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Title: Books you'd like to see made into movies Post by: Sunstroke on February 04, 2011, 09:31:15 pm Spinoff-o-rama from the Dark Tower thread... Frimp mentioned Eyes of the Dragon, an early-early King story, and I mentioned the Thomas Covenant series. What are some of the books or book series that you'd like to see Hollywood take a shot at? A few others that could be cool... Asimov's "Foundation" series. I could see Tim Robbins as Hari Seldon easy... Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" series. If done right, it could be an ultimate sci-fi monster. Rumors circulated for a while that it was going to pre-production, but think that died a quick death. Frank Herbert's "Destination: Void" series (Jesus Incident, Lazarus Effect, etc...). Just for the creature effects and the raw brutality of the "original" planet Pandora, which makes James Cameron's version look like a Mickey-D's playground. Title: Re: Books you'd like to see made into movies Post by: Frimp on February 04, 2011, 09:38:52 pm Darkfall by Koontz would be a good one if done right. If done wrong, it would be as bad as King's Desperation movie.
Title: Re: Books you'd like to see made into movies Post by: Landshark on February 04, 2011, 09:39:30 pm Any Vince Flynn book. He's one of my favorite authors. The Mitch Rapp series would be great as action/spy films.
Title: Re: Books you'd like to see made into movies Post by: Frimp on February 04, 2011, 09:48:18 pm Any Vince Flynn book. He's one of my favorite authors. The Mitch Rapp series would be great as action/spy films. Agreed! Title: Re: Books you'd like to see made into movies Post by: StL FinFan on February 04, 2011, 10:12:44 pm More often than not, if a book I have read is made into a movie, they completely eff it up. LOTR was an exception.
Title: Re: Books you'd like to see made into movies Post by: Tenshot13 on February 05, 2011, 09:50:39 am The Dragonlance series. Could be epic like LOTR or they could ef it up big time if rushed.
Title: Re: Books you'd like to see made into movies Post by: Dave Gray on February 05, 2011, 10:33:37 am World War Z - Max Brooks
Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk Both were owned by studios at one point and talking about being made. I think that WWZ might still be in the production pipeline, but it's not gone anywhere for a while. Chuck P's Invisible Monsters would also be a good one. Title: Re: Books you'd like to see made into movies Post by: fyo on February 05, 2011, 12:32:43 pm The Dragonlance series. Could be epic like LOTR or they could ef it up big time if rushed. There's a BOAT LOAD of books in that series... I'm assuming you are referring to the original trilogy or two by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman? Title: Re: Books you'd like to see made into movies Post by: Tenshot13 on February 08, 2011, 10:25:11 am There's a BOAT LOAD of books in that series... I'm assuming you are referring to the original trilogy or two by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman? I was actually more of a fan of the Minotaur wars, but I think you'd have to go with the original trilogy first.Title: Re: Books you'd like to see made into movies Post by: SportsChick on February 08, 2011, 11:22:22 am More often than not, if a book I have read is made into a movie, they completely eff it up. LOTR was an exception. That Title: Re: Books you'd like to see made into movies Post by: Sunstroke on February 08, 2011, 12:03:13 pm Agree with Dave... World War Z would make for an epic movie, if done right. There is a fantasy series by an author named Stephen K. Brust called Dragaera that has been going for 25+ years now...I think the first 4 books in that series would make for a bitchin' movie as well. |