its not a re-mastering many characters in the book were not in the movie. This will be almost a whole new movie. They could not do everything that was in the book because of special effects limitations. the original movie only covers the first 5 chapters. If they get good actors this movies will be amazing. Wind giants, shape shiffters, evil spiders the best parts where left out. We need a do-over. Don’t get me wrong I love the Never Ending Story movie but I want an updated re-make plus the story will actually focus more on Fantasia and less on the modern world.

Damn right.

I’d rather not have Leo anywhere near the thing, but whatever. If he fucks up, I’ll still have the movie that I love.

Close but no cigar. It was green skin and blue hair. That’s why he’s called a greenskin. He hunted the purple buffalo and wore a purple buffalo cloak though, so understandable mistake.

Agree 200% about Grograman and the Desert of Colors. But even more than that I want to see the glowing Perilin the Night Forest that the desert turns into at night.

I’ve personally got no problem with American accents (or any accents) in a new film. But people with American accents who can actually act would be appreciated. Some of the acting in the original is really pretty snortable.

If not Guillermo Del Toro, then at least not Chris friggin’ Weitz as in the ill-fated Golden Compass. Leo, please make wise choices that respect the material.

True that. I will always be sentimental about the original film (and it’s sequel by the way which was not really a sequel at all but more like some attempt to tack on the second half of the book that the first movie threw out–albeit with some major changes). It was an important part of my childhood and I still rock out to the so-bad-it’s-good 80’s synth-pop theme. But I also see it for what it is, which is a truncated hack job of a wonderful book. I would love a remake that was actually true to the book, now that Peter Jackson has actually set a standard for high-budget, faithful adaptations of fantasy novels that simply didn’t exist 25 years ago.

One thing I would love though? How about an updated cover of the original theme song to be played over the ending credits. Can you imagine the cheers from the Gen X/Gen Y crowd in the theater?

A combination of puppets and CGI would be nice. Isn’t that what they did in “Where the Wild Things Are?” It seems likely that they could do that, since I’m guessing any movie they make will be targeted not only at kids, but at their parents who would have fond memories of the days of puppetry.

I must say I agree with Andrew. I love LOTR also and Tolkien is unmatched as far as imagination and creativity goes. The entire fantasy genre owes much to him. But the writing of the books themselves? It’s got some moments of real beauty. I count the passage describing Gandalf’s death and resurrection as one of the most breathtaking in literature. But then there’s Tom Bombadil. And entire chapters devoted to hobbits smoking tobacco and hunting for rabbits. And just a lot of generally flowery, over-embellished descriptive writing. Ende’s writing is the opposite, simple, clear, expressive. Sometimes less is more.

I’m sorry… WHAT? Michael Ende is a better writer than Tolkien. I love The Lord of the Rings and the entire world he created, but his writing style is not what I would call superior. It’s more like eating a stale sandwich. There are delightfully tasty morsels within, and the overall effect is good, but you need to get your way through large portions of dry bread to get to them.

The book of the Neverending Story is brilliant.