Nostalgic millennials and Stranger Things followers have little doubt been frantically looking for affirmation of the rumors circulating on Facebook that Disney is ready to launch a NeverEnding Story remake in 2024. Sure, the 1984 fantasy movie traumatized a complete technology (Artax, anybody?), however why ought to your kids escape the despair that comes from watching the Nothing swallow up Fantasia whereas little Bastian processes the trauma of his mom’s demise? At the very least, they’d get a Falkor plushie out of the deal.
The kids of the world get a reprieve for now, although, as a result of the Disney poster proclaiming a reboot is coming in 2024 seems to be faux. Although the poster is stylized like those launched throughout D23 (Disney’s annual fan occasion the place new tasks like Peter & Wendy are introduced), a The NeverEnding Story remake was not among the many motion pictures or TV exhibits introduced on the fan conference. What’s extra, Disney doesn’t seem to carry the rights to the movie; Warner Bros produced the unique film.
But although the rumors surrounding The NeverEnding Story remake are faux, that doesn’t rule out Hollywood being fascinated about bringing the fantasy franchise again to life. If something, the excited response to the mere rumor of a reboot is proof that curiosity within the film — and the 1979 e-book of the identical title by Michael Ende on which the primary two movies had been primarily based — would possibly simply be at an all-time excessive.
Is Disney remaking The NeverEnding Story?
At this time, the reply seems to be no. Disney hasn’t refuted the rumor, nevertheless it hasn’t confirmed it both — and Disney isn’t precisely shy about saying its film and TV slate effectively prematurely (see the latest plethora of D23 bulletins). The lack of affirmation, coupled with the studio not proudly owning the rights to the e-book on which the unique film was primarily based, factors to the poster making the rounds on social media being a faux.
Why does everybody appear to desire a NeverEnding Story remake anyway?
The authentic NeverEnding Story is a cult basic, and a kind of movies that made a serious affect on the youngsters who watched it. The film’s themes of grief, apathy, despair, and discovering hope in even the darkest of instances resonated with younger followers. Even although the whole lot works out in the long run, The NeverEnding Story is without doubt one of the uncommon kids’s movies that’s legitimately (and purposefully) scary — and because of this, it appears to have made fairly an impression on the millennials who grew up watching it.
In addition to the movie’s authentic followers, there’s additionally a passionate group of devotees to the 1979 e-book and a wholesome curiosity from Gen Z due to Dustin and Suzie’s rendition of The NeverEnding Story theme music in Season 3 of Stranger Things.
The mixture of nostalgic older followers and intrigued youthful followers makes The NeverEnding Story ripe for a reboot.
So, shouldn’t Hollywood be making The NeverEnding Story remake occur?
Fans aren’t the one ones who need to see a brand new model of The NeverEnding Story. According to Deadline, there’s presently a little bit of a bidding battle happening amongst a number of high-profile streamers and studios each within the U.S. and overseas to safe the rights to Ende’s e-book. The writer died in 1995, however his property is reportedly open to entertaining gives.
Interestingly, Ende wasn’t a fan of the 1984 film as a result of he felt it deviated an excessive amount of from the supply materials, per Deadline. He even unsuccessfully tried to sue the producers. Due to the writer’s points with the unique movie, his household might want extra inventive management over any subsequent remake, which may result in some key adjustments — like Fantasia being remodeled into the e-book’s Fantastica.
For now, particulars concerning the wheeling and dealing happening in Hollywood and past stay scarce, however you may wager whichever studio secures the rights will make an announcement touting their win as soon as it occurs.
Doesn’t The NeverEnding Story have already got a sequel?
If all this discuss Falkor and Atreyu has you fascinated about introducing The NeverEnding Story to your kids, then you need to know there are two sequels to the 1984 film. Granted, neither of them is as well-regarded as the unique, however they do proceed the characters’ adventures in Fantasia.
Released in 1990, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter is predicated on the second half of Ende’s e-book and follows Bastian as he goes on a quest with Atreyu in Fantasia. The third movie, The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia, was launched in 1994 and starred a younger Jack Black as a bully who terrorizes the fantasy world as Bastian fights from inside to defend it.
Even although a brand new model of The NeverEnding Story hasn’t formally been introduced, that doesn’t imply you may’t introduce your personal kids to the fun (and terrors) of the franchise proper now… simply perhaps give them a heads up on the Artax scene.
