The Big Picture Turn around, and look at what you see - it's another adaptation of The Neverending Story. German author Michael Ende's 1979 fantasy novel is being adapted into a series of films by See-Saw Films, the makers of Slow Horses. Variety reports that See-Saw acquired the rights from Ende's estate after a competitive bidding process for the rights to the book, which was famously adapted into a classic fantasy film in 1984 by Wolfgang Petersen.
Ralph Gassman of Michael Ende Productions notes that interest in a new adaptation of Neverending Story had ramped up in recent years, but they wanted to be patient, given the iconic nature of the original film; thus, "it was only about four to five years ago when we felt it was right to go back to Fantastica with new, fresher attention.
What is 'The Neverending Story'? Close The Neverending Story features a dual narrative - the mundane life of bookish outcast Bastian, and the fantastical world of Fantastica, in which the heroic Atreyu strives to save all of reality from the endless oblivion of The Nothing. The book was a hit in its native Germany and worldwide; it has been translated into 36 languages, and has sold over eight million copies.
The new Neverending Story series will be produced by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman for See-Saw, with Roman Hocke and Gassmann for Michael Ende Productions. Lorenzo De Maio, See-Saw’s CEO Simon Gillis and creative director Helen Gregory, and Ende’s executor Wolf-Dieter von Gronau will executive produce.
See-Saw Films is set to produce a new series of films adapting The Neverending Story; no release date or distributor has yet been set.
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