Tartakovsky off DARK CRYSTAL sequel; Spierig Bros. on

File this one under news I missed during the month I wasted trying to get Blogger to put my site back online. The brilliant (if damn hard to spell) animator Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack) is now no longer attached to the Dark Crystal sequel, while Daybreakers helmers Peter and Michael Spierig are now aboard.

I have to admit, I'm not entirely unhappy to see Tartakovsky go. The guy is a genius, but his stuff is very much his stuff, and it's hard to imagine him really adapting his style to fit the Dark Crystal universe. On the one hand the guy actually managed to make Star Wars: Clone Wars great, but on the other hand he did it by basically turning it into Samurai Jedi.