If the Story is Neverending, Then How Can There Be a Remake?
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family Films, Remakes and Sequels
Big news today in the world of remakes! Having realized that they've completely exhausted the supply of pre-1990 horror films, Hollywood producers through a dart at a board and learned that "family fantasy flicks" are the next sub-genre worthy of "re-imagination." While films like Legend, Labyrinth, and Krull jockey for position, it looks as if Wolfgang Petersen's The NeverEnding Story will be the first to hit the screens. (I'm kidding. Whoever tries to remake Krull is either a certifiable lunatic or an absolute genius.)According to THR, the re-do looks like it will be a joint effort between Frank Marshall / Kathleen Kennedy and Appian Way, which is otherwise known as "DiCaprio's shingle." The original film, released by WB in 1984, was about a bullied boy who escapes the miseries of reality by falling into a fantasy book, riding the back of a furry dragon, and returning home to beat some bully butt. As is often the case in remakes, the producers promise to go back to the source material and "examine the more nuanced details of the book that were glossed over in the first pic." Yeah, like: Reading is good.
And for those who'd raise their hands to the fantasy gods and bemoan the existence of such a remake, I point you towards films called The NeverEnding Story 2: The Next Chapter (1990) and The NeverEnding Story 3 (1994). And this TV series. And then I dare you to watch all of 'em back to back while repeating the phrase "better a fresh remake than another low-rent sequel."
And then you could read the source material. To me. As a bedtime story. (Pleeeeease?)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-26-2009 @ 12:32PM
j said...
You know, although I remember liking the original as a kid, watching it as an adult just pisses me off. It was a horribly disjointed movie with a pace like two old men racing each other in arm chairs. I'm actually for the remake.
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2-26-2009 @ 12:45PM
MRC said...
LOL!
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2-26-2009 @ 3:04PM
juwan808 said...
I absolutely despised the movie when I first saw it in theaters way back when. Hated it! I'm for a remake too. Blow it up. It can't be any worse.
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2-26-2009 @ 4:07PM
Elisabeth said...
Scott, that is the PERFECT illustration for this story. I just keep laughing.
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2-26-2009 @ 5:29PM
Dan said...
Goddamnit.
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