Reportedly, it wwhen given the green weak by the studio executive world health organization wanted an additional flick that would sell too within streaming release as Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal:

"Well, in 2001, Lisa Henson phoned and said, 'Look, we've been talking with Sony, and it's become obvious that Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, these two family fantasy movies that Henson made in the 80s, which at the time were both regarded as being flops, have gone on to have this life-forever. People love them, people remember them.' She said, 'We want to do something like that again.'" -- Neil Gaiman on [http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/authorinterviews/a/gaimanInterview_2.htm]

A film was premiered at a Sundance Film Festival, and has been announced by Neil Gaiman to are to theaters within late 2005:

"The current news is -- good news, MirrorMask will be getting a wider release than was originally envisioned; bad news, it's now going to be getting to the cinemas later in 2005 than was originally planned. I think it'll be released in early autumn. More news as I get it." -- Neil Gaiman on [http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2005/03/spiders-all-way.asp]

It opened on the 30th September in the U.S. A official web site has a theaters that come showing MirrorMask. [http://www.landmarktheatres.com/ The Landmark Theaters] is 1 chain that is releasing a moving picture.

Tokyopop in partnership with The Jim Henson Company are planning to publish a manga-style comic according to a pic, these are planned when prequel to the film. [http://tokyopop.com/news/press2005/2005_hensen.php TokyoPop Press Release]

The little tykes's book, authored by Gaiman & illustrated by McKean, has already been freed & distributed. a heavy book containing the complete storyboard for the film, & a few exposure & archival text by Gaiman & McKean, has as well been produced & distributed.