Witch), vampires (Nosferatu), and very soon will have taken a 13th century set stab at werewolves too (Werwulf), but emerging master of the macabre Robert Eggers has already decided where his watchful eye will be cast next — and we'll bet it's not somewhere you had on your Eggers bingo card.