Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke Are Writing a NewPan’s LabyrinthNovel

As much asGuillermo del Toro’sPan ’s Labyrinthis a fancy / horror moving picture about a young girl dealing with the psychological injury of live through war , it ’s also a dark , mesmerizing fairytale about grotesque wight and realms that exist beyondthe bound of human imagination . Now , more than a decade after the film ’s release , the domain of Pan ’s Labyrinth is getting bigger .

Together with conscientious objector - writer Cornelia Funke ( Inkheart ) , del Toro is compose Pan ’s Labyrinth : The Labyrinth of the Faun , an adaptation of the original plastic film that will repeat the write up of how Ofelia , think herself to be a long - lose princess , descends into a devil - filled infernal region in hope of being reunited with her father , the king . While the illustrated novel will follow the events of the film , it ’ll also introduce new parts of the Pan ’s Labyrinth mythos , potentially make this less of a straight novelisation and more like an expansion of an make tale .

Further details about the novel are currently scarce , but judging from the claim , we ’re going to learn quite a bit more about the titular faun when the record book ’s available on July 2 .

The Faun and Ofelia in Pan’s Labyrinth.