Throwback Thursday: 'The Neverending Story'

"A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!"

How many of you remember the movie, The Neverending Story? Every young pre-teen wanted to be in this fantasy world!!  A classic fantasy movie...now some say it's just for kids, but I beg to differ, its relevent for all ages.

This film adaptation only covered the first half of the book, but its a journey that one cannot forget. It's an example of a timeless story, told with wonderful creatures and dazzling visuals of the land of Fantasia.The movie is pretty much like a combination of several hundred kids' imaginations. Throughout the movie, the viewer is given some of the most memorable and fantastic creatures ever seen on film. Of course the effects are not nearly as impressive as the latest CGI effects; however for its time they're close to perfect, and very good for their time.

But The Neverending Story is more than just a movie; it speaks to that part in all of us that will never let go of our dreams. It is a story that will never end as long as there are people to appreciate its message. "Fantasia IS real. and Fantasia can arise in you."

Just recently, Warner Bros., The Kennedy/Marshall Co., and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way have embarked on the early stages of rebooting the franchise by re-adapting Michael Ende's novel of the same name. They intend to "examine the more nuanced details of the book" rather than remake the original film by Wolfgang Petersen.

A tentative release date has been set for 2012.