Favorite Book into Film, Not Yet Done?
POSTED BY: Indigo
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 17:39
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I was about to say Anansi Boys, but it doesn't really need a movie. Anyone who has read Neil Gaiman's stuff knows what I mean.
PIE!
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Eucalyptus: A Novel
by Murray Bail
A lovely haunting love story set in Australia...
Russell Crowe as the storyteller
Summer Glau as the girl
Geoffrey Rush as the father
Hugh Weaving as the suitor
Oh and I heard that Peter Jackson is directing the Lovely Bones as his next film after King Kong.. should be interesting.
Chindi
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Hugh Weaving as the suitor
god i love hugo weaving. that has nothing to do with this topic, but i love that man. he is so amazing.
anyway, my books, off the top of my head would be:
la bete humaine by emile zola
count zero by william gibson (and for that matter, why not neuromancer for the love of god?)
hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world by haruki murakami
oryx and crake by margaret atwood
that's all i can think of at this time of night without going to my bookshelf. lazy.
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the arithmetic of absence
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I have the fortune of knowing that one of the books that I’ve wanted to see made into a film is actually on its way. A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is in pre-production and expected to be released as John Carter of Mars. I’m not aware of any difficulties so I expected that it should be released soon. Another book that I’ve wanted to see made into a movie is Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. I understand that the production company has stalled and the project has been shelved. That’s unfortunate. They waste over 200 million on a ridiculous remake of a movie that has already been remade when they could be producing a movie that would be entertaining and original with a critically acclaimed story by a master science fiction writer. I’ll never understand Hollywood.
I would also like to see the The Sword of Shannara made into a movie. To be followed, in turn by the Elfstones and the Wishsong, respectively. I don’t expect that this will happen any time soon if at all, but it’s on my wishlist, nonetheless.
Also, I would like to see an adaptation of Martin’s A Storm of Ice and Fire. The series is too large to cinematically display, so I would want only the story arc of Arya made into a movie. She is by far the most interesting character. She seems to be making the most dramatic change in character from a naïve 9 year pretentious princess to a throat-cutting sword-fighting 10-year old waif. The series is yet to be finished. I think Martin is writing the last book, or so I hear. How the movie should end will be dependent on (1) whether or not Martin actually ends up finishing the series or if he is just going to continue adnauseum like Jordan and (2) whether I like the ending of the story. Failing either case I would suggest tacking on a “Hollywood Ending” and being done with it, but I still think it could make a great movie. Kristen Stewart would have been perfect for the part of Arya, but she’s already too old, I think.
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Qui desiderat pacem praeparet bellum.
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Armor by John Steakley. A great look at what makes a hero, a more interesting look at fascism than starship troopers, and an incredibly fascinating take on fatalism in war.
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1. The Crystal Singer trilogy by Anne McCaffrey.
Director - Joss Whedon (he likes strong female characters!). I'd be Killashandra Ree [hey, I can dream!] with Adrian Paul/Adam Baldwin as the first singer she has a fling with and then either Hugh Jackman or Scott Bakula as Lars Dahl. Locations tbd, but NZ would be nice
2. Wizard of Earthsea. Forget the DREADFUL tv movie and do it properly! Ursula LeGuin to have reasonable sway over casting. Director: Peter Jackson, when he's not too busy
3. Weirdstone of Brisingamen and Moon of Gomrath. Pretty much have to be shot on location around Alderly Edge OR have flawless CGI.
4. The Compleat Traveller in black; starring Alan Tudyk.
Vera
Devout Keeper of Jayne's Lunchbox
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As someone mentioned above, I'd love to see Good Omens by Niel Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Terry Gilliam came thiiiis close to doing it a couple of years ago with Robin Williams and Johnny Depp as Aziriphale and Crowley, but the money fell through at the last minute.
I'd love to see a film series based on R.A. Salvatore's Dark Elf books, but I don't think it'll ever happen.
One book I'd like to see a movie of is John Stakley's Vampire$. It was technically made before as John Carpenter's Vampires, which I really enjoyed when it first came out. Then I read the book and realized that Carpenter had taken 1 character name, and one scene from the book, and tossed the rest out. The main character in the book, Felix, isn't even in the movie.
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."
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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I have the fortune of knowing that one of the books that I’ve wanted to see made into a film is actually on its way. A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is in pre-production and expected to be released as John Carter of Mars. I’m not aware of any difficulties so I expected that it should be released soon.
I too would love to see a John Carter movie. I tore through those books as a kid.
Unfortunetly, there may be problems with it after all.
When the project was announced a couple years back, Robert Rodriguez was attatched as director. He was dropped when he left the Director's guild in order to give Frank Miller directing credit on Sin City. Sky Captain director Kerry Conran was hired as a replacement, but was let go after Sky Captain bombed. This summer, Jon Favreau was announced as director, but then his movie Zathura flopped, and word as been nil on the movie since.
One thing that worries me is that the movies being produced by Harry Knowles. Now I like his site (Aint it cool news), but he's never produced before, and this is a pretty big movie by nature.
On the plus side, he says he has a friend who's been bugging him to cast Nathan Fillion as Carter.
I really hope it gets made, but this project has been in development with some producer or another for almost 30 years, and no one's gotten it off the ground.
here's hoping though....
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."
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Damnit.
These people need to get their acts together.
I don't want to have to come out there.
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Qui desiderat pacem praeparet bellum.
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The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
Actually, the rights have been purchased recently and is being pitched to studios.
If you have never read the series, I would suggest it. It is dark, the hero of the books is anything but a hero. You will both love and hate Thomas Covenant, and early on he commits an act that will frustrate you. Many people have thrown the book down at that point, but don't short yourself by doing so, see it for what it is.
I won't go into details here, but if anyone wants a synopsis I will gladly give one without giving anything away.
The Hobbit and LOTR's were my first and best loved books, but this runs a very close second.
Also Good Omens would be wonderful
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