I think they need to make a movie based on So You Want to be a Wizard? by Diane Duane. Maybe a franchise based on the whole series.
Anybody else have movies you wish would get made?
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
Ender's Game.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
Definately Ender's Game
Bourne Identity (from the book)
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen, done as a big budget full length all-star animated 2-D musical.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
quote:Originally posted by brojack17: Bourne Identity (from the book)
I don't think that's possible now.
Posted by Nathan2006 (Member # 9387) on :
I wish they'd make a fourth X-men movie that would replace the third, so that it would be as if there never was a last stand.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Some romantic comedy with ninja and explosions and a lot of swords.
Or a good movie version of Elfquest.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
I remember when ElfQuest was good.
Now it reads like the Pinis are doing fan-fic of their own characters. Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
quote:Originally posted by SteveRogers:
quote:Originally posted by brojack17: Bourne Identity (from the book)
I don't think that's possible now.
Yeah, I know . I still like the movies, but the books are sooooooo much better. And they are so different. The main character name and the fact he had amnesia is the only similarity between the books and movies.
I don't know why they didn't stay more true to the book.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
A live action Transformers based off of the movie.
Live action Trigun, if they can find the right actors.
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
I'd love to see a good adaptation of a Steven Brust novel, although it'd be difficult to get the inner voice of Vlad just right - maybe a voice over? I think the Forever War could make a very interesting anti-war movie. Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey could be a good Disney-type cartoon or maybe an anime similar to Howl's Moving Castle - plenty of opportunities for musical pieces and an interesting & strong heroine.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Oh I forgot, I want a new Fantasia.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Enchantment.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I think they need to make a good movie version of IT by Stephen King. The mini series is ok. But I think that story could benefit from the Hollywood special effects treatment. And a good screen writer.
Posted by Qaz (Member # 10298) on :
Friday the 13th part 11 Nightmare on Elm Street part 9
You can never have too much of that sort of thing Posted by Nathan2006 (Member # 9387) on :
I like the idea of Fantasia... I really want them to do the first Debussy Arabesque. Do kind of a flying theme.
Enchantment would make a good movie, but it would be tough trying to handle all the languages.
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
The Planets
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
quote: A live action Transformers based off of the movie.
Based off of the movie? The live action one that didn't come out yet?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
"The Planets" is one of the big ones I'd be looking for. Uranus, Jupiter and Mars are my favorites. There's a fourth one I really like too but I can never remember the name of it, maybe Mercury?
There's some movements from the Requiem and Resurrection Symphonies that I'd love to see done, Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, maybe some of Handel's Water Music Suite, and many many more. And I know it's overplayed, but O Fortuna from Carmina Burana would be cool too.
Gaal -
The cartoon movie.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane. Vlad Taltos by Steven Brust. Wildside by Steven Gould. The "New Frontier" Star Trek series by Peter David. Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie. Enchantment by OSC. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein. The Diane Tregarde series by Mercedes Lackey. Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore. Red Thunder by John Varley. The Amber Series by Roger Zelazny. Nice by Jen Sacks. Oath of Fealty by Niven and Pournelle. Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad. The Serge Storms books by Tim Dorsey.
I can keep going, you know...
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Wizard of Oz. From the book. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (in CGI). Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds (also in CGI, but they're actually making that - link).
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Chris Bridges: Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad.
OMG, in my dreams. Of course, my copy of the book says that the film is forthcoming, but I guess it just never happened.
One of the greatest novels ever written.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
The New Sun series by Gene Wolfe.
That's a good list, Chris, but why would you pick Oath of Fealty?
Lucifer's Hammer or The Mote in God's Eye by Niven and Pournelle would be much better films.
The Phoenix Guards, To Reign in Hell, well, really, I'd love to see most any of Brust's novels made into a movie.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
The Thrawn Trilogy by Tim Zahn
A new Batman movie with Mr. Freeze as depicted in the cartoon series and not Ahnold's ridiculous caricature.
A Star Trek DS9 movie where Sisko comes back and they have to fight off some sort of threat.
Some sort of hockey movie, we don't get enough hockey movies.
A remake of Clue could be hysterical if it were cast right.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Morbo: That's a good list, Chris, but why would you pick Oath of Fealty?
<shrug> Think of it as evolution in action.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
They would be good movies, but not terribly different from other disaster movies (just better dialogue). "Oath of Fealty" would be something different.
Just about anything from Robert J. Sawyer. Good Omens by Gaiman and Pratchett.
(OK, Lisa's answer was better.)
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
<grin>
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
David Farland's The Runelords
Hopefully it's on it's way.
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nathan2006: I wish they'd make a fourth X-men movie that would replace the third, so that it would be as if there never was a last stand.
I don't think they're making a movie to replace those, but they are making two more X-men movies. One about Wolverine, the other about Magneto.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: I remember when ElfQuest was good.
Now it reads like the Pinis are doing fan-fic of their own characters.
Just like Lucas!
Posted by Fyfe (Member # 937) on :
A live-action film of Howl's Moving Castle, with Jonathan Rhys-Meyers from a few years ago playing Howl (he can't do it now, his face is all wrong).
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
I'd like to see a movie adaptation of Harry Harrison' Deathworld, preferably all three, but I'd settle for one.
Besides that, it would be awesome to have a Marvel crossover flick, combining the characters from the movies sofar (X-men, FF, Spidey, Daredevil, Elektra and so on...). Perhaps they could try to capture the Infinity Wars on screen. The host of characters would make it hard to create lots of psychological background, but that doesn't matter since the battle scenes would probably be mind-blowing... Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
Yeah, he's all beefed up and manly now, Fyfe. I guess feline androgyny just stopped selling after Ziggy Stardust died.
That, and he's an infamous over-acter, which actually works in his favor in dramatic period pieces. I loved him in the Governess. Snicker, snicker, snicker.
Daredevil: Born Again would make a fantastic movie. I think it is one of the best Daredevil story arcs, not to mention probably the best thing Frank Miller has ever done. It is a close second to DKR.
I really wish they hadn't gotten the go-ahead on the awful Ben Affleck film. Other than the movie just being crappy and not capturing the spirit of Daredevil, Affleck was *so* miscast. His physicality wasn't even right! That matters in a superhero flic. All I could think about was "But he's so beefy and inflexible...and has a huge head!"
Le sigh.
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Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :
quote:Originally posted by Eduardo St. Elmo: I'd like to see a movie adaptation of Harry Harrison' Deathworld, preferably all three, but I'd settle for one.
Oh yeah... Or maybe a Stainless Steel Rat film.
Has anyone ever made a Pern film? I think' they'd translate well.
How about the Wizard of Earthsea? Lots of atmospheric mist!
Posted by Snail (Member # 9958) on :
I'd love to see a new technology Nightmare Before Christmas -style stop motion animation about the Moomin books by Tove Jansson. There is the British one from the 70's and it's charming enough, but with proper new technology it'd be amazing. Especially the closer they stuck to the books.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
I agree about Ben Affleck as Daredevil...the playground fight against Elektra was the fakest movie fight scene in the past 10 years. Combine that with 'OIY NEVAH MISS' and you have the most forgettable Marvel comic movie of the modern era. I can't even remember if they left the chance for Fisk to still be alive, Spiderman has fought the Kingpin, right?
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Chris, I think you should try your hand at writing us a screenplay for The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. I have never read a book that is so beautifully set up to be filmed...and then never filmed!! What is that about?
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: A remake of Clue could be hysterical if it were cast right.
See, THAT'S the problem with Hollywood... You don't re-make something that was done correctly in the first place!
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa:
quote:Originally posted by Morbo: That's a good list, Chris, but why would you pick Oath of Fealty?
<shrug> Think of it as evolution in action.
That's funny Lisa. That phrase is one of the few things that stood out in Oath of Fealty. But this thread is not "Bumper stickers you wish they'd make." OoF was weak compared to other Niven and Pournelle collaborations.
Chris, it's true that Lucifer's Hammer would be another disaster film among many. But Mote could be a great Galactic Empire sci-fi epic film.
Excession by Ian Banks would be another great epic. Or Neverness and War in Heaven by Zindell. Or A Fire Upon the Deep by the great Vernor Vinge.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
A movie with Johnny Depp, Emily Watson, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Laura Linney and Kaoru of Dir en grey, because I like him and it would be nice to see him on the big screen. I don't know what the movie would be about, but with those actors (well, Kaoru isn't an actor, I just like him) it could not possibly be a bad movie! And Jennifer Connely must be in it too!
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote:The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein.
Yes!
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Hiyao Miyazaki doing Ender's Game.
If not that then Seventh Son and Red Prophet as one movie.
Only downside to the second option is I'd want the rest of the books done and I wouldn't get my wish.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
quote:Originally posted by SteveRogers:
quote:Originally posted by brojack17: Bourne Identity (from the book)
I don't think that's possible now.
It was a 1988 TV movie/miniseries with Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith:
IMDB link Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:Originally posted by anti_maven: Oh yeah... Or maybe a Stainless Steel Rat film.
Has anyone ever made a Pern film? I think' they'd translate well.
I'll second both.
quote:How about the Wizard of Earthsea? Lots of atmospheric mist!
I think there may have been a made for tv series, but I'm not sure.
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Edited to add:
Earthsea on SciFi.com (took a while to load on my machine)
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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
The TV adaptation of Earthsea was as horrid as the film adaptation of Starship Troopers. Even LeGuin said it was crap.
However, Ghibli studios is doing another adaptation of Earthsea (link goes to wikipedia) which I am looking forward to.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Nice.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: The TV adaptation of Earthsea was as horrid as the film adaptation of Starship Troopers. Even LeGuin said it was crap.
It was actually done by Miyazaki's son who initially was at odds with his father for doing it. Apparently upon seeing his son's work midway through production Miyazaki gave the project his blessing.
LeGuin was ultimately unhappy with studio Ghibli's adaption of her book She said it was a good movie but not her book. But hey Diana Wynne Jones said similar things about Howls Moving Castle in anime form but I greatly enjoyed the movie.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: Hiyao Miyazaki doing Ender's Game.
If not that then Seventh Son and Red Prophet as one movie.
Only downside to the second option is I'd want the rest of the books done and I wouldn't get my wish.
Oh, baby The thought of that makes me drool! If not him, then the dood that did Perfect Blue. That was a cool movie. With Yoko Kanno doing the sound track. *hearts*
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:If not that then Seventh Son and Red Prophet as one movie.
Cramming an entire novel into just one movie is such a daunting task that it is rarely done well -- trying to cram two novels into one movie is a bad idea.
Posted by Snail (Member # 9958) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade:
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: The TV adaptation of Earthsea was as horrid as the film adaptation of Starship Troopers. Even LeGuin said it was crap.
It was actually done by Miyazaki's son who initially was at odds with his father for doing it. Apparently upon seeing his son's work midway through production Miyazaki gave the project his blessing.
As good as Yoko Kanno is, I'd be mostly happy with Nobuo Uematsu doing the music. If not him then Yasunori Mitsuda.
If anybody knows any western composers who write in that style I would LOVE to hear about them.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:
quote:If not that then Seventh Son and Red Prophet as one movie.
Cramming an entire novel into just one movie is such a daunting task that it is rarely done well -- trying to cram two novels into one movie is a bad idea.
Well initially I thought because there was some overlap it would work out, but now that I think about it I think you are right.
I hope in 10-15 years a Harry Potter TV series is attempted. That could be potentially breath taking IMO.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
"Chris, I think you should try your hand at writing us a screenplay for The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. I have never read a book that is so beautifully set up to be filmed...and then never filmed!! What is that about?"
It was reported in 2004 that Tim Minear was taking a shot at the screenplay, and it's been mentioned off and on since then. Minear is a Heinlein fan but he's not blind to the problems of making a movie out of a great book -- it's not suited to be a movie, for one thing; too much philosophy, too long a span involved, etc.
I am, however, hopeful, because Minear is one of the few people I think could handle my favorite Heinlein book well.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Ever since I was a kid I've wanted to see some sort of movie adaptation of the Barsoom novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. They're set on Mars, written in the early 1900s by the guy who created Tarzan. They have everything you could want in a story: exotic locales, gorgeous heroines, evil scary 15 foot tall four-armed green Martians - with swords, edge of the seat cliffhanger action, awesomely manly earthman transported mystically to Mars, swordfighting, huge airbattles, you name it. John Carter, Warlord of Mars!! Woohoo! Somebody please make it!
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
John Carter of Mars is in production, I believe.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
You're kidding. Really? Wow!
Posted by gsim1337 (Member # 10168) on :
I'd like to see Eragon turned into a movie.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
quote:it's not suited to be a movie, for one thing; too much philosophy, too long a span involved, etc.
I think it's perfectly suited to be a movie. The philosophy can be taken care of pretty swiftly, but the setting, exposition, climax, and ending just seem to be made for the screen. I thought that the first time I read it. I'd love to see what Minear or Joss could do with it.
Posted by Todoni (Member # 10460) on :
(besides Ender's Game, which is a duh sorta thing)
"Ruled Brittania" by Harry Turtledove
"Lovelock" by you-know-who
"Lilac Bus" by Maeve Binchy
"Starship Troopers" by Heinlein, except this time stick to the story written by Heinlein
and a good biography of Fritz Kreisler, the violinist
Posted by Todoni (Member # 10460) on :
oh! and I forgot...a a new Chevy Chase vacation movie, called "Grandparent's Vacation"
This time he takes Rusty's kids on Disney-style cruise ship...lots of fun making fun of Wally World and all that plus you could have a cameo of Anthony Michael Hall at the beginning and end when he goes to the airport to pickup and drop off his kids....to make it especially ironic, have Molly Ringwald as his wife....just cameo parts, really, they could manage it!
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
I think someone should do Alan Moore's "Top Ten", not as a movie, but as a series or mini-series. Pretend it's a straight-up cop drama, keeping a straight face about the fact that everyone in the city is a superhero.
I'd love to see more non-Japanese animation that isn't aimed at children. I'm not talking about, say, Heavy Metal, but- no talking animals, cute sidekicks, musical numbers, spunky teenage heroines, or fart jokes. I'm hoping the Dragonlance movie isn't a complete debacle.
I'd love for someone to try to take on Zelazny's Amber books, or perhaps just the first two, but I doubt it will ever happen.
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
I want them to make another prison escape movie reminiscent of 'The Shawshank Redemption', even though I dobut that there is any director out there that can tell a story as patiently as the Shawshank one.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
quote:"Starship Troopers" by Heinlein, except this time stick to the story written by Heinlein
Same, for The Postman, by David Brin.
And The Miocene Arrow.
--j_k
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese:
quote:Originally posted by anti_maven: Oh yeah... Or maybe a Stainless Steel Rat film.
Has anyone ever made a Pern film? I think' they'd translate well.
I'll second both.
Thirded! I believe the Pern novels have been optioned, but all options have currently expired.
quote:Originally posted by SteveRogers: I think they need to make a movie based on So You Want to be a Wizard? by Diane Duane.
Those not only have a current option, last I heard she was working on a screenplay.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cashew: You're kidding. Really? Wow!
Thanks Lisa. After your first post on John Carter I googled it and found some stuff. It looks like it's kinda on the backburner. Appreciate the links though.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by SteveRogers: I think they need to make a movie based on So You Want to be a Wizard? by Diane Duane.
Those not only have a current option, last I heard she was working on a screenplay.
That excites me. That series is my guilty pleasure. I've read it a few times. I find them highly entertaining and an enjoyable read. I just recently bought the 8th one in paperback. It's really good so far.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
This is from the author's mouth.
Posted by Dog Walker (Member # 8301) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jhai: I'd love to see a good adaptation of a Steven Brust novel, although it'd be difficult to get the inner voice of Vlad just right - maybe a voice over?
I'm with you on this one. It would be intresting how they dealt with the mind talking between Vlad and his Jherg, and where they start the story at.
I'ld like to see Donaldson's Tomas Covenant as a movie. Just the first three though. They might have to tone it down a bit.
As for OSC books Ender's Game and wyrms would be intresting movies.
And has anyone else seen Mystery Men?? I think I am the only one who saw it and enjoyed it. I would love to see Mystery Men 2.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Hmmm, that's very true about Vlad's inner monologues and dialogs with Loiosh. It's crucial to the storytelling, yet too many voice overs kill a movie (for me, anyway.) It would be hard to balance that.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
I'll be happy when the Dragonlance movie finally gets released. Supposedly they're casting and everything, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
I'd also love to see Foundation done as a PBS style documentary with the smarmy voice over telling us how important it all was. But I have an odd sense of humor.
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: I remember when ElfQuest was good.
Now it reads like the Pinis are doing fan-fic of their own characters.
Yeah Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Skellig, by David Almond.
It's a short, well paced, absolutely beautiful book. It would make a wonderful, wonderful movie.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen, done as a big budget full length all-star animated 2-D musical.
Oh man! Yes! I love this story! It's literally one of my favorite fairy tales ever! I would also love to see The Dancing Shoes by the Brothers Grimm be made into a 2-D movie. It would be amazing.
I second (third, fourth?) The Wizard of Earthsea and the Pern series. The Wizard of Earthseas miniseries on SciFi was horrible and didn't capture the essence of the books. They need to do that one right.
I would also like to see either a series or a set of movies based on Asimov's Foundation series. It's one of my favorite of all times and there's so much material you can use from it.
Posted by bluenessuno (Member # 5535) on :
Narnia, what say you of Heinlein's The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag? A pair like Nick and Nora Charles, on par with William Powell/ Myrna Loy charisma, trying to unravel Hoag and those behind the mirrors should be filmed too.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Thirded! I believe the Pern novels have been optioned, but all options have currently expired.
Copperheart Entertainment still holds the movie option they got back in spring of 2006. They have yet to do anything with it. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I stand corrected.
It may be too much to hope that it goes anywhere, though. Posted by The Flying Dracula Hair (Member # 10155) on :
Fallout, I think it would kill if done right
And I mega xth the cry for Vlad Taltos movies.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Too true, rivka. Purchasing the option is still miles upon miles away from the greenlighting of an actual Dragonriders movie.
Still, it's better than nothing.
The link Steve gave to Diane Duane's blog makes some very good points about the hopes and pitfalls of the option to a series being purchased.
For every Harry Potter or Chronicles of Narnia there's an Eragon.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I read her blog regularly -- well, as regularly as I read any blog, which means not in the past few weeks. She was posting snippets of the in-process screenplay for a while.
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Based off of the movie? The live action one that didn't come out yet?
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