Favorite Book into Film, Not Yet Done?

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GUENEVER

Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:19 AM

Anything by JD Robb. I'm currently reading Memory in Death. Not a bad book; but, I will say that it is her crappiest.

Also, Angels and Demons. much better then the DaVinci Code.

ELOISA

Sunday, February 12, 2006 3:45 PM

David Eddings's Elenium trilogy would be great - and it has the advantage of being shorter than the Belgariad. (I also prefer it - I'm just about the only person I know who's read both who does.) Dragonflight and Dragonquest, definitely. I don't know how well all the Pern books would film. Again, a proper adaptation of the Earthsea quartet would be great, but not if they mucked it up as in the miniseries. Some of Mercedes Lackey's books - the Last Herald-Mage trilogy, and the Serrated Edge and Bedlam's Bard series. (Now I'm wondering who would play Ria Llewellyn. ) And maybe in a few years I'll be able to say my own books... which would be downright unsettling.

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SNAKE

Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:10 PM

There is a series out there called The Chronicles of Realty. It is kind of like Lord of the Rings meets Dungeons and Dragons with characters who are twisted and disturbed, on a good day. The author is K.M. Outten and more info on the books can be found at kmoutten.com
I think they'd make outstanding movies.

Snake

AUSSAY

Sunday, March 5, 2006 6:20 AM

Theres a series of books by Jasper Fforde about a character named Wednesday Next. She's a literay detective in a parrallel universe where literature crimes are a big racket. Its really funny and a good read and would make great movies.

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ANCIENTMARINER

Friday, March 10, 2006 2:10 PM

I'd love it if Stephen King's the Dark Tower series was turned into a huge mini tv series or seven full length films (doesn't seem to likely).

I think it'd be an interesting idea to get a different director to direct each film.

The Gunslinger - George A. Romereo
The Drawing of the Three - Robert Rodriguz
The WasteLands - Byran Singer
Wizard's Glass - Peter Jackson
Wolves of the Calla - Clint Eastwood
The Song of Susanah - Gulerimo Del toro
The Dark Tower - Joss Whedon

Cast -

Eddie - Jason Lee or Heath Ledger
Susanah - Jada Pickett Smith or Gina Torres
Jake - (just some kid)
Walter - Willim Dafoe
Roland - (this man was born for the role) Viggo Mortensen

"Son of a bitch."

IKRIT

Saturday, March 18, 2006 1:35 AM

I'm basically just seconding things, but some of this stuff had me convulsing in gleeful anticpation/lust.

Hyperion Cantos series- Dan Simmons
Song of Ice and Fire- George R.R. Martin
Memory Sorrow and Thorn- Tad Williams
Heavy Planet- Hal Clement

That last on was my contribution, I think it might be hard characterizing the Mesklinites (Barl's crew).
For those who haven't read it, they're foot-and a half long centipede type things that are adapted for 700 gravities.
That's the premise of the story: an extremely high-gravity planet.

It would be cool if they did some camera work so that all the shots were taken from ground level, to depict the "high-gravity" better, 'cause under 700g, nOTHING is getting off the ground.

IKRIT

Saturday, March 18, 2006 1:36 AM

OH GOD YES
Heinlein books.

GIXXER

Monday, April 17, 2006 12:02 AM

Dale Brown - Flight of the Old Dog and his early books where the technology was realistic. Later books were a bit Sci-Fi, and went Lucas.

Lee Child - The Killing Floor and some of the good ones that weren't too formulaic. Actually, Adam Baldwin would make a perfect Jack Reacher.

James Nelson - The Pirate series and the American War of Independence series.

Jonathan Lunn - Nathaniel Drinkwater series. Follows the well-trodden Hornblower path, but very well written.

Carrier Pilot - Norman Hanson
First Light - Geoffrey Wellum

WW2 memoirs. Royal Navy Corsairs and Battle of Britain Spitfires respectively. I have lots of these sort of books, and although I have the highest possible respect for these men and women, the writing is not usually of the highest order.

However, these two books are really beautifully written, and tick all the Firefly fans' requirements. Funny, heartbreakingly tragic and incredibly gripping.

The Jolly Rogers - Tom Blackburn. More Corsairs. Very cool book and again extremely well written. The forward from Adm James Stockdale USN is especially good. He recalls Mr Blackburn as an aircraft carrier commander. "Everyone on the boat knew he could out-sail, out-fight and out-fly any of them without breaking a sweat. He was The Immediate Presence." I just love that last phrase.

John Connolly - whole bunch of New England (my favourite place) horror / detective stories. I don't have much time for horror stuff in general, but these are really good. The baddies are really hardcore horrific. The hero has some great sidekicks. A gay gangster couple who give you real confidence. The aforementioned baddies are invincibly evil but the odds are considerable evened up by these two.

Christopher Brookmyre - One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night. School reunion meets Die Hard. Brush up your colloquial Scots for that. Totally exciting, very violent and really funny. And he does other books too.

Anything by William Diehl.

Matthew Reilly - the Scarecrow ones. Good old-fashioned brain-out run around blowing things up stuff. Not fantastically well written, but he's one of the few I'd forgive for that, because he has a way of writing that is, and I'm not exaggerating, literally like watching Aliens. Yes, that good.

Ian Banks - Feersum Enjinn. Maybe not, the best parts of that are the episodes written in phonetic. You'd think that it would be an irritating gimmick that would get old very quickly. But it doesn't. Not even slightly.

Russell Hoban - The Mouse and his Child. Best. Book. Ever.

Whoever makes the film of that had better do it properly, or I will come and slaughter them in the night.

SERYN

Monday, April 17, 2006 1:31 PM

Oh! I'd love to see the Thursday Next as a film, I used to hang around in the Fforum on Jaspers website, and it was a constant source of discussion.

Problem is, it could be done, and it would be funny and cool, but whole chunks of the book are so book-centric that it would loose most of what made it unique, I mean, how would you film the scene in Mycrofts shed with the bookworms eating the words and crapping out capital letters and apostrophes? on the page its so funny I had to stop reading the books on public transport, but I couldn't think of any way to translate it to a visual medium.
Still, we can live in hope that someone can one day do it justice, and when they do, i'd love to see Emily Deschanel (Bones Dr Brennan) as Thursday and David Tennant as Acheron Hades.

(I also think that Alan Tudyk would be great in that world, but theres no perfect part, unless he was allowed to alter Bowden Cable a little)

The other books i'd love to see done are American Gods by Neil Gaiman, I could see Matthew Fox from Lost as Shadow (as long as they didn't try to play on his looks), And some gruff grizzled blonde guy as mr Wednesday, but can't think of anyone especially.

And Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel, I started writing a screenplay for that I wanted to see it done that much.

I kept thinking of Jonny Depp for Jonathan, but I think Adrian Brody could do a great job.
And Jeffery Rush as Childermass,
Possibly Jim Cary,(if he pulled another Truman Show and really restrained himself) as either Norrel or The gentleman with thistle down hair.

And Only Forwardby Micheal Marshal Smith, in fact any of the Smith Books, including the The Straw Men

Not sure I would know who to cast in that one, i'd be more worried about the director, the book are so warped and dark, it would need some one like Gilliam for the warped dreamscape looks and Fincher for the darkness.

Actually, Nathan would do a good job in Only Forward, he has the lightnes and the darkness and the action-packed 'i'm getting to old for this s***' orneriness. He could play the fun and absurdity as well, even in the depths of the murk.

oh read the book, you'll know what I mean.

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Friday, April 21, 2006 4:01 PM

Angles and demons by dan brown

Someday the verse will spit in your soup but at least they gave you soup.
one day
one plan
one mission
one army of browncoats
june 23rd serenity day

-Our mission as browncoats is to make us known.

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