Amazon MGM Studios and The Jim Henson Firm are teaming to develop a collection based mostly on the work of Brian and Wendy Froud.
Brian and Wendy will government produce the undertaking together with their son, Toby. The Jim Henson Firm may even government produce.
At the moment titled “Faerie,” the collection is described as a “fashionable Henson household journey set within the magical world of Brian & Wendy Froud’s Faeries.”
The official collection description states: “When the Faeries kidnap an unsuspecting father, his household should enterprise into the Faerie realm to rescue him. By means of their journey, they are going to uncover their inside energy and distinctive potential, difficult the expectations that the human world has put upon them. At its core, Faerie is a narrative of perseverance and the energy of a household’s love, stuffed with magic, journey, and self-discovery at all ages.”
The Jim Henson Firm is repped by UTA.
The Frouds have often collaborated with The Jim Henson Firm. The couple met whereas working as designers on the long-lasting Henson movie “The Darkish Crystal” and went on to work with the corporate on the movie “Labyrinth” and the current Netflix collection “The Darkish Crystal: Age of Resistance.” Wendy additionally labored on “The Muppet Film,” “The Muppet Present,” and fabricated the Yoda puppet for “The Empire Strikes Again.” Brian’s different credit embrace the Henson collection “Storyteller” in addition to 2003’s “Peter Pan” and the 2016 movie “Pete’s Dragon.”
Exterior of their display screen work, Wendy’s different initiatives embrace illustrating the three books “A Midsummer Night time’s Faerytale,” “The Winter Little one,” and “The Faeries of Spring Cottage” by Terri Windling. Brian printed the 1978 ebook “Faeries” with Alan Lee and his idea artwork was featured within the companion ebook “The World of the Darkish Crystal.” His artwrok additionally serves as the premise for the “Faerielands” ebook collection.
