"Tales from the Neverending Story" (2001) TV series

Writer:

Karin Howard (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

6 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Adventure | Fantasy

Plot:

Twelve-year-old Bastian Balthazar Bux had lost the wonderful imagination he had as a child somewhere between growing older...

Plot Keywords:

School | Imagination | Book | Bully | Dragon

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 18 of 19)

Mark Rendall	...	Bastian Balthazar Bux (4 episodes, 2001)
John Dunn-Hill	...	Coreander (4 episodes, 2001)
Noël Burton	...	Michael Bux (4 episodes, 2001)
Tyler Hynes	...	Atreyu (3 episodes, 2001)
Victoria Sanchez	...	Xayide (3 episodes, 2001)
Edward Yankie	...	Mr. Blank / ... (3 episodes, 2001)
Stéfanie Buxton	...	Fly Girl (3 episodes, 2001)
Johnny Griffin	...	Connor (3 episodes, 2001)
Brittany Drisdelle	...	Fallon (3 episodes, 2001)
Valérie Chiniara	...	Marley (3 episodes, 2001)
Sally Taylor-Isherwood	...	Yonie (3 episodes, 2001)
Emma Taylor-Isherwood	...	Olano (3 episodes, 2001)
Audrey Gardiner	...	Childlike Empress (2 episodes, 2001)
Stefano Faustini	...	Lucas (2 episodes, 2001)
Jane Wheeler	...	Laura Bux / ... (2 episodes, 2001)
Greg Kramer	...	Rip Rowdy (2 episodes, 2001)
Emma Campbell	...	April (2 episodes, 2001)
Robert Crooks	...	Tartus (2 episodes, 2001)

Also Known As:

The Neverending Story (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Germany:375 min (4 parts)

Country:

Germany | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Finland:K-7

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

MGI Film

Quotes:

Fly Girl: Amazing.
Atreyu: We did it!
Fly Girl: No, you did it.
[kisses him]

Movie Connections:

Version of Die unendliche Geschichte (1984)

Neverending Story Should Have Never Ended!

Tales From The Neverending Story was a really great series that started from the same premise as the film, but took it in a completely different direction. In the movie, most of the action took place in Fantasia. In the real world, Bastien sat in the attic of his school and read a book about the adventures of Atreyu. In the TV series, the action doesn't just take place in Fantasia. Bastien has adventures in the real world too. At first, they're the type of adventures a normal kid would have, but they get weirder and weirder, because as the series progresses, the book becomes more real, and some characters from Fantasia start to invade the real world. One of them is Gmork, a great funny/scary character -- sometimes he's a werewolf, sometimes he's the worst substitute teacher in the world. And then there's Xayide, the totally Dark Princess, beautiful and way over the top. Both Xayide and Gmork are after Bastien, so along with normal problems with teachers, friends and his Dad, he has to contend with evil forces from another world. Near the end of the series, Xayide starts sending children to the real world to do her dirty work, and even lures one of Bastien's friends into Fantasia and turns her to the dark side. And that's barely scraping the surface. Like I said, a great series.