THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE Adds Lena Headey, Awkwafina, and Sigourney Weaver to Cast

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance premiere is just around the corner. Netflix has revealed the full voice cast for the upcoming series, including the addition of Lena Headey, Awkwafina , Sigourney Weaver, Benedict Wong, Hannah John-Kamen, and Dave Goelz.

Headey will join the Gelflings as Maudra Fara along with John-Kamen who voices Naia.

Awkwafina and Wong join the Skeksis as The Collector and The General, respectively.

Weaver will voice a character known as The Myth-Speaker. Sounds like a Mystic. Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, The Archer, is the only Mystic listed.

Goelz has been a part of the Jim Henson Company for over 40 years. He performed Fizzgig in The Dark Crystal film in 1982. He returns to voice a Fizzgig named Baffi.

Here is a list of the full cast and the characters they will be playing, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Gelfling Cast: Hannah John-Kamen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Taron Egerton, Nathalie Emmanuel

The Gelflings

Taron Egerton as Rian

Anya Taylor-Joy as Brea

Nathalie Emmanuel as Deet

Caitriona Balfe as Tavra

Natalie Dormer as Onica

Theo James as Rek’yr

Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Seladon

Mark Strong as Ordon

Alicia Vikander as Mira

Helena Bonham-Carter as All-Maudra

Harrison Dickinson as Gurjin

Eddie Izzard as Cadia

Toby Jones as Librarian

Shazad Latif as Kylan

Skeksis

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Skeksis Cast: Benedict Wong, Mark Hamill, Simon Pegg, Adam Samberg

Mark Hamill as The Scientist

Jason Isaacs as The Emperor

Keegan-Michael Key as The Ritual Master

Andy Samberg as The Heretic

Simon Pegg as The Chamberlain

Harvey Fierstein as The Gourmand

Ralph Ineson as The Hunter

and Donna Kimball will voice Aughra.

The Netflix series is directed by Louis Leterrier. Executive producers are Leterrier, Halle Stanford and Lisa Henson, CEO and President of The Jim Henson Company. Here’s the official synopsis:

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance returns to the world of Thra with an all new adventure. When three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis’ power, they set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance has 10 episodes and premieres on Netflix on August 30.