-"Eye of the Dragon" by Steven King (no it's not a horror book)
-"The Last Unicorn" (yes there is an animated movie but they need a non cheesy live action one)
-"Enchantment" by Orson Scott Card
-"Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville hee hee
- "Disney's Gargoyles" that is live action (that would be sweet!)
I can't think of any more at the moment. Most of the books I've read have been made into movies or are by OSC. I am thrilled that the "Chronicles of Narnia" are being made into a movie!
[ January 28, 2004, 01:21 AM: Message edited by: unicornwhisperer ]
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
The lives of Hatrackers.
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Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
quote:-"Eye of the Dragon" by Steven King (no it's not a horror book)
I freakin love this book. and i don't even really like Steven King books. Steven King stories yes, actually reading his books, no. But Eye(is it Eyes?) of the Dragon was a really great book, that i actualy reread once or twice.
quote: -"The Last Unicorn" (yes there is an animated movie but they need a non cheesy live action one)
already in the works. Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
It'll never happen, but I'm willing to threaten whomever needs threatening in order to get a ridiculously long film series made of A Song of Ice and Fire.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
It would have to be a million years long to fit everything...a movie made from that would just make me sad for everything it would leave out!
Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
Actually, I believe I remember hearing an animated version of Eyes of the Dragon is in the works.
And OSC's Enchantment has been optioned.
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
Ha. Give me a couple billion dollars, a perfect cast who never age, and the director's chair, and watch me work.
But the budget for doing any justice to Martin would be astronomical. Like I said, it'll never happen -- not when producers can crap out a couple dozen worthless five-dollar comedies that recycle the same old tired jokes and make a roughly equal net profit.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Too true Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
Are they really doing a "Last Unicorn" live action movie? Is there any info on the internet about it? I guess I could look on Google... I think it is Eyes of the Dragon plural with the eyes... I read that book twice. "The lives of Hatrackers" would be cool and I had thought of that for a movie once or twice.
[ January 28, 2004, 01:43 AM: Message edited by: unicornwhisperer ]
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
I LOVE The Last Unicorn movie. I even bought my own copy. I hate the parts where the characters try to sing (they are HORRIBLE) but otherwise I love that movie.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
take a look at who's playing King Haggard. Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
yours was better.
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
Oh goody, uw, your link is considered porn. *sigh* What has the world come to?
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
It's not porn I assure you. Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
Relax. Half of Hatrack is porn. I want to find the...very nice people who decided that (only since I started working here), but I'm afraid that I'll get in trouble for "being on the internet" when I'm supposed to be working. You know, because the ER is soooo busy at 3am.
Anyway, in actual relation to this thread: I am also excited for The Last Unicorn movie, mainly because I'm pretty sure that the story was somehow a very meaningful part of my childhood, but I can't remember how I know it. Can you guys tell me where it comes from?
Plus, Jonathan Rhys-Myers is in it, and he's freakin hot.
[ January 28, 2004, 02:02 AM: Message edited by: fiazko ]
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
I would love to see a movie based on Gargoyles. I just hope they are all voice by Star Trek characters, just like in the original.
Speaking of ST, they really need to make a DS9 movie.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
How about Ender's Game?
I'd love a live version of The Last Unicorn. The story is totally visualizable, and the dialogue is nearly playwritten within the book. So who would write the screenplay, and not add their own plotline twists? And who could visualize it as the director, and not overlay a mask of their own idiosyncrasies upon the finished work?
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Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Beren-I feel your pain, I too have been yearning for a DS9 movie.
But how about Da Vinci Code, I just read that book (in record time) and I think it would make an excellent movie.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
It is being made into a movie... the rights were sold a while ago Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
DS9 fans unite!
I think Ron Howard is directing the Da Vinci Code movie.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
How about:
Look Away, and Until the End- by Harold Coyle (Civil War story, very good) The Blue Sword, and The Hero And The Crown- by Robin McKinley Rose Daughter- by Robin McKinley (best Beauty and the Beast story I've ever heard) Spindle's End- by Robin McKinley (Sleeping Beauty) The Outlaws of Sherwood- by Robin McKinley (can you tell I like this author? ) The Pendragon Cycle- by Stephen Lawhead (Athur/Merlin legends) The Celtic Crusades- by Stephen Lawhead Enchantment- by OSC
The list goes on, but those would make the coolest movies!
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Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :
Rene Auberjonois and Angela Lansbury! Cool!
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
One I think would translate real well to a movie or maybe even a miniseries:
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
While an Song of Ice and Fire mega-series would be awesome [Martin's setting, action and characters would translate to film excellently, I believe], I would settle for one or two movies that features a limited story line and character. It wouldn't be that hard to create a set and find locations that would recreate the cramped, grungy yet luxurious (in some ways and instances) feel of a couple of the castles.
Some spoilers************
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--->Possible storylines: Robb Stark's ascendancy and murder -- maybe throw in some of the outlaw stuff as well (that'd have to be rewritten and changed up a bit, but I see it as a nice counterpoint that can culminate in his mother's revenge). The Jon Snow storyline -- father's murder to time on the wall to foray beyond the wall and then election as Lord Commander. I could go on. Some of the female characters' narrative threads might make for a great movie. Sansa maybe? Arya might be too difficult because she ranges all over the place -- that's a good plot for a movie, but I'd prefer that the power-struggle backdrop be very localized and strong whereas she kind of glances across a lot of the main players and events.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
- The making of the making of The Matrix.
- Bob's life
- My first novel
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Cheezits from wheat to baked wheat.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
There have already been a lot of those.
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
A live action Care Bears movie in the style of the Matrix.
Posted by Hazen (Member # 161) on :
Farmer Giles of Ham by Tolkien. It is pretty much a comic fantasy adventure. I personally think that this Tolkien's most easily filmable works, since it is pretty short (About novella length) and fast paced. If done well, I think it could easily be the successor to The Princess Bride Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
I love Rose Daughter! Have you read Beauty by her?
I'd like to see a live action of the musical Beauty and the Beast.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
The His Dark Materials Series and they can't cut ANYTHING!
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote: The Blue Sword, and The Hero And The Crown- by Robin McKinley
Oh my goodness yes! These are an amazing, amazing, addictive books (when I first read The Blue Sword I could not stop reading it, I must have read it ten times right there), and they would be perfect, very beautiful, very moving, very excellent movies. They wouldn't even have to deviate much from the books because the books aren't that complex or 'thought'.
Another book that should be a movie is Skellig by David Almond. Apparantly it is already a play and David Almond is already adapting it for the screen.
The Chrestomanci Series by Diana Wynne Jones are also really visual books, and would be a really entertaining series of movies. Personally, I think they are more amusing and interesting that Harry Potter (blasphemy, I know.)
Posted by Arya (Member # 6160) on :
I totally agree with His Dark Materials! They're my favorite books! I just found out that they made a play out of it in London. I'm not sure if I would want to go... they must have to cut a lot... *pouts*
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Arya, I heard about that play! I read some reviews of it, and apparantly, because of the size and nature (what with talking bears etc) of the books it wasn't the best play in the world. It would definately be better as a movie.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
quote: I'd like to see a live action of the musical Beauty and the Beast.
I saw this in London... and might I add that I was so impressed that I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks afterwards!
Posted by Arya (Member # 6160) on :
Teshi- yeah, I figured it would be that way. I can't wait till it's a movie though! I hope they don't destroy it like they did with Harry Potter.
Posted by Sugar+Spice (Member # 5874) on :
The 'Dark Materials' play is actually two plays back to back, six or seven hours. So I think they probably left most of the details in. Although, from the pictures I saw, the staging is very ambitious and might get a bit distracting.
Posted by Koga (Member # 5646) on :
quote: And OSC's Enchantment has been optioned.
They need to make that movie soon, also I think Homebody would translate easily to film, and be pretty good, but Enchantment is a must.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Hart's Hope The life and Times of the Propher Elijah And they need to make a decent movie version of The Lord of the Rings.
. . . . .
I didn't actually mean that last one, but see how mad you are? You're taking it too seriously, calm down.
Hobbes Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
The Dark Tower would be cool. I actually hope it won't be made, cause they'd just mess it up a whole lot, but it'd be awesome nonetheless.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
*pat pats Hobbes* Posted by Koga (Member # 5646) on :
I think there should be a movie based on my life called "Why Do Want To See This Movie?", actually I think the idea of baseing movies or biographies on the lives of randomly picked people would turn out fairly interesting, though mine would be all boreing and self obsorbed.
Oh and there should be a movie based the script for a vampire movie I tried to write, though I'd have to finish the script then. Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on :
quote:I can't wait till it's a movie though! I hope they don't destroy it like they did with Harry Potter.
I hope not, too, because HDM is my favorite book ever. They better not ruin it.
~Jane~
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Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
I'd rather see more epic fantasy tales adapted as HBO/Showtime Series rather than as Single Filmes.
Dark Tower would be PERFECT for HBO Serialization.
So would THE STAND, actually.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Oh, I'm quite familiar with the ABC version of the Stand. I think, for what it is, and the restraints there were for time and content on a major network - it succeeded marvelously.
But I think it could be done even better and more powerfully as a 13-episode HBO series.
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Did anyone else look at the concept art for the red bull?
Am I the only one thinking *cough*balrog ripoff*cough*?
Posted by Ryan Hart (Member # 5513) on :
Napoleon and his Marshalls.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Poor William Gibson has not had good luck in how his stuff has been translated into screen. I never saw 'New Rose Hotel', but I heard it was not good, and I know Johnny Mnemonic wasn't very good at all.
Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
Neal Stephenson's books ( Zodiac , The Diamond Age , and Snow Crash ).
A version of DUNE that combines the good stuff of the Dino de Laurentis and SciFi channel versions, without the stupid parts.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
And I've always found OSC's Wyrms to lend itself to moody, haunting, Herbert-esque images, at least in my head.
btw: I remember when Gormenghast was on TV and I could never remember who that sharp-faced young fellow was. Thank you for tying up one little loose thread in my life.
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Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Snow Crash as a mini series on the Sci Fi channel. Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
That would be awesome.
I think that Hiro Protagonist is the best character name, ever.
Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
Sorry...do people even say "awesome" anymore?
Well, then.
That would be totally radical, dude!
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Sometimes, the "a" word is the only way to describe a pizza deliverying, sword wielding, ass kicking, VR world building, hacker. Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
(sorry, it's me again)
also: The book Replay by I can't remember who. I thought that was what THe Butterfly Effect was going to be, actually. In the book, this guy dies and wakes up to find himself young again and back in college, but with his memories of his past life intact. He lives another life, dies, and wakes up in his past again. Then he finds that there are other people experiencing the same phenomenon. I think it would lend itself really well to film.
Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
Hai! what he said. Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
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