THE 5 BEST BOOKS YET TO BE FILMED

[Danny L]

1. Choke, Chuck Palaniuk.
SHOULD BE DIRECTED BY DAVID FINCHER

2. Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
SHOULD BE DIRECTED BY THE COEN BROS

3. Carter beats the devil, Glen David Gould.
SHOULD BE DIRECTED BY DAVID LYNCH

4. Kissing in Manhattan, David Schickler
SHOULD BE DIRECTED BY M NIGHT SHYAMALAN

5. Confederacy of the Dunces, J Kennedy Toole.
SHOULD BE DIRECTED BY STEVEN SODERBERGH

[SAI]

Popcorn; By Ben Elton
Should be directed by:?
Should Star: Quentin Tarantino (If you've not read the book you'll think I'm crazy, I'm not)

The Screwtape Letters; By CS Lewis
Possibly the best book I've ever read, this must NEVER be filmed. It wouldn't work.

The Discworld Novels; By Terry Prattchet
I couldn't pick one of this series but the most promising from a film standpoint would be Guards! Guards! Mort or Hogfather
They should be directed by Terry Gilliam and feature Christopher Lee as the voice of Death (the lead in the last 2 books i mentioned)

That's all I can think of right now

[Grebdron]

I would love to see a theatrical version of David Morrell's The Brotherhood of the Rose.

Or a well done theatrical version of Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels. The tv show was ok, but I think an R-rated movie could be great.

[Romero&Juliet]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SAI:

The Screwtape Letters; By CS Lewis
Possibly the best book I've ever read, this must NEVER be filmed. It wouldn't work.

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CS Lewis didn't REALLY write screwtape, did he?? I know that he did a forward, but I thought he just "came into" the volumes of letters by accident... that'd be cool if he actually DID write them and make it look like a mock doc kinda thing..anyhoo..


Books that Should be Movies....

~~"May We Borrow Your Husband," by Graham Greene, could make a pretty neat "romantic Comedy" kinda thing..

ermm... BULLET PARK by John cheever!!!
that would be a TWISTED fucking movie.

"Sentimental Education" by gustave Flaubert was probably already made into a movie somewhere, but I dont have the time to track it down.. it'd be cool though.

"A Disaffection," by James Kellman, would make an INCREDIBLE Danny Boyle kinda thing..

[the movie guy]

I'd love to say, but I can't have some writer in these boards getting any brilliant ideas when I plan to work on my OWN adaptations some day soon. Sorry. http://www.joblo.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[mosespa]

the hobbit(tolkien)-directed by peter jackson
clandestine(elroy)-directed by sean penn

[Buck Turgidson]

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula le Guinn. Should have been made by Stanley Kubrick.

Union Dues. Novel by John Sayles. Guess who should do the film?

American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Terry Gilliam. Some studio jackoff would give it to Tim Burton.

[EBastard]

-This Present Darkness
Directors I'd Like To See Do It:Lawrence Kasdan,Kathryn Bigelow,or Oliver Stone

All I can think of right now too.

[A.J. Hakari]

All I can think of at the moment is the hilarious BIMBOS OF THE DEATH SUN by Sharyn McCrumb. With Sigourney Weaver and Michael Douglas in the leads, with Terry Zwigoff at the helm, this novel would make the best fanboy fun-poking/homage-paying film since GALAXY QUEST.

[SubMethod]

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
1984 - George Orwell

[charliebobo]

Catcher in the Rye starring Tobey Maguire
1984
On the road

[BadCoverVersion]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by charliebobo:
Catcher in the Rye starring Tobey Maguire</font>

Noooooooo Blasphemy!

Not bloody Tobey Maguire, please Gawd!

And 1984 is already a rather good Movie love!

[BadCoverVersion]

I'd like to see Alexei Sayle's "Barcelona Plates" transfered to Film at some point...It'd probably work better as a TV Series mind you, since the book consists of several short stories!

[[SD] Bob Plisskin]

Everytime this type of topic comes up I gotta say:

Bolivian Diary by Ernesto Guevara de la Serna

it'd make one excellent film with a guerilla team in the Bolivian jungle, but because the American film industry is so image concious nobody would ever make a film based on pro-communist literatute.

&lt;OB&gt;

[therealjohng]

Even though it is an Alex Cross novel and Along Came a Spider blew ass, Cat & Mouse by James Patterson is the best book I've ever read.

There are so many plausable twists in this book. You have to read this book.

Another interesting book I think would be a good movie is a book called The Bloody Red Baron.
It's one of those "what if" books. Baron asks the question what if the Red Baron was a vampire and what if he led vampires into dogfights against allied soldiers.
Very gruesome and interesting you should check it out.

Written by Kim Newman

[arto_j]

The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

[This message has been edited by arto_j (edited 09-05-2002).]

[the movie guy]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by charliebobo:
Catcher in the Rye starring Tobey Maguire
1984
On the road

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Okay, I'll leak some information... My friend and I are planning on making The Catcher in the Rye and 1984 (title changed to "2084", I would suppose) around 2012 and 2014. Yeah yeah, it's far away, and we're only 17 right now, but have faith in us... If things go our way, you WILL see these books turned into two really good movies on those dates. We also plan to film Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson around 2009, and Battlefield Earth (LIKE THE BOOK) (which is actually GOOD) in about 2034. It'll, of course, have a different name so that people won't automatically deem it as "the remake to the worst movie of all time".

Call me silly if you want, but you'll be sorry when this all actually happens, and they all end up being great movies. But I trust that most of the Schmoes here won't diss a fellow Schmoe trying to make it big.

[Tapeworm]

The Great And Secret Show by Clive Barker

[MixMasterMoose]

Enders Game by Orson Scott Card

I know there has been talk of a movie but nothing that I know of recently. I would quite literally crap my pants if this was going to happen.

[Buck Turgidson]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BadCoverVersion:
I'd like to see Alexei Sayle's "Barcelona Plates" transfered to Film at some point...It'd probably work better as a TV Series mind you, since the book consists of several short stories!</font>

Adrian: "I hate 'im"

Rik: "He's got no talent."

Neil: "He drinks like a fish."

Mike: "Alexi who?" http://www.joblo.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

One of @ 1,000 fall-on-the-floor great moments from The Young Ones.

[Buck Turgidson]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by [SD] Bob Plisskin:
Everytime this type of topic comes up I gotta say:

Bolivian Diary by Ernesto Guevara de la Serna

it'd make one excellent film with a guerilla team in the Bolivian jungle, but because the American film industry is so image concious nobody would ever make a film based on pro-communist literatute.

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I think Ed Harris might do it. He doesn't give much of a fuck about the people who'd bitch about it.

[Grebdron]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by arto_j:
The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

[This message has been edited by arto_j (edited 09-05-2002).]</font>

It's been done. As a mini-series, but it's been done. They did an excellent job w/it, too.

[TheLoveBelow]

Hitch Hikers guide has been made now.

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Survivor-Chuck Palahniuk

[zeppelin]

Just so you know, two versions of 1984 have already been made. And an animated movie of The Hobbit was made. And the reason Catcher in the Rye hasn't been made is because J.D. Salinger (the author) won't give anyone the rights to it. He is extremely opposed to the idea of there being a movie made based on his book, so it'll probably never happen.

[CheekyShepherd]

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D.Salinger
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

Hasn't anybody mentioned The Dice Man by Luke Reinhardt? What a fucking great book that is!!!

[The Heart Collector]

Originally posted by TheLoveBelow
Hitch Hikers guide has been made now.

WHAT THE FUCK. You bumped a 4 year old thread!

[Buck Turgidson]

Actually, I linked it in another thread, so it's more or less on me.

[The Heart Collector]

I didn't mean it in a WHAT THE FUCK, ASSHOLE kinda way, I meant it in a WHAT THE FUCK, LOL kinda way, BTW.

[Buck Turgidson]

Yeah, that's what I thought. Just wanted to take responsibility. Sometimes I remember earlier threads and do a search so I can link them and we can see what the Homeys were saying back in the day.

[Ripper1888]

Originally posted by zeppelin
the reason Catcher in the Rye hasn't been made is because J.D. Salinger (the author) won't give anyone the rights to it. He is extremely opposed to the idea of there being a movie made based on his book, so it'll probably never happen.

I've always wanted to seen an adaptation of Catcher in the Rye being as its my favorite book,but I can unterstand why Salinger won't give anyone the rights.

The Devine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Bag Of Bones by Stephen King
The Books Of Blood by Clive Barker
Shatterd Mirror by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

[CheekyShepherd]

I'm reading Millennium People by J G Ballard at the moment - I reckon that'll make a pretty awesome movie

[Fergus]

I've always wanted to turn Jerry Spinelli's "Maniac Magee" into a movie it would be a great family movie. They did a tv movie of it in 2003 but I've never seen it and has yet to make it to video. Maybe someday it'll get made properly. I hate TV movies, except maybe Duel.

and I second that Ender's Game adaption, they could make a profitable franchise considering there are other books. I don't understand why this hasn't been made.

David Gordon Green was supposedly attached to direct Confederacy of Dunces but that fell through for some reason.

[Fireball728]

Originally posted by Fergus
I've always wanted to turn Jerry Spinelli's "Maniac Magee" into a movie it would be a great family movie.

Definitely. That and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry.

"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon is my all-time favorite book. It's been in the works for awhile now, but I'm dying for the the day I finally get to see it on the big screen.

"The Thief of Always" by Clive Barker

"The Dreyfus Affair" by Peter Lefcourt

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Yea..good book, but who would the target audience be? It might be a little deep for kids (I know its assigned to be read in like 5th grade...but its not like most of them actually choose to read it). And older potential viewers that haven't read the book might dismiss the movie as a kids movie based on its trailer. Tricky...if done right it could be great though.

[AceD]

"Yea..good book, but who would the target audience be? It might be a little deep for kids (I know its assigned to be read in like 5th grade...but its not like most of them actually choose to read it). And older potential viewers that haven't read the book might dismiss the movie as a kids movie based on its trailer. Tricky...if done right it could be great though."

Children's books need to get made into movies. Period.

They are usually short enough so that not much has to get cut (I like KAVELEIR AND CLAY and AMERICAN GODS as much as the next guy, but they'd be 7-hours long to do the stories justice), and they are often very visual and have FANTASTIC plots and thoughts. Some that shoul,d get made:

STAYING FAT FOR SARAH BYRNES, Chris Crutcher

STAR GIRL, Jerry Spinelli

THE GIVER, Lois Lowry

HOUSE OF THE SCORPIONS, I can't remember her name right now

And many, many more.

[The Masterpiece]

Tietam Brown by Mick Foley

I'd also really like to see a remake of Fahrenheit 451.

[Deckard]

[i]Hasn't anybody mentioned The Dice Man by Luke Reinhardt? What a fucking great book that is!!!


Couldnt agree more!

Luke Rheinhardt's THE DICE MAN is always the first novel that springs to mind when this question is asked.

Such a shame John Scleisenger's version never got made.

Totally see Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, Oliver Stone or David Cronenburg directing it. The tongue in cheek satire would work a treat.

[outsyder]

Originally posted by Fergus
and I second that Ender's Game adaption, they could make a profitable franchise considering there are other books. I don't understand why this hasn't been made.


It's in the process of being made. Wolfgang Petersen is attached to the project. There have been a few script issues recently, but I'm hearing a goal of a possible 2009 release if everything falls into place.

[st3v3n]

Choke, Survivor, and Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk.

[Tagia_Romero]

"Dracula": You know, the PROPER adaptation, not a pussy romantic one. Dracula was written a true evil bastard and hence, his tale should be told the way it was intented.

"Intensity" Directed by David Fincher. Starring Thomas Krestchmann as Edgler Vess.

The ORIGINAL "War of the Worlds" it NEEDS to retain the stakes. Hyper-technologically advanced seige on technologically infant stage Earth and it's inhabitants.

"The Monk" great concept, wonderful sense of what the social taboos were like back when the novel was released.

"Doctor Jeykll and Mr. Hyde". Let's see some REAL Hyde action.

"I Am Legend" This has to be done SOME time.

[Buck Turgidson]

I Am Legend has been done a couple of times. That Vincent Price film from the 60's and The Omega Man.

I agree that a faithful one with a decent budget (and some non-assclown as the protagonist) would be nice.

[shawn-o]

ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card

I AM THE CHEESE by Robert Cormier

MANIAC MCGEE by Jerry Spinelli

THE TALISMAN and BLACK HOUSE by Stephen King and Peter Straub

HEROES also by Cormier

all these would make kick ass movies!

[Antonio]

THE ALIENIST by Caleb Carr

[martyds761]

The 5th Profession by David Morrell
Storm Front by Jim Butcher

[Fireball728]

Originally posted by Antonio
THE ALIENIST by Caleb Carr

Damn, good one! I forgot all about it. Great book.

[krazy drako]

If they do make Enders Game into a movie that would be something to behold. Like any Sci-Fi adaption it can either be breath taking or incredibly horrible. Example being Dune.

[The Young Son]

Originally posted by shawn-o

THE TALISMAN by Stephen King This has been announced. Release is set for 2007.


Magician by Ray Feist.

[MidnightAngel]

Once by James Herbert
I Will Fear no Evil by Robert Heinlein
Weaveworld by Clive Barker
The Taking by Dean Koontz
Floating Dragon by Peter Straub

[VincentPrice]

The Girl Next Door and Off Season by Jack Ketchum.

And maybe some movies based on the books by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston...they'd be perfect Summer popcorn flicks.

[bones_brigade]

Snow Crash....Neal Stephenson
On the Road....Jack Kerouac
The Hobbit.......Tolkien
Razor's Edge...Somerset Maugham, I realize it's been done before but I think a new (good) adaptation is in order.
Alienist.............Caleb Carr

[PBateman]

Survivor
1984
Decipher by Stel Pavlou
Catcher in the Rye

If the right people were involved I always thought The Celestine Prophecy would make an interesting film

I wanna say Sphere but it was already done and it was pure shit, if you read the book you know they could've done a lot more than what they did imo

[Eragon]

I forgot the name of this really good book, but it's about this swarm of nanobots that is self producing created by scientists escapes and destroys everything.
Really good. I'll prolly edit this when I remember the name.

[Buck Turgidson]

^ That sounds like Greg Bear's Blood Music, to me.

[Deckard]

Originally posted by Eragon
I forgot the name of this really good book, but it's about this swarm of nanobots that is self producing created by scientists escapes and destroys everything.
Really good. I'll prolly edit this when I remember the name.


Sounds like Micheal Chricton's PREY

or one of Neal Stephenson

[tbone]

Would never happen while Salinger is alive - but Catcher in the Rye

[sarah1980]

Meg by Steven Alten

[Eragon]

Originally posted by Deckard
Sounds like Micheal Chricton's PREY

or one of Neal Stephenson

That's the word I was looking for.

[Wannabee]

Originally posted by VincentPrice
The Girl Next Door and Off Season by Jack Ketchum.



Doin' the best I can, Chief. Maybe you'll get your wish this year...

http://www.emotion-pictures.net

[Cronos]

although i never see it happening ive always thought the (Warhammer Fantasy) Konrad trilogy would make excellent films

[Andrew Ratto]

the

[Monotreme]

Hallmark did that two-part Odyssey adaptation a few years back... it was actually not half bad. I agree, though, that a proper adaptation perhaps with a little more star power would do it good, though. But otherwise... it was pretty well done.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118414/

I nominate Ender's Game and Good Omens as the best books never to have been adapted. Ender's Game is well on its way, though, and Good Omens was almost ready a few years ago with Terry Gilliam at the helm, and starring Johnny Depp, but it was scrapped!!! :(

[deadguy76]

Beauty and the Beast by Ed McBain directed by Carl Franklin

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka directed by David Lynch

Jinx (graphic novel) by Brian Michael Bendis directed by Steven Soderbergh.

The Arabian Nights translated by Hussein Hadawy directed by Anthony Minghella

The Devil by Guy de Maupassant directed by David Cronenberg

The book of Job (the bible) directed by either Roman Polanski or Steven Spielberg (it does have a happy ending, although Polanski might emphasize the initial suffering more)

[hail2theking]

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

If done right, it could be one of the most chilling movies in quite a while

[Andrew Ratto]

the

[damien22]

Angels & Demons(if they did it right)
Catcher in the Rye(although I don't know how well this would adapt to film, especially modernly)

[Monotreme]

Catcher in the Rye wouldn't adapt to a good film, because the plot itself is fairly simplistic. Boy runs away from school, has adventures in New York, goes to see his sister. It would be very boring, and really normal. The whole point of the book is Holden's perception on things, and since the book is written in the 1st person, the only way to translate that to the screen would to use excessive voice over... and we all know that there's no way THAT would work.

Then again, they filmed 'Naked Lunch', so who knows...

[SIREN30]

At the Risk of sounding redundant:

1. The Man Who Laughs- yes, it was a silent film w/ Conrad Veidt but it was very loosely adapted. The story is Victor Hugo's best, imo, and is just waiting..and waiting. My dad wrote a screenplay for this film but there is really little chance of it being picked up. I just hope someone does it.

Other than that one, here are some other great options for film:

2. Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Unset -it was inexpensively filmed in the seventies, I believe. But this story has the capacity to be the greatest biography-based epic ever made.

3. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen-It's the only one left. And every film adaptation so far has been great so it's got some major shoes to fill. See my blog page about this Jane Austen subject- http://learnthebigapple.blogspot.com/2006/04/jane-austen-at-movies.html

4. Jack and Jill- Louisa May Alcott...an underrated and almost unknown story with lots of fabulous characters and tons of potential. It's just as good as Little Women.

5.Katherine by Anya Seton----this is one of my favorite books and will never be made because it's so unknown. But she is one hell of a heroine.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

"How to Be Good" by Nick Hornby- directed by James L. Brooks

[therealjohng]

INVISIBLE MONSTERS

[Funnyman]

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

Starring Kevin Spacey and Courtney Love

Directed by David Fincher