Michael Ende: Last News

Alex Ritman Falkor flies again! “The Neverending Story” — the beloved fantasy novel from late German author Michael Ende that was famously adapted into the cult 1984 film — is being revived for the big screen once more, with a new joint-venture partnership between Michael Ende Productions and prestige tastemakers See-Saw Films bringing the world of Fantastica back to cinemas over multiple live-action films. The news brings to an end the race for one of the hottest fantasy properties yet to be tapped for modern audiences.

Best Picture nominee “Past Lives,” wore a turtle pin to the 2024 Oscars in memory of his pet tortoise that died in August 2023. “OK, so my pet tortoise passed away last year and I had him for 10 years,” Yoo, 42, explained to a Variety reporter on the Los Angeles red carpet Sunday.In the video, the South Korean actor revealed that he named his reptile Momo after a children’s fantasy novel of the same name written by German author Michael Ende. The novel was published in 1973.Yoo, who was born in Germany, joked that his fan club back home named themselves “Momos” after the turtle.

EXCLUSIVE: The execs behind Prime Video Germany’s big-budget fantasy epic Der Gryphon have opened up about forging what originals boss Philip Pratt has dubbed “the biggest [German fantasy] project since The NeverEnding Story.”

EXCLUSIVE: Momo, one of the best-loved works by The Neverending Story scribe Michael Ende, is getting a big-canvas, English-language screen adaption from leading German producer Christian Becker (The Wave, Fuck You, Goethe) and bilingual writer-director Christian Ditter (How To Be Single).

With fans flocking to HBO's House of the Dragon and Amazon's Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, studios and streamers are trying to find the next big fantasy adaptation... which may just be The NeverEnding Story.The NeverEnding Story novel by Michael Ende was first published in German in 1979, with the first English-language version arriving in 1983, a year before the 1984 movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen.A number of studios and streamers are currently chasing the rights to the project, with Deadline reporting that there are already multi-million dollar offers on the table.  Next: With fans flocking to HBO's House of the Dragon and Amazon's Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, studios and streamers are trying to find the next big fantasy adaptation...

EXCLUSIVE: Children’s classic The NeverEnding Story could become the next major fantasy property to get a screen reboot.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMunich-based sales agency Global Screen has closed a raft of sales on its live-action family adventure “Jim Button and the Wild 13.” The adaptation of Michael Ende’s best-selling novel – which has been translated into 25 languages – is one of the most expensive feature films in the history of German cinema, with a budget of more than $24 million.Global Screen, part of Telepool, has sold the film to France (Megalys Productions), Middle East (Salim Ramio), CIS/Russia (Voxell), Hungary (ADS), Spain (Twelve Oaks) and Portugal (NOS Lusomundo), as well as clinching a worldwide airline deal with Eagle.

After a standout performance in Lee Isaac Chung's Minari and a tearful acceptance speech when he won the Critics Choice Award for best young actor, 8-year-old Alan Kim has quickly become this season's awards darling. Kim spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about his experience on his film debut and shared some acting advice he garnered working with his SAG-nominated co-stars Steven Yeun and Youn Yuh-jung.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentSales agency Global Screen, part of Will Smith and Marc Forster’s Telepool, has picked up global distribution rights to $24 million family adventure movie “Jim Button and the Wild 13.”The pic, which is the second most expensive German movie of all times, according to Global Screen, will be launched at the European Film Market (March 1-5). It is a live-action adaptation of Michael Ende’s best-selling novel, which was translated into 25 languages.