it is a tough movie for a studio to feel competent that it has enough commercial value to earn a profit.

Brian Henson remembered his father Jim Henson as being aware that Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal both had cult followings by the time of his death in 1990, saying that "he was able to see all that and know that it was appreciated".Turns out there is no original book, but this novelization does, in some ways, serve the same function.

Other tie-in adaptations included a read-along storybook produced by Buena Vista Records, which came with either a 7" 33⅓ RPM record [115] or cassette tape. You also need to make sure to mirror any lettering, otherwise when you go to iron it it’ll be facing the wrong way. The film was released in Denmark as Labyrinten til troldkongens slot ( The Labyrinth to the Troll King's Castle) on February 20, 1987 and saw its last theatrical release in Hungary under the title Fantasztikus labirintus ( Fantastic Labyrinth) when it premiered there on July 7, 1988.I felt a bit burnt out after my last Labyrinth party, but between Jen and John’s builds and my new Cricut I felt super refreshed and itching to join in on the fun. Henson eventually wanted a big, charismatic star "who could change the film's whole musical style" to play the Goblin King [17] and sought a contemporary musician for the role, considering Sting, Prince, Mick Jagger, and Michael Jackson before choosing Bowie. She dreams that Jareth comes to her at a masquerade ball, proclaiming his love for her, but she rebuffs him and escapes, falling into a junkyard outside the Goblin City near Jareth's castle.