Tales from the Neverending Story (2001)

At twelve, Bastian Balthazar Bux had traded his vivid childhood imagination for video games, homework, and endless hours in front of the TV. But when his mother passes away without warning, that lost spark roars back to life. While wandering into a mysterious bookshop, he stumbles upon an ancient, magical tome called *The Neverending Story*. Drawn into its pages, Bastian begins to shape a wondrous realm of his own—Fantasia—populated by dragons, shadowy knights, and a host of heroes and villains caught in an eternal struggle.