Movies you want to see made

[hedgehog]

The Left Hand of Darkness - I always envisioned James Earl Jones as the lead, but now I'd go for Will Smith



How about a re-make of Gone With the Wind - by Spike Lee?

[grannylib]

1. "In This House of Brede" by Rumer Godden. Demi Moore named

one of her daughters after the author, and I've always hoped she might make a movie of it.
She's a great actress, and the right age to play the lead...but I guess I never envisioned her in that role; I'd love to see her play Dame Veronica though...it would be such a different part for her.
For the lead...I think I'd like to see Cate Blanchett do it. She'd be stellar.

[hedgehog]

11. There was a film of this made some years ago - I think for television.

As I recall, it kept pretty close to the stroy except for some changes made to match a lower budget - the child is hit by a car when the nanny is busy rather than caught in a mine shaft.

[grannylib]

23. Really??? I will have to check that out! Do you remember at all who was in it??

[hedgehog]

24. I found it at Amazon:

Product Description
British film star Diana Rigg gives a moving performance as a sophisticated London business- woman who, after suffering a personal family tragedy, leaves the world and becomes a Benedictine nun at Brede Abbey. Beautiful scenes of religious life in a monastery.

[grannylib]

25. I was just reading a review of this, and the character I thought Demi

Moore should play is TOTALLY left out of the story altogether in the movie!
I'll still have to check it out at some point :hi:

[greenbriar]

2. The downfall of the USA starring GWB

I would love for someone to tell the story of the last 8 years as it has truthfully happened

[Auggie]

5. Give it a few years. You will see it.

[Brigid]

32. And it won't be a movie. either. nt

[bigwillq]

3. Any of the Burke Novels

by Andrew Vachss


http://vachss.com/av_novels/burke_novels.html

[Rhythm]

4. "Good Omens"

But only if James Earl Jones gets to do the part of the Metatron.

[Robb]

20. Second that

Top of my wish list. And I want Steve Buscemi as Really Cool People (formerly Pigbog).

[Rhythm]

28. I pictured Buscemi in it, but always at "Pollution"...

And maybe Ralph Fiennes as Crowley?

Frankly, that would be great fun to hypothetically cast. Been toying with it in my head for years.

[MrScorpio]

6. It's my own story called "Doomsday Babies"

It's the story of four young women who get pregnant after having one night stands on the very night the world is supposed to end. The world is saved, and they each have to deal with the prospect of becoming single mothers.

It'll have happy endings for all.

[bain_sidhe]

7. The Stainless Steel Rat

I've even got the opening shot figured out in my head.

Oh, for those who don't know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_Steel_Rat

[hedgehog]

22. You know, until I read this, I has Harry Harrison and Harlan Ellison

conflated for years and years! I always thought the Stainless Steel Rat was some kind of horror story in the same vein as I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

[bain_sidhe]

29. Very much NOT Harlan Ellison

Hate Ellison. Way too dark for me.

Harrison has a wry, cynical sense of humor that just cracks me up.

[Elidor]

26. I loved all the Rat series

Harrison is funny as hell.

[bain_sidhe]

30. Yeah, me too... except

after going through that list at Wikipedia, I think I'm missing a couple. Must go a-hunting!

[Elidor]

33. I had no idea there were ten of them

I used to have the first three, and they were so delicious. I'll have to go hunting, too.

[BeachBaby]

8. The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich

I know that there was talk about it, a couple of years ago....they even went so far as to list the desired actors/actresses to play the parts. I know there was mention of Sandra Bullock, Queen Latifah and Benjamin Bratt.

[Shakespeare]

9. Dan Simmons' Hyperion series.

Potentially epic.

[Dr. Strange]

49. But their squishing the first two books together:

http://io9.com/375998/dan-simmons-hyperion-books-will-be-smooshed-together-into-one-movie

I am concerned...

[BlueIris]

10. "Obama." (Starring Don Cheadle.)

[nuxvomica]

12. "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy O'Toole

There was talk a while back of a project with Drew Barrymore, Lily Tomlin and a suitably overfed Will Ferrell as Ignatius O'Reilly but the plans fell through.

[DarkTirade]

13. And Tilda Swinton as Estraven.

:P

[hedgehog]

15. OH wow! Excellent choice! For those of you unfamiliar with the book,

The Left Hand of Darkness describes the work of the first Representative from Earth to the people of the planet Winter. Most of the time, the people of that planet are asexual, developing female or male organs only when they more or less come into heat. The earthman, Genly Ai, has a lot of problems trying to work in a society in which most people are neither female nor male most of the time. Since he is always male with male organs, some view him as a pervert!



Tilda Swinton

[YellowRubberDuckie]

14. There's this book I've been reading over and over.

It's a trashy romance novel and I love it. I have most of the movie made in my head.
Duckie

[Zorro]

16. The Alexandria Quartet

It would probably be better as a 20 episode Masterpiece Theater piece, though.

[hedgehog]

17. I'm thinking of the Raj Quartert. That made for an excellent miniseries!

[Bennyboy]

18. Bill Graham "My Life In Rock And Roll and Out"

Wha a great story. escapes the holocaust, finds the "new" thing. Lost of rock and roll stories, conflicts, love etc....

[Initech]

19. Chuck Palahnuik's Survivor

As much as I loved Fight Club, this book could be absolutely fucking amazing as a movie if it were done in the right hands (personally I'd like to see PT Anderson do the directing).

[MonkeyFunk]

21. Geek Love

by Katherine Dunn

[Sugar Smack]

34. I'd like to see that as a movie, too.

It would have to be done so carefully to live up to the integrity of the book.

[MonkeyFunk]

42. Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam

have both shown interest in making it, but it's a hard sell.

[Elidor]

27. The Physician, by Noah Gordon

Supposedly it's in the works now. I'd rather it were a miniseries, because it's a great big juicy book, but I'll take what I can get.

I'd also love to see Kotzwinkle's Doctor Rat made into a feature.

[edbermac]

31. Catcher In The Rye

[HamstersFromHell]

35. The Mote In God's Eye / The Gripping Hand

I think would make a hell of a movie or miniseries, but I seriously doubt Hollywood could ever get it close to right.

[Bennyboy]

36. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test......

If donw by the right director who had some of the same ethos of the time....

[unpossibles]

47. based on his Fear and Loathing, I think Gilliam could pull it off

in fact, he's one of the few directors I'd trust to do a lot of books.

[Sugar Smack]

37. The Robber Bride

by Margaret Atwood.

I think Angelina Jolie would make a good Zenia. I think the other three- Tony, Charis, and Roz would have to be virtual unknowns.

[Robeson]

38. Kalki, by Gore Vidal...

...among many of his I'd like to see made into a movie.

[Skittles]

39. an update to BODY HEAT

about time for poor sap Ned to be getting out of jail, no? :o

[FloridaJudy]

40. "Snowcrash"

Can anyone think of a good Asian-American actor to play Hiro? Drew Barrymore would be great as the skater.

[Lilith Velkor]

41. 1776, directed by Ridley Scott.

[JCMach1]

43. The Rush Limbaugh story starring Jack Black

a dark comedy of hubris and regret...

[Forkboy]

44. The Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.

But it would have to be a mini-series.

[Sweet Freedom]

45. Sammy's Hill (Kristen Gore)

I think they may be making it into a film, but I'm not sure.

[kentauros]

46. Rendezvous with Rama

Morgan Freeman wants to see it made, too, and has been trying for years to get it into production.

[LynneSin]

48. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe

I thought this story, which is told POV of the person who commits the murder could be an interesting movie which perhaps some liberties on the backplot as to why Montresor felt he had to kill Fortunato

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cask_of_Amontillado

And the theme song could be "The Cask of Amontillado" by the Alan Parsons Project - it's a beautiful song.

[Dr. Strange]

52. Here's something to tide you over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBC7Rown13Q

[datasuspect]

50. i wish they would make a movie with will farrell that has as its basis some sport or other

[terrya]

51. "The Front Runner" by Patricia Nell Warren

Actually, there were a couple of attempts to get a movie based on this wonderful book made...Paul Newman bought the rights at one point in the 70's.

It would still make a wonderful movie.