Lena Headey, Sigourney Weaver join Dark Crystal voice cast.

Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) has joined the voice cast of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, the Netflix prequel to the hit 1982 film.

Also joining the series are Sigourney Weaver, Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians), Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and Henson and Muppets veteran Dave Goelz, who also worked on the original film.

The series centres on three Gelfling (voiced by Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy and Nathalie Emmanuel) who discover the horrific truth behind the power of the evil Skeksis and set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.

Headey will voice a Gelfling named Maudra Fara in the series. John-Kamen will also play a Gelfling named Naia, while Wong and Awkwafina will play Skeksis known as, respectively, The Collector and The General. Weaver will have a voiceover role as The Myth-Speaker, and Goelz will voice a Fizzigig named Baffi.

The Age of Resistance cast also includes Caitriona Balfe, Helena Bonham-Carter, Mark Hamill, Harvey Fierstein, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Izzard, Theo James, Alicia Vikander, Jason Isaacs, Keegan-Michael Key, Simon Pegg, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Andy Samberg.

It debuts on August 30.

Source: Hollywood Reporter.