Books you'd like to see made into movies.

[leo-rcc]

That book about a demolition expert who is sent out to Iraq...Hurt something.

[Clinton Huxley]

* the entire "Wheel of Time" saga

I'm not sure there is enough time between now and the heat death of the universe to film, let alone watch those monstrosities.

[orpheus]

Some of Stephen Baxter's books. I'm thinking of "Manifold: Time" and "Moonseed". The latter could be the ultimate Doomsday film. So could the former, really, on an even bigger scale - but only at the very end. Not as many opportunities for visuals.

[normal]

I know Discworld has been mentioned, and I've seen Hogfather and The Light Fantastic. I think they were both very badly produced and had great misinterpretation of the mood I get from reading the books.

What I would like very much to see is a movie for mature audiences made out of Pratchett's "Night Watch".
The book was great, and the characters are fantastic. I think some good actors should be pulled in and it should be done on a Hollywood size budget. Maybe Tim Burton could direct it, and get someone like Jonny Depp as the patrician.

Not sure who should play Vimes, but it should be someone with a stern looking face. Oh, how I dream of a really great movie being made from the Discworld books, and Night Watch in particular

[RuleBritannia]

I know Discworld has been mentioned, and I've seen Hogfather and The Light Fantastic. I think they were both very badly produced and had great misinterpretation of the mood I get from reading the books.

What I would like very much to see is a movie for mature audiences made out of Pratchett's "Night Watch".
The book was great, and the characters are fantastic. I think some good actors should be pulled in and it should be done on a Hollywood size budget. Maybe Tim Burton could direct it, and get someone like Jonny Depp as the patrician.

Not sure who should play Vimes, but it should be someone with a stern looking face. Oh, how I dream of a really great movie being made from the Discworld books, and Night Watch in particular

Small Gods definitely needs to be in movie form some time soon too.

[Random Mutant]

I know Discworld has been mentioned, and I've seen Hogfather and The Light Fantastic. I think they were both very badly produced and had great misinterpretation of the mood I get from reading the books.

What I would like very much to see is a movie for mature audiences made out of Pratchett's "Night Watch".
The book was great, and the characters are fantastic. I think some good actors should be pulled in and it should be done on a Hollywood size budget. Maybe Tim Burton could direct it, and get someone like Jonny Depp as the patrician.

Not sure who should play Vimes, but it should be someone with a stern looking face. Oh, how I dream of a really great movie being made from the Discworld books, and Night Watch in particular

I was watching The Colour Of Magic last night, and realised what was missing: Terry Pratchett writes social satire. It's biting and funny. It has been adapted into something that is occasionally whimsical at best.

[JimC]

* the entire "Wheel of Time" saga

I'm not sure there is enough time between now and the heat death of the universe to film, let alone watch those monstrosities.

But I still wants it...

I am re-reading the entire saga (very slowly at the moment... ) - yes I know, it is am addiction, but I don't care...

[Pappa]

I'd love to see a big-budget, Peter Jackson version of Michael Moorcock's Elric books. ALL OF THEM!!

Fuck yes!!!!

[Xamonas Chegwé]

I'd love to see a big-budget, Peter Jackson version of Michael Moorcock's Elric books. ALL OF THEM!!

Fuck yes!!!!

And I want Moorcock to keep writing MOAR too!!

[Pappa]

I'd love to see a big-budget, Peter Jackson version of Michael Moorcock's Elric books. ALL OF THEM!!

Fuck yes!!!!

And I want Moorcock to keep writing MOAR too!!

Not just Elric either..... all the Eternal Champion series. Fucking great books.

I used to play Elric RPG years ago.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

I'd love to see a big-budget, Peter Jackson version of Michael Moorcock's Elric books. ALL OF THEM!!

Fuck yes!!!!

And I want Moorcock to keep writing MOAR too!!

Not just Elric either..... all the Eternal Champion series. Fucking great books.

I used to play Elric RPG years ago.

They reissued his stuff in anthology editions. I've got most of them.

[Ronja]

Asimov's "The Gods Themselves" - but I don't know if there exists any director who can be slow and deliberate enough (the pacing should be "2001, a Space Odyssey" meets "Rear Window", or something like that) or a visual arts / CGI team who can depict the other universe's strangeness clearly and yet not make the audiences sea-sick. And who in their right mind would ever fund it?

sigh...

[JimC]

It's interesting that most of the suggestions in this thread are SF or fantasy...

[Ironclad]

I cannot wait for The Hobbit to be shown. I gather filming starts soon.
I do wonder if the Elric stories will ever get off the ground --> Hurry uuuuuup!
Moorcock's Corum tales would make an interesting film too.

[Nautilidae]

I would like a film to be made that was based upon a biography of Stephen Hawking.