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Kelsey Mann Dark Crystal concept 04

Kelsey Mann art

The Jim Henson Company announced in 2005 that they were working on an animated TV show based on The Dark Crystal.[1] The show was to be geared for the Cartoon Network's "Toonami" anime block, and designed as a 2D animated follow-up and promotional tie-in to Power of the Dark Crystal.[2]

The show's look and feel was announced as being designed by David Slack, who did the same for Cartoon Network's popular Teen Titans series.[2]

Kelsey Mann โ€” who has worked on Disney XD's Ultimate Spider-Man, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and the 2003 Duck Dodgers series โ€” produced art as a pitch to work on the project, and ultimately developed conceptual artwork for the series.[3]

Over a decade later, the Henson Company revisited the idea of a Dark Crystal TV series with The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. This series was initially pitched to Netflix as an animated prequel to the original film, but the finished series was produced with puppets on actual sets at Netflix's suggestion.[4]

Sources[]

  1. โ†‘ Henson.com Official Press Release February 1, 2006
  2. โ†‘ 2.0 2.1 Richmond, Ray.Coming attractions, September 20, 2005
  3. โ†‘ KMANN Sketches and Doodles "Dark Crystal Designs" by Kelsey Mann, March 12, 2006
  4. โ†‘ The Crystal Calls: Making the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
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