edit: actually I can see it as a powerfull stage play too...
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
I think you have OSC's approval, now go tell that to the movie studios.
Posted by DDDaysh (Member # 9499) on :
Problem... wasn't there ALREADY a movie called "Lost Boys"?
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
There was the 80's vampire movie The Lost Boys
and a miniseries in 1978 called The Lost Boys (about J.M. Barrie)
and 2002 The Lost Boys related to Lost Boys of the Sudan...Many Titles have been used by more than one book/movie/play/etc.
Posted by stihl1 (Member # 1562) on :
I always thought Homebody would make a good movie too.
Posted by DDDaysh (Member # 9499) on :
Homebody might make a very interesting movie, but I think it would be hard to do. Some of the things just wouldn't be understandable by merely seeing them.
I think Enchantment could also be a good movie.
Posted by Roseauthor (Member # 148) on :
I seriously doubt that OSC would venture into making a movie on that book. I think, (I could be wrong), it would be too personal. I wouldn't do it if I were him.
However, it is still my favorite book by OSC and usually the one I give to my friends to get them hooked on OSC's work.
Next favorite is "Stone Tables." I don't see that as a movie. Too controversial.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Didn't OSC express a desire to make a movie of Lost Boys along with a feeling of certainty that it would never happen after the release of Sixth Sense, as the plots are too similar?
My vote for best OSC novel to movie conversion would be: Treason. That would be cool as heck, with great visuals, which the studios can definitely handle and not too much internal turmoil stuff that couldn't translate on screen.
Posted by aretee (Member # 1743) on :
I agree with making Homebody a movie. That would transfer well. Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I think Magic Street and Ender's Game ( ) would make good movies.
Posted by Roseauthor (Member # 148) on :
Magic Street would be great! I don't think I'll see the day Enders Game will be a movie! I've been waiting for years.
I think Fantasy is more the genre of the era now. Not only that, Magic Street was damn funny.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
I think Sci-Fi still has a pretty strong hold: Spiderman Superman X-Men IRobot War of the Worlds
All big box office movies.
Maybe I am still wishing too hard for EG movie.
Posted by Permitheus (Member # 9957) on :
I could be off the mark, but im gonna disagree with you Brojack.
Spiderman, Superman, Xmen, and such, are simply the Comic books made movies, that the last couple of generations have grown up on. These are the stories that everyone says, I wish there was a movie. They were bound to do well in the theater.
as for IRobot and War of the worlds, I can't say that much. I would agree that Sci Fi is doing well, i just disagree with your movie choices.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
quote:Homebody might make a very interesting movie, but I think it would be hard to do. Some of the things just wouldn't be understandable by merely seeing them.
That's funny ... when I read it, I thought it read very much like a movie. I "saw" the movie in my head.
As for Enchantment, it's my favorite book ... I kind of hope it's not made into a movie, so I can keep my own vision of Katarina and Ivan and Baba Yaga. And so I don't have to bemoan the parts they'll inevitably change.
Posted by Occasional (Member # 5860) on :
You could always change the Title. Perhaps, "Vanishing Act" or "Whispers in the Dark."
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
The Lost Boys is such a cult classic that OSC would have to change the title for the adaption. Speaking of which I own it on DVD but haven't had a chance to watch it yet, I think that I will do that now.
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
How about a movie on the shadow series, political turmoil, and the birth of the FPE would convert well to film
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