Although it has been traumatizing children for 40 years, The Neverending Story is coming back

Yes, it really has been almost 40 years since The Neverending Story was released in cinemas. The film adaptation of Michael Ende’s fantasy novel enchanted children worldwide in 1984 drove her to despair with a death scene. However, none of the sequels could match the quality of Wolfgang Petersen’s first film.

Now a new team is daring to make the film. Fuchur will take to the skies again and we better not think about the horse Artax…

This is what is known about the remake of the fantasy classic

The industry magazine Variety reports exclusively that The Neverending Story will be remade.

Behind the remake is See-Saw Films, which has made a name for itself with productions such as The King’s Speech, Netflix’s The Power of the Dog and the Apple series Slow Horses – A Case for Jackson Lamb. The company prevailed in the race for the remake and was awarded the contract.

Producer Iain Canning explains:

Part of what makes the book special is that it can be accessed at different ages and found different levels of meaning. So it’s wonderful that we have the opportunity to take a new perspective that has new layers and meanings. We simply believe that every generation deserves its own trip to Fantasy.

There is no concrete information about the film team yet. The creatives still have to be hired, as the report says.

However, it is from one “global production” for the presumed multi-parter the speech. The new adaptation of The Neverending Story is likely to differ from the first adaptation in terms of the size of the production. At that time, most of the filming took place in the Bavaria film studios, Spain and Canada. The remake has to compete with the visual values ​​of younger fantasy franchises, especially the films and series from the Lord of the Rings series.

That’s what The Neverending Story is about

Bastian Balthasar Bux lives in the world of books. When Bastian seeks refuge from his bullies in Karl Konrad Koreander’s antiquarian bookstore, he discovers a book that magically attracts him and the promising title the never ending Story carries. On an impulse, Bastian stuffs the book under his jacket and flees to the school attic.

Check out the trailer here:

Bastian eagerly follows the adventures of Atreyu, who is looking for the savior of the kingdom of Fantasia, whose ruler, the Childlike Empress, is seriously ill. Bastian imperceptibly becomes part of the action himself.

The new The Neverending Story film has no German start date yet.