What book / books would you like to see made into a movie?

[Quixote1818]

That is if they haven't yet been a movie. This could include comics too I suppose.

[Ohio Joe]

1. The Mongo mysteries by George C. Chesbro

There has been an effort or two but they never did get made. The Beasts of Valhalla would be an awesome movie.

[Forkboy]

2. I would like Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy to get the HBO treatment.

A single movie wouldn't even begin to do it justice.

[Supply Side Jesus]

15. YES!!

For Sure!

[suninvited]

3. The Poisonwood Bible

I think it would make a great movie.

[Petrushka]

4. "The Unquiet Earth" by Denise Giardina

http://www.denisegiardina.com/earth.htm

and/or "Storming Heaven" by Denise Giardina
http://www.denisegiardina.com/heaven.htm

[taterguy]

7. Better start filming soon before they run out of WV mountains that haven't been blown up

I love those Giardina books and agree they'd make great movies, if only the PTB would let them happen.

[Petrushka]

39. Twenty years ago, I couldn't imagine "The Last Mountain" was possible. Now . . .

who knows?! Because of "The Last Mountain", I'll try to
imagine a Giardina book becoming a movie . . . even if it
must be filmed outside WV---somewhere in, shall we say,
Switzerland?

;-)



http://thelastmountainmovie.com/video/

[XemaSab]

5. Though I have been disappointed with almost every film adaptation of books I like

(Game of Thrones being the only exception), there are a few books that I think someone could take a good stab at. Or at least that I'm surprised nobody has tried yet.

"Paradises Lost" by Ursula Le Guin

Anything by John Bellairs

"Wait Till Helen Comes" by Mary Downing Hahn

"The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

[canoeist52]

12. "Wait 'til Helen Comes" already a movie

trailer;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy56bvvYp9E

[Luciferous]

13. That's not a real trailer...

[taterguy]

6. James Hornfischer's Last Stand of the Tin-Can Sailors

It's his account of the Battle of Leyete Gulf.

I don't think it will ever be made for a couple of reasons:

1) US Navy leadership comes across looking really bad and epic war movies usually require cooperation from the Department of Defense, just for props.

2) Even if you had DOD cooperation, it would be ridiculously expensive to film properly. You'd have to recreate both Yamato-class battleships along with all the other ships and planes from that battle. I'm not sure today's audiences would go for the old trick of war movies: Splicing old combat footage into new material. Fucking James Cameron changed the standard for nautical movies and all he had to do was re-make one ship.

3) Even though the story is true, it's almost too implausible and hokey: Guys in unarmed planes making dive bombing runs just to draw AA fire away from other planes; tiny escort destroyers fending off the biggest and baddest ships in the Japanese Imperial Navy. Get the fuck out.

[Frank Cannon]

8. Philip K. Dick's "Time Out of Joint"

Hell, it's been ripped off enough times (e.g., The Matrix, The Truman Show), it would be nice to get the original for once.

[Denninmi]

9. Timescape by Gregory Benford.

A sci-fi novel written in the late 1970's. This guy nailed it -- ecological collapse, dysfunctional governments, celebrity worshiping pop culture. In a nutshell, its set in 2 timelines, 1999 and 1963. In the 1999 timeline, the world is literally collapsing from ecological disaster, and a group of scientists try to send a message back in time to prevent this future from happening, even though it would create a paradox. In the 1963 timeline, a young scientist tries to convince his higher-ups that he is actually getting a message from the future.

Well written, but mostly kind of creepy because of the way Benford, who is still alive and is a professor of physics, I believe at an East Coast school, really nailed what society would look like in the then-future. Most of what he wrote in 1978 looks exactly like something that could be a headline in today's NYT or WaPo.

[Frank Cannon]

37. That's a good one, too.

I used to envision this movie made with the 1999 scenes in color and the 1963 scenes in black-and-white!

And you're right about the eerie prescience of the novel. I find myself thinking about it more and more when I hear about things like the disaster in the Gulf, etc.

[Aristus]

10. "The Stars My Destination" by Alfred Bester.

Somehow, I keep picturing Russell Crowe as Gulliver Foyle.

[kentauros]

32. I remember the Heavy Metal adaptation of that.

And it would make an excellent movie :D

[nuxvomica]

11. "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

This was going to be filmed a while back with Will Ferrell as Ignatious Reilly but it never happened.

[BiggJawn]

14. All the "Aubrey/Maturin" series.

I've read 'em all but one.

[DebJ]

16. American Scoundrel by Thomas Keneally, also the author of

Schindler's List. American Scoundrel is about Dan Sickles, who led one heck of a life. The entire time I was reading it, I kept thinking wow this would really make one heck of a movie.

[RSillsbee]

17. Team Yankee By Harold Coyle

Foolows a fictional Armor /Mech infantry battalion through a U.S./ Soviet war in Germany

[Hangingon]

26. I read that book years ago. First trip to Germany.

I think it is doable. Would be a great film/

[RSillsbee]

29. I found it laying on an oil drum

in the POL dump at Graf. Picked it up and read it. What grabbed me was how acurate the descriptions of life in the field were. I'm not sure i would have picked up on that had I read it any place other than in Graf

[AlienGirl]

18. Brightness Falls From The Air by Tiptree...the visuals just cry out for cinematic treatment

[Rob H.]

19. 'The Dresden Files' series by Jim Butcher

Yes, there was already a short-lived TV series, but I'd still like to see at least one of them made into a feature film (and NOT a "SyFy Original Movie," either!).


Edited to add: any of the Hap Collins and Leonard Pine series by Joe R. Lansdale and any of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels made into films would leave me giddy, too. :)

[edbermac]

20. Catcher In The Rye.

But it will never happen.

[Petrushka]

38. Here ya go --->

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2VsZEuYfQ0&feature=related




:hi:

[struggle4progress]

21. Donald Knuth's Art of Computer Programming

[Brother Buzz]

22. Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen

Also Tim Dorsey's Serge A. Storms series is ready to make a splash on the silver screen, that is, if there is a director with courage to give it the proper treatment.

[quakerboy]

23. The Death Gate Cycle series by Weiss and Hickman

I always enjoyed those books. One of only 3 series that stays in my permanent collection (as opposed to the many which are read once, then returned for credit to obtain more books. Although to do it well would require a deft touch and probably a fair bit of cash. I would hate to see it poorly done.


One that I think could be turned into movies fairly easy would be David Eddings Elenium Series. Not that much to them, just some good ol timey fight the evil, wave the swords, get the girl. Mind candy, but I see it being easily adaptable.

[Tikki]

24. An obscure Sci-Fi book by Chester Anderson.."The Butterfly Kid"...

So dated ..but it would truly be Campy enough to be a classic.


Tikki

[davsand]

25. The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk

Be a part of it:


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fifthsacredthing/the-fifth-sacred-thing

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

27. Ringworld

by Larry Niven. I thought that this was being discussed in Hollywood many moons ago.

[Little Star]

28. CANE RIVER by Lalita Tademy

This novel was based on Lalita Tademy's Family Tree.

Tademy's obsession with finding each root, each branch, stripping the bark and turning over every hidden leaf and stem of her family tree consumed her, until she had accumulated such powerful stories there was no choice but to write about the amazing people with whom she had made acquaintance.

And so, over 1,000 documents in hand, she wrote a novel based on the lives of four generations of colored Creole slave women in Louisiana, women from whom she descended.




"CANE RIVER"
It was here, on a medium-sized Creole plantation owned by a family named Derbanne, that author Lalita Tademy found her family's roots-and the stories of four astonishing women who battled vast injustices to create a legacy of hope and achievement. They were women whose lives began in slavery, who weathered the Civil War, and who grappled with the contradictions of emancipation through the turbulent early years of the twentieth century. Through it all, they fought to unite their family and forge success on their own terms. Here amid small farmhouses and a tightly knit community of French-speaking slaves, free people of color, and whites, Tademy's great-great-great-great grandmother Elisabeth would bear both a proud heritage and the yoke of slavery. Her youngest daughter, Suzette, would be the first to discover the promise-and heartbreak-of freedom. Suzette's strong-willed daughter Philomene would use determination born of tragedy to reunite her family and gain unheard-of economic independence. And Emily, Philomene's spirited daughter, would fight to secure her children's just due and preserve their future against dangerous odds.

In a novel that combines painstaking historical reconstruction with unforgettable storytelling, Lalita Tademy presents an all too rarely seen part of American history, complete with a provocative portrayal of the complex, unspoken bonds between slaves and slave owners. Most of all, she gives us the saga of real, flesh-and-blood women making hard choices in the face of unimaginable loss, securing their identity and independence in order to face any obstacle, and inspiring all the generations to come.
http://www.lalitatademy.com/bio.html

[AngryAmish]

30. Lord of the Rings!

[kentauros]

31. The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison

They've already made a rather successful feature film of one of his books, "Make Room! Make Room!" also known as "Soylent Green" :)

Besides, SSR is something of a comedy. Do it like "Fifth Element" and you've got a winner! :D

[kentauros]

33. If you're including comics, then how about "FemForce"?

They'd make a nice alternative to the current domination of superhero movies by DC and Marvel, while still pulling in that same demographic :)

http://www.accomics.com/accomics/femforce/index.html

Of the FemForce members listed, personally, I'd want a movie about Synn }(

[Celeborn Skywalker]

34. Name of the Wind trilogy

It would have to be done right, though.

[ccharles000]

35. ...

The first law trilogy

[applegrove]

36. I've always wanted to see "God's Little Bits of Wood" by Sembene Ousmann

made into a movie: in french or english. It is such a visual book.

[pokerfan]

40. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Also:
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Childhood’s End by Arthur C Clarke



The Forever War (1974) is a science fiction novel by American author Joe Haldeman, telling the contemplative story of soldiers fighting an interstellar war between humanity and the enigmatic Tauran species. Its exploration of the inhumanity of war and of bureaucracy, and of the psychological effects resulting from time dilation space travel (a soldier returns home after centuries away), won the Nebula Award in 1975,<1> and the Hugo and the Locus awards in 1976.<2>

In the summer of 2010, it was later revealed by (Ridley) Scott that the writer, which was revealed to be the State of Play scribe Matthew Michael Carnahan, is currently on the fourth draft of the screenplay that was originally written by Blade Runner scribe David Peoples.<15><16>

[Mojambo]

45. Yes.

[Enthusiast]

41. John Sandford's Bad Blood and

Stephen King's Under the Dome. There are many more I would like to suggest.

[Little Star]

44. I'm with you on John Sanford's Bad Blood or actually any of his...

Virgil Flowers Series books.

But USA Network is making a TV movie (which might go into a series) based on Sanford's 10th book "Certain Prey" in the Prey Series.
I think they are in production this summer but there is no premiere date for the movie as of yet.

Here's a write up about it: http://www.rtbookreviews.com/rt-daily-blog/mark-harmon-bring-john-sandfords-davenport-life-usa-network

Sanford is one of my favorite writers, just adore his books!

[Enthusiast]

46. Thanks for the information.

I love Sandford's books too. Of course I've read them all.

[raccoon]

42. EARTH ABIDES. and a movie about the REAL Amityville horror,

the murders of the de Feo family.

[Zephie]

43. The Dark Tower series

Damn them for cancelling it... Again...