Social media is a perilous place for fake movie announcements. All it takes is a good poster and a few likes, and suddenly everyone believesJohn Krasinski is starring in a remake of Die Hard,Pixar is giving The Land Before Time a fresh lick of paint, andHenry Cavill is taking over from Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator?
It’s a cottage industry. Whether it’sDwayne Johnson’s live-action Popeye filmoranother Firefly movie, thousands of people are duped into hype (or anger) over something they’ll never see every day.
So, is The NeverEnding Story another one of these internet pipe dreams conjured out of digital thin air, or is it real?
If you’re one of the thousands who tagged their friends below the poster or excitedly shared it, you only have yourself to blame. It was shared byYODA BBY ABY, a page that openly discloses its main modus operandi: posting fake news and other made-up press releases.
This time, the poster features Falkor with the tagline, “The story never ended.”
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There are already two sequels to the original 1984 movie: The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter and The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia. In 2009, rumors of Warner Bros., Kathleen Kennedy, and Indiana Jones producer Frank Marshall developing a remake emerged. Alas, securing the rights has proven to be a difficult hurdle, with Kennedy saying that it’s “not meant to be.”
“It’s very, very complicated with Warner Bros., and other books that have been written with similar character. It’s too bad, because there’s an opportunity with that book because it’s so beautifully written, but I guess it’s not meant to be,” she toldThe Playlist.
Cameron Frew is Deputy TV & Movies Editor on Dexerto’s UK team. He’s an action movie aficionado, ’80s obsessive, and Oscars enthusiast. He loves Invincible, but he’s also a fan of The Boys, the MCU, The Chosen, and much more. He has previously written for LadBible, UniLad, and Flickering Myth. You can contact him at: cameron.frew@dexerto.com.
