I’m…really not sure how to feel about this.
Warner Bros. remaking The NeverEnding Story.
On the one hand, I absolutely adore the original movie and think it was fantastic and it’s a classic that warms my heart. Plus, the wonderful awfulness of that theme song by Limahl!
On the other hand…there is SO much potential for that story to be even better. Were this news bite telling us that Peter Jackson were remaking the film, I’d be beyond thrilled. But we’ve got Dieter Geissler who’s resume includes Sleepy Hollow, sure, but also the two god-awful sequels for the original NeverEnding Story, as well as not one but two failed TV shows based on the original story. I can’t speak personally to the quality of the TV ventures, but I did see the sequel and it was awful, but at least it came from the original source material, Michael Ende’s novel. The third installment was a story that was entirely made up and had nothing to do with the original book whatsoever, I never saw it and never plan to because there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that thing’s any good.
But given today’s technology and penchant for fantasy epics, there’s a lot of room for this to be an amazing film. The genuineness of the original costumes and effects can be argued, but hey, we will always have that original. And there’s also Hollywood’s recent penchant for remaking films of the 80′s that don’t really need remaking to consider…how have most of those fared so far? Honest question, I haven’t seen too many of them myself.
So, I’m torn. But I’m almost positive Michael Ende is still pissed. (scroll down to ‘Production’)
