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TexanAvenger · 03-29-2005, 03:22 PM

Let me toss in Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke. Another with potential, but not a lot of action, which might bar it from production even were it up for that.

By the way, just in case anybody's interested, I read today that Spielberg took an option on the Tintin books in 1983 and finally decided to take them on. The first film should be ready in 2006, with Hanks as Captain Haddock.

lunchbox · 03-29-2005, 03:30 PM

I've been kicking around the idea of "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I think that book is smashingly hilarious but I'm curious if it could be made into a movie.

TexanAvenger · 03-29-2005, 04:25 PM

huh... "Good Omens" hadn't crossed my mind until you said it. I'd be really interested in seeing it if they made it.

I dunno, I think it could be done... might end up a little campy though.

lunchbox · 02-02-2006, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TexanAvenger

huh... "Good Omens" hadn't crossed my mind until you said it. I'd be really interested in seeing it if they made it.

I dunno, I think it could be done... might end up a little campy though.

i heard a little while ago that someone (i want to say john cleese) was interested in the project but funding came up like 17mil short or something?

shakran · 02-02-2006, 06:39 PM

it's a kids book but it'd make a cool movie: A Wrinkle in Time.

noodle · 02-02-2006, 06:46 PM

Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse--Robert Rankin.
The Alchemist--Paulo Coehlo
The Life of Pi--whatshisname

I want more Nick Hornby a la High Fidelity and About a Boy.

and Walter The Farting Dog.

Tophat665 · 02-02-2006, 08:20 PM

Howzabout some Zelazney? Not the Amber stuff - Let's be realistic: that's a 3 to 5 film commitment, but maybe "Lord of Light" or "Creatures of Light and Darkness" or, most especially, "Jack of Shadows". Ooh Ooh! This Immortal.

Walter John Williams: "Knight Moves."

Barbara Hambly's Darwath Trilogy, starting with "The Time of the Dark" which could stand on it's own. I'm thinking Eastwood as Ingold Inglorian, Benicio Del Toro as Rudy, and I'll be Damned if I can think of who I would want for Gil, the Queen (Minnie Driver?), or The Icefalcon.

spindles · 02-12-2006, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by skinnymofo

edit: and for a movie i think "The Stand" by stephen King would make an interesting movie(s) although i think it would be really really long

you mean this ?

Borla · 02-12-2006, 07:29 PM

I can think of a couple of Tom Clancy's books that would do well to be made into movies.........a few of his have already with mixed results, but I'd LOVE to see "Without Remorse" done, and I think "Rainbow Six" would be excellent as well.

Reese · 02-13-2006, 01:06 AM

Here's a few short snips about things talked about throughout the thread..

A wrinkle in time was made into a miniseries in 2003, I didn't think it was that great but kids seem to enjoy it..

I also enjoyed the Stand miniseries.

I can't really believe there hasn't been another Chuck Palahniuk novel turned into a film.

Also, on the topic of Neil Gaiman, I haven't read Good Omens but Sandman could make a good movie. [Also Neil wrote the screenplay for MirrorMask that comes out this tuesday(feb. 14th...) which I'll talk more about in my "on DVD this week" thread... Now there's an advertisement if I ever saw one..]

I'd like to see Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings turned into a movie. It may not be the best book, but It's one of my favorites. The movie covers deserts, forests, Mountains even an ice age so there is always different scenery. I also like that the main character is far from perfect. There's one thing I don't think would be good in the movie is that the lead female character is a cat.. Not a lion, or tiger.. A cat. I just don't think it'd be as accepted on screen as it was on paper.

mandy · 02-13-2006, 04:16 AM

first of all i'd like to say that it feels so good to be back here,posting and stuff.

i'd love to see Boris Starling's "The Masaih"

good book if you like phsyco thrillers.keeps the mind working.gruesome but very entertaining from the very first page.a real page turner.

pan6467 · 02-13-2006, 04:32 AM

I'd like to see The Kinks - Well Respected Men (the Kinks biographies), by Neville Martin & Jeffrey Hudson

lunchbox · 02-13-2006, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by CYBERMIKE

Also, on the topic of Neil Gaiman, I haven't read Good Omens but Sandman could make a good movie. [Also Neil wrote the screenplay for MirrorMask that comes out this tuesday(feb. 14th...) which I'll talk more about in my "on DVD this week" thread... Now there's an advertisement if I ever saw one..]

i haven't read much gaiman, but omens seems to be written much like other pratchett novels, if you're up for a good laugh, it's definitely a must have.

djflish · 02-13-2006, 09:08 AM

Just finished Velocity by Dean Koontz, and Carter Beats The Devil by Glen David Gold would make an awesome film

shesus · 02-17-2006, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fredweena

Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse--Robert Rankin.
The Alchemist--Paulo Coehlo
The Life of Pi--whatshisname

I want more Nick Hornby a la High Fidelity and About a Boy.

and Walter The Farting Dog.

Good news Fredweena. Life of Pi is being made into a movie due to be out in 2007.

I'm very excited by this although I hate to see books get slaughtered. However, it's directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunot (Amelie, Delicattessen, City of Lost Children). He is awesome and I'm hoping he can do a good job with it. If you want more info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/

fresnelly · 02-17-2006, 04:35 PM

A favourite story from my childhood that I'd like to see adapted, is The Phoenix and The Carpet, by Edith Nesbit. The BBC did a TV miniseries adaptation back in the 80's (Doctor Who Style), but I'd love to see a lavish production.

However, I put more trust in the BBC to recreate books, rather than Hollywood. Their serial of Dickens' Bleak house, running on PBS right now is fantastic.

Derwood · 02-17-2006, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by stbeston

also, every kubrik film was better than the book, 2001, the shining, a clockwork orange, etc.

you've got to be shitting me...

Tophat665 · 02-17-2006, 05:35 PM

Somebody earlier mentioned City, by Cliff Simak. I don't think this would work as a live action film, necessarily, but picture, if you will, a dog in spectacles speaking from behind a podium doing the set-up for each of the eight stories, while a robot stands next to him with a remote control cueing up animated versions of the stories (done by the folks who did Watership Down or by Gennedy Tartakovsky, or, better yet, eight different animators). The only problem is that so much of the book goes on in the head. How, for instance, are you going to get across Juwainian philosphy? I mean, Joe lays it out what it is, but it plays a fairly large part in "Hobbies", and I just don't know if it would come across as what it is, rather than just a diffident guy giving up on a woman. And there's lots of other things like that gong on.

bisha · 02-18-2006, 04:22 PM

I'd like to see another Wrinkle In Time movie, as the book wasn't done justice in the awful B movie they released. It was endearing but it just didn't hit the spot.

I'm dying to see Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy made into a trilogy of movies in the near future, and a good rendition of Shogun wouldn't go amiss either. (I know they made a really long TV series out of it, but a concise yet juicy movie would do wonders).

Slightly off topic, but I think that Monkey Island (the video game) would be face melting on the big screen. Think singing pirates, Heath Ledger as a cheeky yet ditzy Guybrush Threepwood, and amazing water-warfare based solely on strength of wit.

Devoid · 02-18-2006, 07:55 PM

Off the top of my head, I'd say The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, although I'm not sure how they'd pull it off. The other would be Imajica by Clive Barker. It's another epic that would be nuts to see on the big screen.

fresnelly · 02-18-2006, 08:06 PM

I think the only way to do Stephen King's The Dark Tower, would be through stylized animation. Presented straight, the western/fantasy setting would look silly, and the story's more maudlin elements, would be unbearable. Epic storytelling demands epic visuals.

noodle · 02-19-2006, 08:40 AM

I nearly did a happy dance when I found this on Rotten Tomatoes. I enjoyed The Bridge to Terabithia so much more after I was in high school, than when they forced us to read it in middle school. So much potential with the people involved in the production and the book itself. Can't wait!

'Bridge to Terabithia' movie

Maybe they should consider the special effects team from this one for The Life of Pi, eh, Shesus?

shesus · 02-19-2006, 09:34 AM

Fredweena, I'm hoping that the special effects are good. But I have faith in the director...his movies are always fantastic imo.

To bad you aren't closer, I'd make a date for opening night of Life of Pi with you.

Kadath · 02-20-2006, 05:51 AM

fredweena: Hopefully it's better than this one:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0088853/

I really don't know why they're making that book into a movie again. I never really got excited by the fantasy land; the whole book is about the kids trying to escape from their bad lives and then death. It's a real fucking downer. I need a drink just thinking about it. Why the hell is that a children's book?

Sorry. That book just really depressed me when I was 12 or so and I never really came to terms with it.

tecoyah · 02-20-2006, 05:55 AM

Thomas Covenant series (white Gold Weilder)

And

Stranger in a Strange Land

Ringworld would also be wicked cool

Derwood · 02-20-2006, 04:55 PM

a better version of Fahrenheit 451 would be refreshing

noodle · 02-20-2006, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shesus

Fredweena, I'm hoping that the special effects are good. But I have faith in the director...his movies are always fantastic imo.

To bad you aren't closer, I'd make a date for opening night of Life of Pi with you.

2007, right? Maybe I'll have to travel, but that would make me end up crossing the Mason-Dixon again.

shesus · 02-20-2006, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fredweena

2007, right? Maybe I'll have to travel, but that would make me end up crossing the Mason-Dixon again.

I moved over the Mason-Dixon line. It wasn't too painful, you just have to be careful because they only let you cross it 3 times and then you have to stay.

msh58 · 02-20-2006, 06:13 PM

the blue nowhere-jeffrey deaver
i am charlotte simmons-tom wolfe

Val_1 · 02-24-2006, 06:03 PM

Good Omens. BUt only because we've been teased with a Terry Gilliam version of it for so long. Looks like it won't get any backing to get made, though.

RonRyan85 · 03-01-2006, 09:21 AM

Since Hollywood loves to re-make old movies and can't or don't get many
new ideas...I'd like to see a new version of "The Story of O". I would
like to see an unknown actress in the main part and the location be in
England or France.

03-29-2005, 03:30 PM	#82 (permalink)
lunchbox Thank God hockey is back Location: Deeeeeetroit	I've been kicking around the idea of "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I think that book is smashingly hilarious but I'm curious if it could be made into a movie. __________________ A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams

02-02-2006, 08:20 PM	#87 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Howzabout some Zelazney? Not the Amber stuff - Let's be realistic: that's a 3 to 5 film commitment, but maybe "Lord of Light" or "Creatures of Light and Darkness" or, most especially, "Jack of Shadows". Ooh Ooh! This Immortal. Walter John Williams: "Knight Moves." Barbara Hambly's Darwath Trilogy, starting with "The Time of the Dark" which could stand on it's own. I'm thinking Eastwood as Ingold Inglorian, Benicio Del Toro as Rudy, and I'll be Damned if I can think of who I would want for Gil, the Queen (Minnie Driver?), or The Icefalcon. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

02-12-2006, 07:29 PM	#89 (permalink)
Borla Junkie	I can think of a couple of Tom Clancy's books that would do well to be made into movies.........a few of his have already with mixed results, but I'd LOVE to see "Without Remorse" done, and I think "Rainbow Six" would be excellent as well. __________________ Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde!!!!

02-13-2006, 01:06 AM	#90 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	Here's a few short snips about things talked about throughout the thread.. A wrinkle in time was made into a miniseries in 2003, I didn't think it was that great but kids seem to enjoy it.. I also enjoyed the Stand miniseries. I can't really believe there hasn't been another Chuck Palahniuk novel turned into a film. Also, on the topic of Neil Gaiman, I haven't read Good Omens but Sandman could make a good movie. [Also Neil wrote the screenplay for MirrorMask that comes out this tuesday(feb. 14th...) which I'll talk more about in my "on DVD this week" thread... Now there's an advertisement if I ever saw one..] I'd like to see Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings turned into a movie. It may not be the best book, but It's one of my favorites. The movie covers deserts, forests, Mountains even an ice age so there is always different scenery. I also like that the main character is far from perfect. There's one thing I don't think would be good in the movie is that the lead female character is a cat.. Not a lion, or tiger.. A cat. I just don't think it'd be as accepted on screen as it was on paper. __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry

02-13-2006, 04:32 AM	#92 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	I'd like to see The Kinks - Well Respected Men (the Kinks biographies), by Neville Martin & Jeffrey Hudson __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"

03-29-2005, 03:22 PM	#81 (permalink)
TexanAvenger Born-Again New Guy Location: Unfound.	Let me toss in Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke. Another with potential, but not a lot of action, which might bar it from production even were it up for that. By the way, just in case anybody's interested, I read today that Spielberg took an option on the Tintin books in 1983 and finally decided to take them on. The first film should be ready in 2006, with Hanks as Captain Haddock.

03-29-2005, 04:25 PM	#83 (permalink)
TexanAvenger Born-Again New Guy Location: Unfound.	huh... "Good Omens" hadn't crossed my mind until you said it. I'd be really interested in seeing it if they made it. I dunno, I think it could be done... might end up a little campy though.

02-02-2006, 06:39 PM	#85 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	it's a kids book but it'd make a cool movie: A Wrinkle in Time.

02-13-2006, 04:16 AM	#91 (permalink)
mandy Addict Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa	first of all i'd like to say that it feels so good to be back here,posting and stuff. i'd love to see Boris Starling's "The Masaih" good book if you like phsyco thrillers.keeps the mind working.gruesome but very entertaining from the very first page.a real page turner.

02-13-2006, 09:08 AM	#94 (permalink)
djflish The Mighty Boosh Location: I mostly come out at night, mostly...	Just finished Velocity by Dean Koontz, and Carter Beats The Devil by Glen David Gold would make an awesome film __________________ Europes two great narcotics, Alcohol and Christianity. I know which one I prefer.

02-17-2006, 04:35 PM	#96 (permalink)
fresnelly Functionally Appropriate Location: Toronto	A favourite story from my childhood that I'd like to see adapted, is The Phoenix and The Carpet, by Edith Nesbit. The BBC did a TV miniseries adaptation back in the 80's (Doctor Who Style), but I'd love to see a lavish production. However, I put more trust in the BBC to recreate books, rather than Hollywood. Their serial of Dickens' Bleak house, running on PBS right now is fantastic. __________________ Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life Last edited by fresnelly; 02-17-2006 at 05:38 PM..

02-17-2006, 05:35 PM	#98 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Somebody earlier mentioned City, by Cliff Simak. I don't think this would work as a live action film, necessarily, but picture, if you will, a dog in spectacles speaking from behind a podium doing the set-up for each of the eight stories, while a robot stands next to him with a remote control cueing up animated versions of the stories (done by the folks who did Watership Down or by Gennedy Tartakovsky, or, better yet, eight different animators). The only problem is that so much of the book goes on in the head. How, for instance, are you going to get across Juwainian philosphy? I mean, Joe lays it out what it is, but it plays a fairly large part in "Hobbies", and I just don't know if it would come across as what it is, rather than just a diffident guy giving up on a woman. And there's lots of other things like that gong on. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

02-18-2006, 04:22 PM	#99 (permalink)
bisha Upright Location: London, England	I'd like to see another Wrinkle In Time movie, as the book wasn't done justice in the awful B movie they released. It was endearing but it just didn't hit the spot. I'm dying to see Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy made into a trilogy of movies in the near future, and a good rendition of Shogun wouldn't go amiss either. (I know they made a really long TV series out of it, but a concise yet juicy movie would do wonders). Slightly off topic, but I think that Monkey Island (the video game) would be face melting on the big screen. Think singing pirates, Heath Ledger as a cheeky yet ditzy Guybrush Threepwood, and amazing water-warfare based solely on strength of wit.

02-18-2006, 07:55 PM	#100 (permalink)
Devoid Psycho Location: Floating amongst the ether	Off the top of my head, I'd say The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, although I'm not sure how they'd pull it off. The other would be Imajica by Clive Barker. It's another epic that would be nuts to see on the big screen. __________________ We're here to steal your pornography, and sodomize our vast imaginations. - Inignot

02-18-2006, 08:06 PM	#101 (permalink)
fresnelly Functionally Appropriate Location: Toronto	I think the only way to do Stephen King's The Dark Tower, would be through stylized animation. Presented straight, the western/fantasy setting would look silly, and the story's more maudlin elements, would be unbearable. Epic storytelling demands epic visuals. __________________ Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life

02-19-2006, 09:34 AM	#103 (permalink)
shesus Fancy Location: Chicago	Fredweena, I'm hoping that the special effects are good. But I have faith in the director...his movies are always fantastic imo. To bad you aren't closer, I'd make a date for opening night of Life of Pi with you. __________________ Whatever did happen to your soul? I heard you sold it Choose Heaven for the weather and Hell for the company

02-20-2006, 05:51 AM	#104 (permalink)
Kadath Muffled Location: Camazotz	fredweena: Hopefully it's better than this one: http://imdb.com/title/tt0088853/ I really don't know why they're making that book into a movie again. I never really got excited by the fantasy land; the whole book is about the kids trying to escape from their bad lives and then death. It's a real fucking downer. I need a drink just thinking about it. Why the hell is that a children's book? Sorry. That book just really depressed me when I was 12 or so and I never really came to terms with it. __________________ it's quiet in here

02-20-2006, 05:55 AM	#105 (permalink)
tecoyah Illusionary	Thomas Covenant series (white Gold Weilder) And Stranger in a Strange Land Ringworld would also be wicked cool __________________ Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha

02-20-2006, 04:55 PM	#106 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	a better version of Fahrenheit 451 would be refreshing __________________ "You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel

02-20-2006, 06:13 PM	#109 (permalink)
msh58 Crazy	the blue nowhere-jeffrey deaver i am charlotte simmons-tom wolfe

02-24-2006, 06:03 PM	#110 (permalink)
Val_1 Addict Location: In a State of Denial	Good Omens. BUt only because we've been teased with a Terry Gilliam version of it for so long. Looks like it won't get any backing to get made, though. __________________ I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. -Frank Sinatra

03-01-2006, 09:21 AM	#111 (permalink)
RonRyan85 Insane Location: Lone Star State,USA	Since Hollywood loves to re-make old movies and can't or don't get many new ideas...I'd like to see a new version of "The Story of O". I would like to see an unknown actress in the main part and the location be in England or France.