Book you would like to see made into a movie

[MikeVic]

Jennifer Government. As I was reading the book, I couldn't help but think how awesome of a movie it would be.

[Sharpieman]

The charlie and the chocolate factory thread sparked this idea.

I would love to see the book "A Brave New World" made into a movie.

Also, "See Spot Run" would be very interesting. Jane would be sexed up a bit by Angelina Jolie.

[Sharpieman]

WTF? how did your thread come before mine? Can you read my mind?

[MikeVic]

Hah. It's the CURSED BOARD OF DOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!! Yes I can still see yours.

[moriarty]

I'm telling ya' if we can change the front page to a picture of a grilled chesse sandwhich that looks like the virgin Mary, and sell this site as haunted we'll make a fortune on ebay.

Sorry, back to topic:

[Sharpieman]

Wasn't there some game that came out of Jennifer Government?

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by Sharpieman

Wasn't there some game that came out of Jennifer Government?

Yeah, Nationstates.

[fantastic flying froggies]

Bilbo the Hobbit, seing as they did a good job with LotR.

[Raiders Army]

I would think that perhaps the Dictionary or Thesaurus would be hard books to make into movies....probably wouldn't make too much either.

[Logan]

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Oh, wait...

[mckerney]

I'd say something by Heinlein, but not after what happened to Starship Troopers.

[stevew]

I would like to see a movie based on Lemony Snickets series of Unfortunate
Events.

[condors]

Enders Game

[moriarty]

Originally Posted by stevew

I would like to see a movie based on Lemony Snickets series of Unfortunate
Events.

You're kidding right?

[stevew]

Originally Posted by moriarty

You're kidding right?

Holy shit, my dreams have come true!

[korme]

Hatchet, or the Giver

[Sharpieman]

Originally Posted by stevew

Holy shit, my dreams have come true!

LOL!!!

[mightyshoe]

I think that they did make a version of "Brave New World" in the '70's. But it would be worth revisiting now.
There were plans to make "Confederacy of Dunces" but apparently it fell through. I am both relieved and disappointed. I like to see a good treatment of it but I have not faith in hollywood to do so. Will Farrell (spelling?) was up for the lead role.

[jonesz]

The Dragonlance series. The first three "Chronicles" for starters would make an amazing trilogy. Maybe too large to make into a movie though?

[BreizhManu]

Hyperion, but the movie would probably be crappy

[MikeVic]

Brave New World might be hard to tackle in a couple of scenes. Wasn't there something about children being naked and having sex during recess?

[tanglewood]

Hitchhikers Gui... oh wait. It IS being made. Hurrah!

[Fonzie]

Originally Posted by mightyshoe

I think that they did make a version of "Brave New World" in the '70's. But it would be worth revisiting now.
There were plans to make "Confederacy of Dunces" but apparently it fell through. I am both relieved and disappointed. I like to see a good treatment of it but I have not faith in hollywood to do so. Will Farrell (spelling?) was up for the lead role.

*gasp*

[Fonzie]

Dola-

I wouldn't mind seeing Stephen King's "The Gunslinger" turned into a movie. The ending isn't very "hollywood", of course, so the question would then become: do you keep on going with the entire Dark Tower series?

I wouldn't mind it, myself.

[Fonzie]

Double dola-

Kurt Vonnegut's "Player Piano" or "Sirens of Titan" might be fun, too.

[Sun Tzu]

Reign of the Dead!

[andy m]

something by haruki murakami. just to see how it turned out. probably not so great, but it'd be nice to see someone try.

[JPhillips]

mckerney: I never have understood why they haven't made a straight movie out of one of Heinlien's early books. It seems like it writes itself.

I would love to see Charlie Wilson's War be made into a movie. I have never read a more interesting adventure/war book and its all true. The story of our involvement in Afghanistan in the 1980's could also sell very well right now.

[Tom E]

I say the Bible, I can see it now. I'll call it "The Passion of Christ" Naw, it would never work.

[AENeuman]

Friends and I talk about this all the time....here's three, all happen to be non-fiction:

Pimp; Iceberg Slim
You Can't Win; Jack Black, hobo/theif life around 1900
Barbary Coast; same guy who wrote Gangs of NY, no Leo or Cameron please

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

I would like to see a movie based on Will Forstchen's Lost Regiment Series.

[spleen1015]

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series, but that would be a lot of movies. Practically, it is an impossibility.

[sabotai]

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Icewind Dale Trilogy (and all of them, but that would be a lot of movies. ) by R.A. Salvatore
Ocenaspace, Chronospace or Coyote by Allen Steele
Timothy Zahn's Star Wars trilogy would make perfect Episodes 7, 8 and 9 (but it will never happen)

[Tigercat]

An updated treatment for Shogun would be nice, one movie would be rater impossible though.

I am afraid any movie version of Ender's Game would be turned into a kids movie. But if done somewhat seriously, it would be great.

[Samdari]

The Alienist - Caleb Carr
Battle Circle - Piers Anthony
Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey

[AnalBumCover]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series, but that would be a lot of movies. Practically, it is an impossibility.

I'd like to see this in anime form, something like they did with the Record of Lodoss War series.

[Logan]

Bringing Down the House (the Vegas story, not the Steve Martin/Queen Latifah movie)

Kevin Spacey's production company is supposedly working on it (with Spacey to play the role of "Mickey"), but who knows if it will ever actually come about.

[Surtt]

Originally Posted by sabotai

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Icewind Dale Trilogy (and all of them, but that would be a lot of movies. ) by R.A. Salvatore
Ocenaspace, Chronospace or Coyote by Allen Steele
Timothy Zahn's Star Wars trilogy would make perfect Episodes 7, 8 and 9 (but it will never happen)

The Forever War is the first one I thiought of.

Neuromancer, William Gibson

[SplitPersonality1]

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

This would be a great book, but only if Haldeman had a hand in making the film. Probably won't happen as the old rascal is not very "Hollywood".

[sabotai]

I was thinking Shogun too. But it would have to be at least a trilogy to give it justice. I want to see the old version (made for TV?). Was it any good?

[duckman]

The Summons by John Grisham.

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by duckman

The Summons by John Grisham.

Trouble is, as I recall, every Grisham book turned into a movie has been utterly butchered, and is painful to watch.

The one and only movie (though it'd have to be more than one if you did all 10 short books - Corwin's saga could work in a 3 hour movie, perhaps) I'd kill for is Roger Zelazny's Amber series....if they kept to the book(s).

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series, but that would be a lot of movies. Practically, it is an impossibility.

I dunno, it might be doable, considering the sheer amount of useless drivel that's in those books (particularly the last what...three). You could condense the fuck out of those books, prolly get it into a trilogy.

[WSUCougar]

I've always wondered why no one has done a modern, serious movie based on one or more of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories.

[Fonzie]

Originally Posted by WSUCougar

I've always wondered why no one has done a modern, serious movie based on one or more of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories.

I agree entirely. This should be a no-brainer for hollywood.

Arthur C. Clark's "Rama" and "Childhood's End" would also be fun.

[Calis]

So many possibilities...

The fantasy geek in me thinks that Elric by Michael Moorcock could be translated pretty well into a movie.

Red Harvest by Daschell Hammett I can't believe hasn't been made into one, unless I missed it somewhere.

Agree with Poe also, and Lovecraft to boot..some of his stories would be good although it'd be very hard to get the feel across I think.

Could come up with tons I think, but this'll do for now.

[Draft Dodger]

I'd like to see some of Crichton's books re-made into GOOD movies.

Congo, Sphere and Timeline.

seconding the Dragonlance recommendations...but damn if they wouldn't butcher that.

[Surtt]

Originally Posted by SplitPersonality1

This would be a great book, but only if Haldeman had a hand in making the film. Probably won't happen as the old rascal is not very "Hollywood".

Have you read "Forever Peace?"
He seams to have lost it.

VIETNAM AND OTHER ALIEN WORLDS is a great though.

[Glengoyne]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series, but that would be a lot of movies. Practically, it is an impossibility.

They could stop after the first six, I mean that is when the series jumped the proverbial shark. They could just break the world at the end. It would be a lot less painless than the last couple of books.

[Abe Sargent]

Hmmmm....

I've always wanted a well done Red Storm Rising, but since the Cold War is over....

I think that Niven and Pournelle's works are brillant and easily adaptable. The Mote in God's Eye is genius, and Lucifer's Hammer is just one of the best books ever. I especially love the post-comet world is created. I'd like to see that sort of idea in a film, where the comet hits in the first 30 minutes, and the meat of the film is the aftermath. I especially think that the scene when the guy is driving his truck along the railroad tracks, and can see nothing but water in every direction, all the way up to the track, would be especially cinematic. I also love the scene where the diabetic professor knows he'll die in the post-crash world, so instead of looting and rioting, he spends his time sealing up the greatest books of all time and securing them for a future generation. It's amazingly good stuff, and I think that it would translate very well.

I still want to see just one good, well done Lovecraft story. Not the slasher type of horror, but a Lovecraftian psychological horror that is all about mood and pacing instead of slash and scare.

-Anxiety