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Falkor flies again!

The Neverending Story the beloved fantasy novel from late German author Michael Ende that was famously adapted into the cult 1984 film is being revived for the big screen once more, with a new joint-venture partnership between Michael Ende Productions and prestige tastemakers See-Saw Films bringing the world of Fantastica back to cinemas over multiple live-action films.

The news brings to an end the race for one of the hottest fantasy properties yet to be tapped for modern audiences. Variety hears that Endes estate had been fielding interest from across the globe over the last few years, including from studios and streamers.

See-Saw no stranger to adapting well-known literature for screen having been behind features including Lion and The Power of the Dog and recent TV hits Heartstopper and Slow Horses has now teamed with Michael Ende Productions to develop and produce the films. The new partnership has been granted The Neverending Story rights by Endes executor Dr. Wolf-Dieter von Granau. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman will produce for See-Saw alongside Roman Hocke and Ralph Gassmann for Michael Ende Productions.

First published in 1979, The Neverending Story became a bestseller in Germany and would be translated into 45 languages, selling millions of copies worldwide. At the center of the story is the awkward but imaginative child Bastian Balthasar Bux who, while escaping from bullies, discovers the mysterious book The Neverending Story, about the heroic Atryu and his mission to save the magical realm of Fantastica a world of dragons, giants, vast kingdoms and deadly swamps and its ruler, the Childlike Empress, from being destroyed by force known as The Nothing. But the more he reads, the more Bastian realizes hes not simply an uninvolved spectator and he soon finds himself transported into Fantastica himself, flying atop the luckdragon Falkor.

The story is both timely and timeless, and really has an opportunity to be told in a fresh way, said Canning, speaking to Variety from the offices of The Neverending Story literary agent AVA in Munich, Germany. And part of the specialness of the book is that you can go back to it at different ages in your life and find different levels of meaning. So how wonderful that we have this opportunity to do a fresh perspective that will have new layers and meanings. We just believe that every generation deserves their own journey into Fantastica.

Weve been completely overwhelmed with interest from the television and film industry in recent years, added Gassman, the AVA exec who works with Michael Ende Productions alongside Endes longstanding editor and estate curator Hocke. But it was only about four to five years ago when we felt it was right to go back to Fantastica with new, fresher attention. So then we looked at hundreds and hundreds of requests and just thought, lets see if we find a potential partner amongst them that is so compelling that they make us jump into the boat with them and go on this crazy adventure. But we knew we had to do it right and find the right partner, and luckily See-Saw was amongst them.

more at link:

https://variety.com/2024/film/global/the-neverending-story-new-film-adaptation-see-saw-michael-ende-productions-1235944716/

Hopefully it doesn't disappoint

And here I thought it was over.

I spose the title shouldve clued me in.

https://i.imgur.com/44dnW5m.gif

Seriously, I hope they do a good job with it, but I've learned to keep my expectations way low when it comes to remakes.

Could be good. The original movie is amazing for what it is, of course, but it only covers part of the book (and left a lot out). The second movie did cover more of what was in the book, but wasnt a great movie. And the third movie well, it had Jack Black.

A more book-accurate movie / duology / trilogy has potential to be good.

FALKORE!

Hopefully they do a good job.

Hope we get another horse scene

rexcrk posted...

Could be good. The original movie is amazing for what it is, of course, but it only covers part of the book (and left a lot out). The second movie did cover more of what was in the book, but wasnt a great movie. And the third movie well, it had Jack Black.

A more book-accurate movie / duology / trilogy has potential to be good.

I've seen the original dozens of times. I even let my kids watch it last year and it's rare I can find something to pull them away from Roblox and keep them interested.

I vaguely remember a sequel but I don't remember anything about it. Does it explain who mysterious book store owner is?

Living up to the name, at least

No,just no.

Neverending Story 3 was so good can't wait to see what they do with this