I, for one, am powerfully curious as to how the modern zeitgeist will react to the comeback of Bowie's. David James 2:54 pm T15:16:31-05:00 x After a long time in development and a change of writer and director, Labyrinth 2 is finally heading into production. When the news sadly broke not long after star David Bowies tragic passing. Labyrinth wasn't exactly a box office success when it first came out, but it's long been a cult classic, and we're certainly in an era when that cult classicism sometimes has just as much power as box office numbers when it comes to getting projects made. Labyrinth 2 is an upcoming action adventure romantic family fantasy film. And the questions I have about the sequel are already coming fast and strong: Would Connelly return? Or would it be an entirely different young person altogether, maybe Elle Fanning? It's gotta have David Bowie, though, right? I may forget big chunks of the plot and the dialogue, but the images - the general milieu of 1986 bizarreness - that sticks. Labyrinth is the type of film that stays with you. And that's enough to get my imagination spinning. Given Hollywood's fickle tastes, this thing might never actually make it to screens anywhere.īut it very well could - as iO9 reports, the Jim Hensen Company's got it on its roster alongside The Dark Crystal's sequel and a Fraggle Rock movie. It should be stressed that very, very little is actually known about the project at this point: It was just mentioned in a larger piece about something entirely different in Variety. On February 15, 1985, Jim Hensons Red Book noted that David Bowies 'deal is set.' From the start of development in 1983, Henson knew he wanted to collaborate with a major performer for the music of Labyrinth, and to have them play Jareth. That's the surreal fantasy that starred Bowie, a young and ingenue-y Jennifer Connelly, lots of goblins, and some very memorably tight pants. David Bowie (1947-2016) was a pop singer and actor who starred in Labyrinth as Jareth, the Goblin King, and wrote all the songs for the movie. A sequel to the cult classic fantasy film Labyrinth has been officially announced, written by Maggie Levin and directed by Doctor Strange helmer Scott Derrickson. Big news for David Bowie's crotch: The Jim Henson Company's working on a sequel to Labyrinth. Labyrinth 2: Can Anyone Fill David Bowie’s Shoes Here are some of the performers who might be able to recapture the onscreen charisma and sex appeal of David Bowie.