Labyrinth fans, get ready to rejoice … or cringe, because a new sequel to the 1986 cult classic is coming, with Variety confirming that Nosferatu director Robert Eggers is set to write and direct the sequel.

A day after setting up his next film, "Werwulf," at Focus Features, the director of "Nosferatu" and "The Northman" has closed a deal with TriStar Pictures to direct a sequel to "Labyrinth." Released in 1986,

The choice to revisit Labyrinth without David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King—or Jim Henson’s puppet wizardry, for that matter—is a bit eyebrow-raising, but Eggers has never been in the business of people pleasing.