The Neverending Story is a series of fantasy works originally created by German writer Michael Ende. It's his best known work in the English-speaking world, with the original 1979 novel and its 1984 film adaptation being successful.
List of media:
Film- The NeverEnding Story (1984): A compressed adaptation of the novel directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It mostly covers the first half of the novel. Despite deviations from the novel (relatively few compared to the next movie), it was a critical success and became an Audience-Coloring Adaptation outside of Germany.
- The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990): A sequel to the 1984 movie, loosely based on the second half of the novel. All characters who return from the first movie are played by different actors, with the exception of Mr. Coreander. Compared to the first, it had negative reception and became a Box Office Bomb.
- The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994): Another sequel, also known as Return to Fantasia. As the first two movies had already covered the story of the novel between them, this consists of an entirely original plot unrelated to Michael Ende's work. It recast the characters again, even Coreander this time, and received even worse reviews than Part II.
Literature
- The Neverending Story (1979): The original novel written by Michael Ende.
- Legends of Fantastica (2003-2004): A series of six novels from the German publishing house AVAinternational, all written by different authors.
- Der König der Narren [The King of Fools] by Tanja Kinkel.
- Die Seele der Nacht [The Soul of the Night] by Ulrike Schweikert.
- Die geheime Bibliothek des Thaddäus Tillmann Trutz [The Secret Library of Thaddaeus Tillman Trutz] by Ralf Isau.
- Die Verschwörung der Engel [The Conspiracy of the Angels] by Wolfram Fleischhauer.
- Die Stadt der vergessenen Träume [The City of Forgotten Dreams] by Peter Freund.
- Die Herrin der Wörter [The Mistress of Words] by Peter Dempf.
Live-Action TV
- Tales from the Neverending Story (2001-2002): A live-action Canadian TV series loosely adapted from the novel that ran for one season.
Video Games
- A text adventure game by Ocean Software released in 1985.
- A video game adaptation of the second movie by Merimpex Ltd, released in 1990.
- AURYN Quest, a jump-and-run adventure game released by DreamCatcher Interactive in 2002.
Western Animation
- The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux (1995): An animated adaptation produced by CineVox Entertainment. It adapts the book into a Monster of the Week plot where Bastion helps Fantasia and fights off its threats.
