The NeverEnding Story (2017 film)

The NeverEnding Story is a 2017 fantasy adventure film directed by Phelan Morkel and written by Morkel, Janice Caroline Bellett and Jasper Musy. Based on the book  by and acting as a remake of, the film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Tony Tecklenburg, Joseph Echohawk, , Jason Morkel, Elina Galcheva, , , Clive Cardinal, , David A. James, Philip Franklin Fulcher,  and. It follows Bastian (Tecklenburg), a young boy who finds a magical book that tells of a young warrior who is given the task of stopping the Nothing, a dark force, from engulfing the magical world of Fantasia.

A remake of the 1984 The NeverEnding Story film had been shopped around by since the early-2000s, and spent time in  before Morkel signed on to direct and co-write the film. Principal photography began in July 2016, with filming taking place in, and at Stone Street Studios in ,  and in  and  on the  of New Zealand.

The film was released on September 6, 2017 in the United States. The film received mostly positive reviews, with praise going to the performances, special effects, story and the film's message, though there was some criticism leveled towards the casting choices and how the film followed the original book's story. It was a box office success, and grossed US$925.3 million worldwide.

Cast

 * Tony Tecklenburg as Bastian Balthazar Bux
 * Joseph Echohawk as Atreyu
 * as The Childlike Empress
 * Jason Morkel as Engywook
 * Elina Galcheva as Urgl
 * as Cairon
 * as Falkor (voice)
 * Kristian Haukland and Samantha Turei performed the motion capture puppetry for Falkor
 * Clive Cardinal as Gmork
 * as Teeny Weeny
 * David A. James as Night Hob
 * Philip Franklin Fulcher as Carl Conrad Coreander
 * as Wilson Coreander
 * as Barney Bux
 * Joe Lilburne as Rock-Biter (voice)
 * Peter Bauernfeind performed the motion capture puppetry for Rock-Biter
 * Kathryn Holder as Morla (voice)
 * Ben Bizzotto performed the motion capture puppetry for Morla