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Buried within a Variety story about Billy Crystal joining Which Witch is news that The Jim Henson Company is developing sequels to Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, along with Fraggle Rock: The Movie and another feature film based on the Emmett Otter character. However, a new story from Entertainment Weekly released shortly after that first news claims that the Labyrinth sequel is not actually in active development.

A source for The Jim Henson Company says that The Dark Crystal sequel and the Fraggle Rock: The Movie are currently being worked on, but there are no plans to, "reboot, revive, or make a sequel" to Labyrinth any time soon. The source described the "legacy title" as something that surfaces during most meetings, but nothing is currently in the works, despite Variety's contrasting report.

Fraggle Rock: The Movie has been in development for quite some time, with The Jim Henson Company partnering with New Regency.

Now that we've hit the month of August, it's perfect beach weather, and who doesn't enjoy reading a good book while catching a few rays? We've learned about two new novels coming out on August 14th from Random House that should fit the bill for DC readers and their kids.

Suck It Up And Die by Brian Meehl

Vegan vampire Morning McCobb is having a hard time adjusting to life as a “probie” firefighter. Add to that his “Eb” (eternal beloved) just turned eighteen, and because of his vampirism he’s stuck as a sixteen-year-old. When an evil vampire returns with a thirst for blood, what will happen to Morning McCobb, one of the first vampires to come “out of the coffin” and ask the world to accept him as who he is? In his previous book Suck It Up, Meehl created a near future world, similar to "True Blood" for teens,...