Mask and mirror

Holy wow. Check out this gorgeous preview picture for Mirrormask, the Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean not-really-a-sequel to Labyrinth.

The pose is reminiscent of David Bowie staring into one of the crystal balls to see what Sarah is up to.

ETA: OK, I checked Gaiman's journal and he says it really isn't a sequel:

".. while it grew out of talks about Labyrinth, it's not a sequel in any way, shape or form. (I would have loved to have done a Labyrinth Sequel, but the rights are held by Hensons and Lucasfilms, and it became apparent that that wasn't going to happen. So we did something else instead.) (And it looks like I'll get my wish to do a Brian Froud film in another way entirely.)

Dave and I cowrote the script last year, but it's very much his vision and my dialogue. (And sometimes his dialogue.)

The current plan is that it's going to be straight-to-video/DVD unless Hensons decide to release it theatrically, which will depend on how the finished film looks. The budget is miniscule, and about 70% of the film will be made by Dave using the techniques he explored in The Week Before and Neon, where he creates worlds inside the computer that people move about in as though they are real.

It has sphinxes in it, and travelling books, and floating giants, also circuses, a door of keys, and a swamp that isn't there any more."