Books to Film - What would you like to see?

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UNABASHEDVIXEN

Friday, July 31, 2009 4:22 AM

In the sci-fi genre, since that seems to be the theme of this thread, Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. Really different from all her other stuff but very interesting and visual, so I think it would translate well to the screen.

I think many of the film versions of Stephen King's books are godawful, but there are some notable exceptions (The Shawshank Redemption, Misery) and in that vein I would love to see The Eyes of the Dragon made into a movie. The subject matter would lend itself well - it's basically an Arthurian-type fantasy and just a cool story. I read it when I was 10 and have loved it ever since.

NCBROWNCOAT

Friday, July 31, 2009 4:45 AM

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Originally posted by JLin:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

It's been in "development hell" for a long time. It' seem OSC hasn't liked any of the adaptations so far.

I'd like to see his "Shadow" series on the screen. Lots of commentary about world wide politics and lots of action. And the most technically challenging CGI would be the growth of Bean from a little runt into a giant.

I'd also like to see the Eve Dallas novels by J.D. Robb. They are more than romance novels. Good mysteries and set just enough in the future that it's interesting but not foreign.

The difficulty would be casting Eve. A friend once described her as a "Pitbull" in terms of temperment, but she's also emotionally scared from her past but hides it except when she's alone. And physically she's the tall, athletic type seldom found in Hollywood.

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TDBROWN

Friday, July 31, 2009 11:59 AM

Early last year, I read "The Time Traveler's Wife", and thought it would make a terrific Film. I guess we're going to find out on August 14th. The film trailers look fantastic.
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KWICKO

Friday, July 31, 2009 12:09 PM

And silly me, I love a good series...

I'd have loved to see Mel Gibson do more of the Richard Stark novels as movies. I loved "Payback"; I would've liked to see him do the whole series.

And I was kind of hoping someone would "reboot" the Tom Clancy "Jack Ryan" stories. But jump right in and shoot all of them at once, or close together, so you get the same look and feel throughout the stories, and use the same cast.

Those are daunting tasks, though, and nobody seems willing to take that much of a risk trying to launch a franchise.

'Course, the BEST book-to-movie thing we could ever hope for would involve our favorite li'l cargo ship...

HIXIE129

Friday, July 31, 2009 12:55 PM

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Friday, July 31, 2009 3:10 PM

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Originally posted by WASHnwear:
I've heard that there was some kind of movie version of Heinlein's Puppet Masters featuring Donald Sutherland - anybody know anything about that?

I've seen it... It's not BAD . It is a disappointment for anyone who's a real fan of RAH. Saw an essay about it by the filmmakers, who were RAH fans. They started out with 7 plot items/ theme points that they thought were the essence of RAH's novel. BY the time they fought and lost their battles with the studio, production company,etc. 2-1/2 of their items made it onto the screen.

SERYN

Sunday, August 2, 2009 6:52 PM

more on the fantasy end of things, but i'd love to see Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - i think Del Toro or someone like him could do a fantastic job with Dave McKean on art direction.
The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde, but how I don't know as they are nigh on unfilmable being so book-centric - translating the type based joke sequences would be a mission.
The Landover novels by Terry Brooks - where a guy purchases a magical kingdom from a department store christmas catalogue. I always thought it would make a great family movie.
The Scar by China Mieville
Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith - It could go two ways, they could make an action adventure through a fantastic sci-fi world or a really dark thriller, depending on what they edit out of the script. But it should be made - some of the passages would be stunning in film.

(and this post was bought to you by being up way past my bed time.)

NCBROWNCOAT

Monday, August 3, 2009 12:08 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
And silly me, I love a good series...

I'd have loved to see Mel Gibson do more of the Richard Stark novels as movies. I loved "Payback"; I would've liked to see him do the whole series.

And I was kind of hoping someone would "reboot" the Tom Clancy "Jack Ryan" stories. But jump right in and shoot all of them at once, or close together, so you get the same look and feel throughout the stories, and use the same cast.

Those are daunting tasks, though, and nobody seems willing to take that much of a risk trying to launch a franchise.

'Course, the BEST book-to-movie thing we could ever hope for would involve our favorite li'l cargo ship...

Rebooting the Tom Clancy "Jack Ryan" franchise sounds really good. The ones that were done with Harrison Ford and the one with Alex Baldwin were very well done.

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PEACEKEEPER

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 3:46 AM

Downbelow Station by C.J.Cherryh

Eon by Greg Bear

The Timura Trilogy by Allan Cole

Peacekeeper---keeping order in every verse!!!

PEACEKEEPER

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 3:48 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:
more on the fantasy end of things, but i'd love to see Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - i think Del Toro or someone like him could do a fantastic job with Dave McKean on art direction.
The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde, but how I don't know as they are nigh on unfilmable being so book-centric - translating the type based joke sequences would be a mission.
The Landover novels by Terry Brooks - where a guy purchases a magical kingdom from a department store christmas catalogue. I always thought it would make a great family movie.
The Scar by China Mieville
Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith - It could go two ways, they could make an action adventure through a fantastic sci-fi world or a really dark thriller, depending on what they edit out of the script. But it should be made - some of the passages would be stunning in film.

(and this post was bought to you by being up way past my bed time.)

Have you read The Straw Men trilogy by the same author? Now that would be some good viewing.

Peacekeeper---keeping order in every verse!!!

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