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« 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.
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« Reply #1 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.
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« Reply #2 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.
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2011, 09:48:18 pm »
Quote from: 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.

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« Reply #4 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.
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« Reply #5 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.
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« Reply #6 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.
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« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2011, 12:32:43 pm »
Quote from: 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.

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?
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« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2011, 10:25:11 am »
Quote from: fyo on February 05, 2011, 12:32:43 pm
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.
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« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2011, 11:22:22 am »
Quote from: 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.

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« Reply #10 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.
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