The NeverEnding Story (German: Die Unendliche Geschichte) is a 1984 fantasy film co-written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, and based on the 1979 novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. Michael Ende hated the movie The NeverEnding Story. He hated it so much he sued to get them to stop making it but we all know how that turned out. Despite the popularity and the reignited interest, partly as a result of Stranger Things, The NeverEnding Story remains dead. Why? How? And will we ever see a return to Fantasia? Do we need to?