Lena Headey Heads For The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance

Lena Headey

by James White |
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She might have seen her ambitious plans crushed on Game Of Thrones, but Lena Headey isn't letting that stop her. She's part of the voice cast for the Jim Henson Company's incoming Dark Crystal prequel TV series, Age Of Resistance.

And Headey's not the only newly announced addition: Benedict Wong, Awkwafina, Sigourney Weaver, Ant-Man And The Wasp's Hannah John-Kamen and Henson veteran Dave Goelz (who performed fluffy troublemaker Fizzgig in the original and here will be a character called Baffi).

Set many years before the events of the 1982 film, famously co-directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, Age Of Resistance returns to the world of Thra with an all new adventure. When three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the evil, vulture-like Skeksis’ power, they set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.

Louis Leterrier directs the series, and the cast already includes the voices of Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nathalie Emmanuel, Caitriona Balfe, Helena Bonham Carter, Harris Dickinson, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Izzard, Theo James and Toby Jones.

Netflix is carrying the series, and it'll be on screens from 30 August.

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