Dark Crystal Sequel Announced

From SciFi Wire:

The Jim Henson Co. announced that it will produce a feature-film sequel to its 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal, with the working title The Power of the Dark Crystal.
The original movie was directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, with conceptual designer Brian Froud, and has remained a fan favorite with consistently strong worldwide home video and DVD sales, the company
said.

The company’s co-chief executives, Brian Henson and Lisa Henson, made the announcement. Odyssey Entertainment will represent the worldwide sales and distribution of the film, beginning immediately at
the Cannes Film Festival.

The sequel is based on an original screenplay by Annette Duffy and David Odell, who wrote the first film. It is set many years after the events of the first movie. The Power of the Dark Crystal
sees Jen and Kira as king and queen and guardians of the crystal, who fight to save their kingdom when the crystal is once again split. Incorporating a hybrid of live-action animatronic characters and computer animation, the production is expected to commence in the fall. Lisa Henson and Kristine Belson will produce, with Brian Henson, Ralph Kamp and Louise Goodsill serving as executive producers.

Charlie Jade: Dirty Laundry

Recently, a discussion thread at the Bureau raised the problem of people who constantly ask what is happening in a show or movie, why it’s happening, and questions of this nature. Usually, they appear to be operating under the assumption that you somehow know more about the show/movie than they do, when, usually, you’ve both been watching for the same amount of time.

Okay. Don’t ever watch Charlie Jade with someone like that in the room.

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Century City restarts in Canada

Century City was a short lived series about a
law firm in a near-future world with significantly
advanced biotechnology. As you can see by this IMDB
page, the cast included Hector Elizondo, Nester
Carbonell (Batmanuel in the live action
Tick), Kristen Lehman (Invisigoth in “Kill
Switch,” the X-Files episode written by
William Gibson), Viola Davis (from the new version of
Solaris), Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards in the
upcoming Fantastic Four live action film),
and Eric Schaffer (recently seen in
Spanglish). The American run was cancelled
after four episodes, but Space: The Imagination
Station ran the full nine episodes in Canada, and
is scheduled to restart from the pilot this Sunday. I
missed the first two broadcast episodes, but I liked
what I saw. It’s worth a look on a Sunday morning.
Note that Space is airing them in the sequence
suggested by the home network rather than the
production order. (The episode order is much like
that of Firefly, only the first episode
actually came first.) With everything else going into
reruns, I’d be willing to review this series over the
next few weeks. Alternatively, I could do a complete
series review in two weeks when I catch the episodes
I’ve missed. If you have a review preference or an
opinion of the show, speak up below. (Generally, they
bring up issues that will need dealt with, but rarely
dig deeply into them.)