Neverending Story remake coming
 

http://www.mania.com/neverending-wil...le_113348.html

Well... I dunno... there was already a remake...a live action tv series that lasted a couple seasons....The Princess had an evil sister...plus there was an animated series.... I love the movies and all but Im not sure another remake is needed. I'd probably end up watching it tho..

*sings the theme song* Turn around...look at what you see....in her face..the mirror of your dreams....Make believe I'm everywhere, living in your eyes...Written on the pages is the answer to a never ending story.

Speaking of "The Never Ending Story", I really loved the parody that was done on Robot Chicken (The Never Ending Party). That was awesome.

I love the book but the movies were sh*t. Maybe this one won't make Falkor/Fuchur look like a flying albino dachshund?!

IMO the original movie is a classic, but the second is crap. Reading the book is the only way to figure out what the heck Bastian's mother's name is (even the closed captions couldn't figure it out); that kinda amuses me.

Oh hell, ****ing no. Just no. You couldn't pay me enough money in the world to go and watch another movie remake rape my childhood. There was something creepy, eerie, mystical, and perfect about that film. All the others were garbage, but the visuals, music, casting, and muppets all forged together to make something that just doesn't seem to age, even while it is so dated. You can't recapture that in this day and age. You just can't. Some remakes work (Willy Wonka + Johnny Depp = awesome), but some are doomed before they begin and this is one of them. Hell no.

No. It does nothing to your childhood. It does not go in to your mind, it does not damage your memories, it does nothing to you.

Ok, I'm sure the movie executives are crying themselves to sleep on their piles of money over this.

I'm going to try to do everything in my power to ignore all news/media/video related to this project and hope it dies a slow quiet death.

Have fun with that. See you back here once the trailer is released.

OH SNAP! Somebody made a movie remake thread, so now TMB has to make sure everybody understands just how bad he thinks it'll be. Oh grow the hell up. Some people actually might enjoy it.

Michael K over at dlisted wrote this up about it, which pretty much mirrors my sentiments, but much more eloquently.

Dayum, that was good. I tip my hat.

That guy is worse than TMB.

Seriously. It's just a damn movie, They aren't going to ransack your mom's basement to steal and destroy your copy of the original. Calm down people.

Well I personally find remakes annoying for something different then most others do. I don't care that they're re-doing a film I've seen already or have fond memories for. I think it's a great way to show a new generation of kids a movie they probably would have over looked otherwise. My problem with it is Hollywood is so high on remakes right now anyone with an original screenplay gets shoved aside. Unless it's based off a comic book or previously made film you get shoved into independent distribution in most cases. A great example of this is the academy award nominates for best picture. The only one that was released wide out of all the movies was "Benjamin Button". The rest were all limited release. Most of these movies were based off a previously existing story but none of them were stories that have been made into movies before.

Don't worry, I'm perfectly calm ;)

STOP REMAKING MOVIES!!!:evil: *calmly walks away*

I feel the same. Hollywood has lost any spirit of originality whatsoever.

They're really taking the title "The Never Ending Story" quite literal, aren't they? yeesh

That is basically the only thing I can say I agree with. I could give a crap about these remakes because... well... unless they're horror films, they tend to tank anyway. Other than the Nutty Professor, you never hear about them once they're out They might as well just limited re-release these to theaters, and save all that money.

I just find it hilarious that Hollywood has gotten so lazy, and people wonder why the big studios lose money. Maybe it's because they have "Female stars." (anyone remember that lame excuse?)

All it normally takes is one good opening weekend for them to say the movie was worth their time. Especially when they make movies like Twilight on a shoe string budget and it banks a few hundred mil.

I might as well add "Raped my Childhood" has surpassed "It's over 9000" and "THIS IS SPARTA!!!!" in overused internet meme catchphrases.

My fiancee's about the biggest fan of this flick ever, and she's pretty scared at what they're gonna do. But it might be good if they actually do try to add some of the overlooked stuff, clean things up a bit, all that stuff they say they're gonna do. Might work. I generally hate remaking things, especially just for the sake of remakes. We don't need a reimagining of Karate Kid or Bill and Ted, as far as I'm concerned, but in some cases it's not the worst idea.

Oh, and I never read the book. What the hell is the kid's mom's name? We've been trying to figure that out for like ever...

I just call her 'Joyce' and move on.