Books you'd like to see adapted to film (or limited series)

[DDD Dad 14339]

What books would you like to see adapted to the screen?

I'd really like to see The Historian (epic Dracula novel) adapted.  Apparently when it was originally published, Sony bought the rights.  After doing some digging it appears that a screenplay may have been developed at some point over the last 10 years, but nothing appears to be in imminent development.

 

[Parliament 14260]

 

 

[Digdogger 1344]

Leo and Scorsese are adapting Devil in White City 

 

My choice is The Quran.

[miguelito 11266]

Mad Libs Volume 8.

[WBT 20572]

Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle as a series

[BigBenBamboozle 1952]

All The Light We Cannot See would make a really great wartime drama outside of the usual scope of similar war films.  Already has great cinematic structure with a non-linear narrative. 

[CrownKing 55]

I think Wool/Shift/Dust would make a great movie. 

[The Dude 1244]

I would love to see what HBO would do with the Dark Tower series, but that stupid fucking movie probably ruined the chance of anyone touching that IP again 

[AUinHsv 579]

Way to late but Hooligans by John Diehl.  He wrote Sharkeys Machine and I always thought Burt Reynolds would be perfect for the main character in Hooligans but that was 25 years ago.

[Chet Steadman 940]

HBO or Netflix miniseries of Michael Crichton’s Sphere.  

[bluto 4929]

a really grandiose and incredible WW1 movie is so very long overdue. 

[NIUHuskies 504]

Greg Iles Natchez Burning Trilogy

[HornOnTheBayou 8922]

4 hours ago, bluto said:

a really grandiose and incredible WW1 movie is so very long overdue. 

Funny you mentioned that. I teach AP World History and AP European History and every year around this time I go on a rant about how there are no good WWI movies. We get plenty of WWII epics, but nothing from WWI, even though it is arguably more important from a world history perspective. My argument is that WWII has a built-in "Good Guy, Bad Guy" narrative. Everyone agrees that Nazis are bad (at least most people, no CR), but WWI is so much messier and doesn't lend itself to a simple movie narrative.

[bluto 4929]

After taking a swim through hardcore history podcast on WW1 I just kept thinking how mind blowing some of his descriptions/excerpts he found would be if put on a big screen. The sheer carnage and bloodshed mixed with the paradigm shift in war machinery/strategy to the bare knuckle evilness of gas... gives me goosebumps thinking about it. 

[HornPhD 1368]

7 hours ago, Parliament said:

 

 

Devil in the White City is in development. Scorcese and DiCaprio. Who knows if it will actually happen. I'm hoping it does. One of my favorite books.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

Louis L'amour's Comstock Lode is one of my favorite fun reads and would make a great movie in the right hands.

[Escapedgoat 90]

limited series, ONLY if it is done right. No additions to it and adapting it like they did the abortion that was The Hobbit. That shit was embarrassing and pathetic.

 

Probably only for the super nerds like me and over the top for most of today's viewing public, so maybe on Netflix?

Edited March 29, 2018 by Escapedgoat

[TrashMaster G 17557]

15 hours ago, BigBenBamboozle said:

All The Light We Cannot See would make a really great wartime drama outside of the usual scope of similar war films.  Already has great cinematic structure with a non-linear narrative. 

This.

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

14 hours ago, CrownKing said:

I think Wool/Shift/Dust would make a great movie. 

I would like this better as a series.  I never finished the second book, is it worth it?

[Viper 12109]

Old Man's War would be great.

[mdleast 8289]

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

[CrownKing 55]

5 hours ago, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

I would like this better as a series.  I never finished the second book, is it worth it?

I liked all three books, and yes a series would work for sure. I don’t want to spoil the books but you do get closure at the end. 

[longhrnfan 61]

Name of the Wind (I know its coming).

Later on, the Stormlight Archive. 

Anyone ever read Spin? I feel like that would be an amazing tv series. 

[longhrnfan 61]

7 hours ago, Viper said:

Old Man's War would be great.

Great one. Also, the Forever war. 

[bamachine 1231]

Would like to see a well done series on one of the premium networks or streaming services for Discworld. Do each book over 2 episodes.

[66BUFF 2562]

Travis McGee series by John D MacDonald

[bamachine 1231]

6 minutes ago, 66BUFF said:

Travis McGee series by John D MacDonald

Agreed but definitely on a premium network, for the bewbs.

[seven 1367]

23 hours ago, CrownKing said:

I think Wool/Shift/Dust would make a great movie. 

Yup, HBO could go wild with this thing. Imagine the first part with the sheriff as the first episode... Balls grabbed.

[Billy Pilgrim 1963]

I'd like to see Blood Meridian made into a movie. I liked the story, not a huge fan of McCarthy's style (I know I'm about to get ridiculed for that) 

[cujojack 1]

[retread 2951]

2 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

I'd like to see Blood Meridian made into a movie. I liked the story, not a huge fan of McCarthy's style (I know I'm about to get ridiculed for that) 

Was about to post that book.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

[RCRanger03 1049]

Dresden Files, though nothing the SyFy hatchet job in the early 00s. It probably would be better as a netflix show ala their Marvel defenders show... on second hand other than Daredevil I haven't been impressed with their attempts in that area ... Does FX want to get into the Fantasy game, get some grit, bite and humor mixed together like Justified? 

[Jive Turkey 12598]

Nobody has ever been able to turn this masterpiece into a 2 hour movie. But with the rise in one off, 10 episode serials, this would be perfect. 

Edited March 30, 2018 by Jive Turkey

[Reynolds Woodcock 4740]

Of recent books I've read, I thought City on Fire would make a good movie or 6 part miniseries. 

[Continental Op 3934]

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (Been in development for years but nothing seems to come of it)

Ellroy's The Big Nowhere and White Jazz.  True Detective season 2 borrowed/stole rather liberally from The Big Nowhere but I'd like to see it get a full on adaptation.  While we're at it, I'd like to see someone do a Black Dahlia adaptation that isn't a steaming pile of vomit.

The First Law trilogy would make a good TV series. 

 

[Damor 1236]

Agree that the era of HBO/Netflix series opens some possibilities for some previously 'unfilmables' like Blood Meridian and Confederacy of Dunces.
I wish World War Z had gotten that treatment, and would love to see a do-over.

[pied 252]

[SilasCoade 2622]

Seconds for First Law Trilogy and Kavalier and Klay.  I'd like to see the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld (done by Studio Ghibli preferably).  Just finished End of the World Running Club, which could make a pretty great film.

[veritas aequitas 443]

[veritas aequitas 443]

Not so much from this book, though this may be the best of the ones written on the story but I would love to see this story made into a movie.

 

[WhatTheBuck 28781]

Within the last year or two there were reports of someone trying to bring Isaac Asimov's Foundation to TV. I doubt that anyone can make that work but I'd watch and hope for their success. The Lije Baley and R.Daneel Olivaw novels would probably translate well to film.

I'm really surprised no one has ever brought Piers Anthony's Xanth novels to the big screen. There's a ton of material there, it's well suited for lots of CGI, I would think there would be a good audience for it. That series was like my Harry Potter when I was a kid and there were a lot more books in the catalog. Maybe all the puns wouldn't sell today but that could be fixed. (Personally, I loved all the puns.)

I think Robert Heinlein's Friday would make a good movie. 

[SpiralOut 1813]

It would never work as a set of movies, but I'd still love it if they did a Wheel of Time TV run.  Though I don't know if that's really possible either.  Just so much to get through and unlike GoT where the magic is basically nil, you'd have to have a real budget for showing Rand and friends weaving spells. 

I thought I read awhile back they were trying to make a WoT show, but I guess that never panned out. 

Also, throw me in with the crowd that wants to see adaptations of Asimov's Foundation trilogy, Scalzi's Old Man's War, and Sanderson's Stormlight Archive. 

[bamachine 1231]

For the Xanth series, they could just set it mostly in Florida, that is crazy enough for a fantasy realm and is the mirror of Xanth. 

 

Not sure they could pull off a WoT series, too much magic involved. Same for The Belgariad and Mallorean series. Would like to see a series based off of Thomas Covenant. Think that would be a little easier to pull off.

[Grandioso 2592]

On 3/30/2018 at 12:55 PM, Jive Turkey said:

Nobody has ever been able to turn this masterpiece into a 2 hour movie. But with the rise in one off, 10 episode serials, this would be perfect. 

In Patton Oswalt's "Silver Screen Fiend" he has a section where he imagines an alternate history where certain movies (that were either abandoned, turned disastrous, or no one tried) got made. He starts with Blood Meridian and A Confederacy of Dunces, which he notes that many people consider "unfilmable."  

You can read it on google books. Pages 171-172

[4th&Five 41552]

Looking forward to The Goldfinch movie although I have no idea how they’ll condense it down enough for a 2 hour film. 

[futureman 22462]

would love to see it remade with more money and more episodes.  obviously HBO.  the original mini-series was average at best. 

[WhatTheBuck 28781]

4 hours ago, bamachine said:

For the Xanth series, they could just set it mostly in Florida, that is crazy enough for a fantasy realm and is the mirror of Xanth. 

Yeah, Florida resident Anthony didn't really try to hide it. The name of Lake Ogre-chobee wasn't a coincidence. 

[bamachine 1231]

^That and the gate to Xanth was on the Alabama/Florida border when travelling southward.

 

I always like to think it is found inside the Florabama.