NeverEnding Story Hasn't Ended
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By Kellvin Chavez on
February 26, 2009
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Warner Bros. and a pair of top-tier production banners are in the early stages of a reboot of the 1980s children's fantasy classic, reports the trades.
The Kennedy/Marshall Co. ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") and Leonard DiCaprio's shingle Appian Way are in discussions with Warners about reviving the 25-year-old franchise with a modern spin. The studio recently acquired rights to the property, clearing the way for a potential remake.
Born out of a German-language novel by Michael Ende, the film centers on a boy named Bastian Balthazar Bux who discovers a parallel world in a book titled "The NeverEnding Story." As the boy, a loner, delves deeper into the book, he increasingly finds his life intertwined with the plot of the novel, in which a hero in the land of Fantasia must save the universe on behalf of an empress.
The new pic -- which original producer Dieter Geissler also will produce and Sarah Schechter and Jesse Ehrman will oversee for Warners -- will examine the more nuanced details of the book that were glossed over in the first pic.
Wolfgang Petersen directed and Neue Constantin produced the original for Warners, which earned a respectable $20 million when it was released in 1984. The film has had a long life on home video and an even larger influence on popular culture, prefiguring Harry Potter and other present-day children's fantasies.
A sequel directed by George Miller came out in 1990 and earned $17 million; a third movie followed in the U.S. in 1996 but quickly went to video.
Those familiar with the project emphasize that it is in its early stages and that writers have not been attached.
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WOot
Commented By: FUCKING AMATEUR!!! on 2009-02-26 00:28:42
Dear Hollywood please REMAKE every movie ever made ..Thanks again your average movie goer..
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I know!
Commented By: El Guapo on 2009-02-26 01:35:30
Hollywood should totally remake The Dirt Bike Kid.
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No, Guapo; I know!
Commented By: Kell on 2009-02-26 07:41:53
Hollywood should produce remakes before they distribute the original movie!
Kill The Watchmen project right now; I want a remake instead! Remake The Watchmen!
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Bring it on!!!
Commented By: Bah Humbug!!! on 2009-02-26 07:57:25
Hmmmm...... i wonder if 20 years down the line there'l be remake of Transformers......... would they manage to royally f##k that up?!
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YOU WANT A REMAKE ?!?!
Commented By: Fontez on 2009-02-26 09:36:06
How about an IMMEDIATE remake of Spiderman 3... That's a good idea if I ever heard one.
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RAD
Commented By: El Gooche on 2009-02-26 10:35:57
No Guapo they should remake RAD! That movie was the shit!
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Green Skin
Commented By: El Gooche on 2009-02-26 10:36:53
I wonder if they will make Atreyu green (like he is in the book!)
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What DA!
Commented By: 420band on 2009-02-26 22:17:50
O.K. Now ther going for the nut's on this one!!!
Dont Fuck With The NES!!
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If a movie is going to get remade then it should be this one
Commented By: BlackConvoy on 2009-03-05 12:06:56
I was watching this on Netflix the other day. You know what? It doesn't hold up with time. I haven't seen NES since I was 13 maybe... somewhere around that age, and I remember still loving it then. When I watched recently though, it just wasn't the same. It felt rushed and as if parts were being skipped over. And since I never cared to find out, I now know that it was originally a book and that where the movie ends is around chapter 7 of the book. So there is a lot of story left to go. I say do the damn thing.
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