 | Trailer for "Don Jon," with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson
May 23rd, 2013 | | Trailer for Vince Vaughn's "Delivery Man" Comedy
May 23rd, 2013 | | Jean-Claude Van Damme's "Timecop" is Getting a Remake
May 23rd, 2013 | | Restricted Trailer for Jennifer Aniston's "We're the Millers" Comedy
May 23rd, 2013 | | New Trailer for Edgar Wright's "The World's End," with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
May 22nd, 2013 | | Shirtless Hugh Jackman from "The Wolverine" on the Cover of Entertainment Weekly
May 22nd, 2013 | | New "Man of Steel" Trailer is Here!
May 22nd, 2013 | | "Fast and Furious 6" Shattering UK Box Office Records
May 22nd, 2013 | | "The Human Centipede 3" to Begin Filming on Friday
May 22nd, 2013 | | Two New Posters for "The Smurfs 2"
May 22nd, 2013 | | "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" Remake is Moving Forward
May 22nd, 2013 | | New Trailer for Ryan Reynolds' "Turbo" Movie
May 22nd, 2013 | | Steven Spielberg Developing Live-Action "Halo" TV Series
May 22nd, 2013 | | "Nymphomaniac" Producer Discusses Shia LaBeouf's Hardcore Sex Scenes
May 22nd, 2013 | | Dinobots and Galvatron to Appear in "Transformers 4"?
May 22nd, 2013 | | Sam Neill Says "Jurassic Park 4" is a Reboot, Won't Return to Star
May 21st, 2013 | | New Trailer for Johnny Depp's "The Lone Ranger" Arrives Online
May 21st, 2013 | | New "The Wolverine" Trailer is Here!
May 21st, 2013 | | First Look: Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in "X-Men: Days of Future Past"
May 21st, 2013 | | Jeremy Renner Never Read the Script Before Signing On For "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters"
May 21st, 2013 | | Three New "Man of Steel" Character Posters, with Superman, Zod and Jor-El
May 21st, 2013 | | April O'Neil Helps Raphael Smuggle Weapons in New "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Set Videos
May 21st, 2013 | | Photo: Peter Jackson Shooting Last Scenes from "The Hobbit" Trilogy
May 21st, 2013 | | New "The Wolverine" Posters Show Yukio and Viper
May 21st, 2013 | | "Poltergeist" Remake to Shoot in September, First Details Revealed
May 21st, 2013 | | "Prometheus 2" Started Casting, Rik Barnett in Talks for Major Role?
May 20th, 2013 | | Trailer for "Blood Ties" Thriller, with Clive Owen, Mila Kunis and Zoe Saldana
May 20th, 2013 | | Warner Bros Preparing for "Justice League of America" Movie, Aquaman and Cyborg Part of the Team
May 20th, 2013 | | First Look at Peter Dinklage on "X-Men: Days of Future Past" Set
May 20th, 2013 | | Trailer for Larry David's "Clear History" Comedy, with Jon Hamm, Eva Mendes, and Michael Keaton
May 20th, 2013 | | "Star Trek Into Darkness" Slightly Underperforms, But Already Grossed $164 Million
May 19th, 2013 | | New "Transporter" Trilogy Announced
May 19th, 2013 | | Marc Webb Unveils Mysterious Photo from "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" Set
May 19th, 2013 |
|
|
|
|
|
"The NeverEnding Story" to be RebootedPosted: February 26th, 2009 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
|
 
Warner Bros is in the early stages of a reboot of the 1980s children's fantasy classic "The NeverEnding Story." The goal is to revive the 25-year-old franchise with a modern spin.
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 will examine the more nuanced details of the book that were glossed over in the first pic. Those familiar with the project emphasize that it is in its early stages and that writers have not been attached.
Wolfgang Petersen directed 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.
Source: THR
|
 |
|
|
 |
Displaying 24 comment(s) |
Profanity: Turn On |
|
 |
WAFFLE MAN writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 5:48:24 AM
Dude this was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. They should give it the big budget Lord Of The Rings treatment just make it epic.
|
|
|
 |
minkowski writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 5:51:45 AM
Can't be any worse than the third film.
|
|
|
 |
thequinch writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 6:12:33 AM
lol the third film was truly a turd! Anyway ... I'm sick of jumping on Worst Previews and reading the word Remade or Reboot!!!!
|
|
|
 |
dwightschrute writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 7:21:24 AM
OH PLEASE GOD NO. Let the original rest in peace.
|
|
|
 |
MrSammich writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 7:35:30 AM
They made a third, man it must have been bad.
|
|
|
|
tolgaboy writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 7:36:46 AM
well this was the movie a grown up with if you are making a new one then just bring back wolfgang he nows the story as the best
|
|
|
 |
thomas deadison writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 7:36:52 AM
I can just picture how this meeting with Warner Brothers went.
"But sir, we can't reboot a children's classic."
"Of course we can. It's.... neverending."
The kid's name was Bastian? I thought it was Sebastian. Zac Efron, expect a call from Warner.
|
|
|
|
tolgaboy writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 7:38:48 AM
bastian give me a new name?NO NON WOLFGANG was good
|
|
|
|
thomas deadison writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 7:41:16 AM
I really wish we could edit posts on WP. Sometimes you forget crucial html.
|
|
|
 |
Planetastudios writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 9:14:43 AM
this film was very weird and i can only remember bits and pieces of it from my childhood. I think it gave me nightmares....lol
|
|
|
|
darkhearted writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 10:18:46 AM
NO NO NO....leave well enough alone you hollywood hacks!!! think of something original for once and leave the classics ALONE!!!!!!!!!!
|
|
|
|
darkhearted writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 10:19:52 AM
NO NO NO...hollywood STOP!!! dont do this to classics it always ends BAD!!! and i swear to god if they cast Zach Effron im jabbing my eyes out with a rusty spoon!
|
|
|
 |
synthetic1985 writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 12:03:41 PM
that does it...i'm gonna write a song about how stupid hollywood is with its remakes and undeserving sequels that scream and beg for money and lag creativity and originality...hmm..gonna be a tough song to write...but at least it'll be an original song haha
|
|
|
 |
masKritic writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 12:29:01 PM
hahahaha will jack black return as the leader of the nasties?
|
|
|
 |
onthejon writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 12:56:36 PM
If you are tired of remakes, don't watch them. You can complain all day, but if there is money to be made they will still do it.
|
|
|
|
synthetic1985 writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 1:18:44 PM
haha...i was just sayin...i'm gonna try to make some money...and try to keep things original as best i can too
|
|
|
 |
meanmonkey22 writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 1:22:37 PM
HELL YES!!! I CANT f*ckING WAIT! ps learn the difference between Remake and Reboot WP!
|
|
|
 |
Odd writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 2:56:02 PM
Hehe the first was great...the second was ok..and the third...*sigh poor poor hollywood...
|
|
|
|
Planetastudios writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 3:47:25 PM
wait, so are they adding on to the story or remaking? Alot of remakes are going to start happenning due to # of fans that keep coming to watch them + the technology of film has become so high tech! new special effects etc.
|
|
|
|
Cinestarr writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 4:00:52 PM
After this they should remake The Dark Crystal & Benji. That would just about decimate every magical childhood movie experience I have.
|
|
|
|
jezz writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 4:02:34 PM
Reboot? We'll never get to the end at this rate! ho ho!
|
|
|
|
Rumblefish writes:
on February 26th, 2009 at 4:10:08 PM
First of all, I love the original and even the second one. The third is truly hilarious (read: one of the worst films of all time).
Secondly, if you've read the book, you know that t: hey could make a movie that in now way resembles the first. I am interested to see what they do, if they cast it well. Speaking of casting, why does everyone think that Zac Efron will be cast in everything? He is only about 11 years too old for the role. I think they might pass him up, people.
|
|
|
|
usualclerk writes:
on February 27th, 2009 at 9:24:57 PM
Rehash, reboot, remake, redo, reinvent, revisit, etc. On slow days I really think WP just picks a movie from a hat, throws one of those words behind it and calls it a day. By 2012 the world might end because the entire slate of films se to release are going to look like it's 1982 all over again!
|
|
|
 |
Cat Eye Films writes:
on May 27th, 2010 at 9:04:01 PM
Wow. I am semi-looking forward to this film...partly because I'm hoping that this film will make up for the last 2 films. But then again, no film will actually do the actual book any justice....none at all. That I am certain of. That Book is like....the holy grail of everything that is awesome! (don't judge; I just really like the book and don't want to see it bashed again)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
