Netflix unveiled the first official photos plus the cast/ voices for the upcoming The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance!
The voice cast is lead by Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Nathalie Emmanuel, as Rian, Deet, and Brea - three Gelfling heroes.
The Gelfling are voiced by:
Rian - Taron Egerton (Kingsman)
Brea - Anya Taylor Joy (The Witch)
Deet - Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones)
Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
Helena Bonham-Carter (The King’s Speech)
Harris Dickinson (forthcoming Maleficent 2)
Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones)
Eddie Izzard (Ocean’s Thirteen)
Theo James (The Divergent Series)
Toby Jones (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Cloverfield Paradox)
Mark Strong (Kingsman)
Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider)
The Skeksis & Mystics are voiced by:
Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song)
Mark Hamill (Star Wars)
Ralph Ineson (Game of Thrones)
Jason Isaacs (The OA)
Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele)
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (True Detective)
Simon Pegg (Mission Impossible)
Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine Nine)
Aughra will be voiced by:
Aughra - Donna Kimball (The Happytime Murders)
Additional characters will also be voiced by the puppeteers, including Alice Dinnean, Louise Gold, Neil Sterenberg and Victor Yerrid.
That's a VERY impressive list.
And yes, you read that right:
Taron Egerton, Caitriona Balfe, Helena Bonham-Carter, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Izzard
Theo James, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Alicia Vikander, Harvey Fierstein, Keegan-Michael Key, Simon Pegg, Andy Samberg, and Luke Skywalker himself Mark Hamill are all involved!
Additionally this behind -the-scenes making of image surfaced last week:
As if the cast list was not enough, now we have a dual sward wielding Skeksis!
Netflix's press release states that "further casting will follow in due course", so expect even more names involved to be revealed.