Fossy

I know these are teen stories, but I'd like to see 'Tomorrow when the war began' series. Perhaps they would be better made into a mini series.

Also Dean Koontz 'Darkness comes'

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Eli Cash

Fossy's location got me thinking that I would gladly pay $8 (or is it more now? Did I just date myself?) to see a movie version of True History of the Kelly Gang.

But I'm a fan of Westerns, both written and filmed.

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A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby.
I thin that would made brilliant movie. Johnny Depp actually just bought the rights to it so it`s propbably gunna be good if it does turn into a movie.

Tom Wilkinson as Martin
Emma Thompson as Maureen
I dunno as JJ
I dunno as Jess

JJ and Jess are young so it`s a bit difficult to see what actors could play them since there are no good young actors.

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Fossy

Don't know the book myself, but one young actor who I think is just beautiful and a superb actress, is Dakota Fanning. Would she fit the part?

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SevenWritez

Alex Garland's "The Tesseract," or "The Coma."

David Mitchell's "Number9Dream."

Stephen King's "The Dark Tower," but done in five parts or perhaps a trilogy (because of the first and fifth book--not because they were bad, but because of the lack of "HOLLYWOOD BIG BUCK$!" scenes), oh, and Stephen King changing the fight scene with The Crimson King. You know, considering it sucked.

And...Junot Diaz's recent novel, "The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao." Oh MAN would that be funny, so long as they offered an omnipresent voice directing certain scenes, like they did in parts of "Forest Gump." Seriously, if you haven't read this last novel, you ain't fucking reading the good shit.

Anyhow, those are my picks.

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Skull pilot

Any of the novels by Preston and Child with Aloysius X. L. Pendergast in them.

Particularly Cabinet of Curiosities, Still life With Crows, BrimStone, Dance of Death and Book of the Dead.

The last 3 would make a good series of films. The problem is finding the right guy to play Pendergast. the only guy i think who would be great is Christopher Walken but alas he is a bit too old.

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Rabid Euphoria

Another Garland fan eh? Though I've only read 'The Coma' (numerous times) and watch 28 Days Later (numerous times) he's a favourite of mine. Is the Tesseract good? Good news! If, when I'm out of film school, The Coma hasn't been made into a movie I want to make it.

Also, Abrahms and King have been in talks for a Dark Tower movie series. Abrahms, busy currently with Lost, Cloverfield and Star Trek XI hasn't gotten much accomplished.


Books I want to see made in a movie:

Bag of Bongs - Stephen King

Hearts in Atlantis - Stephen King (The movie, Hearts in Atlantis was based off 'Low Men In Yellot Coats', not the story Hearts In Atlantis)

The Theif of Always - Clive Barker

The Ruins - Scott Smith (think it's being done)

Amara-J

Definitely not official book material nor in direct chronological order. It's a shame, because I think the The Thrawn Trilogy would have been superb movie material. Three books in total, five years after Return of the Jedi, new and well-developed characters, and a great villain. The only problems would be: 1) the necessary inclusion of Luke-Leia-Han... rather impossible at this stage, and 2) selection of content, since the books are pretty thick.

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Jinjiro

I don't know if this counts as a 'book' exactly, but does anyone else who's a Frank Miller fan think it's about time they got Ronin added to the list of film conversions?

Malone

I'd like to see The Wheel of Time turned into a movie. I can't imagine how it could be done, though. It would probably turn out as awful as Dune. There's so much internal political motives at work, just like Dune. The weaves would have to be really well done not to be cheesy.

I heard a rumor that Kurt Russel may play Roland in the Dark Tower movies. Not sure if that's true, though.

ryangt

I'm still hoping Lucus, goes back and does Shadows of the Empire. He said when the book came out if he had it back before Return of the Jedi he would have made it. Guess I'll cross my fingers for after his TV shows.

Athlynne

Joanna, I heard that "The Other Boleyn Girl" is being made into a movie. I hope it's true, I liked that book.

I'd like to see A.A. Attanasio's Arthur books as films; too many King Arthur films of the last few decades have been disappointments. ("The Mists of Avalon", for example, what a let-down.) I'd love a live-action "The Last Unicorn", now that the technology is good enough to pull it off. Christopher Rice's "A Density of Souls" would make a great film, and Karen Wehrstein's "Lion's Heart" series would be a dream to see on the screen.

<sigh> Alas, sequels and movies about talking animals rule the business of show.

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Vines

'House of Leaves' but only the Navidson Record parts.

Centurion

Dawn of Empire by Sam Barone would make a good movie, its basically the story of the first village to build a wall to keep out the barbarians set 3000 BC in the Tigris Valley. Blood, sex and tears.

A must read if you like your historical fiction!!

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EAProdigy

ken follet's dangerous fortune
catcher in the rye would be great too