Which Books to Movies would be awesome?

[GORT]

So many Michael Crichton books that could be made into great movies if done right.

[GLaDOS]

I'm a graphic novel junkie, so I'd like The Umbrella Academy to be a film.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by GORT

So many Michael Crichton books that could be made into great movies if done right.

I'd love a GOOD Andromeda Strain film, they had a tv-movie recently with Benjamin Brat that I watched, it was ok, but it could have been better.

as for another book,
I'd like to see the Fahrenheit 451 movie move forward

[threefiftyrocket]

Originally Posted by Diesel

as for another book,
I'd like to see the Fahrenheit 451 movie move forward

This has GREAT potential, but man if it fails it would fail HARD... No way would this be OKAY, its gotta be AWESOME or NOTHING

[DarkDune]

Originally Posted by vega2K

I have not seen A&D yet either. I did see DaVinci Code and was very disappointed. I thought it followed the story too closely such that a lot was lost when they compressed the story into 2 hours. I remember reading the book - when Robert and Sophie are trying to break into the bank box and thinking, this is the most suspense I have read anywhere. But in the movie it was just plain boring.

I have read most of Dan Brown's books and thought A&D was the best, followed by Davinci Code and then Deception Point. I don't want to be let down so I am hesitantly waiting for A&D on Blu-ray.

IMO the 2 hour limit in movies is what works against books to movies (not to mention trailers which give away most of the movies). I am looking forward to the Pillars of the Earth mini-series adaptation which will be an 8 hour saga. Although TV has a lower budget than film ($40M in this case), I want to see how the longer time affects the story.

Don't you think Russell Crowe would've been a better pick than Tom Hanks for Robert Langdon?!?! Russell's character in A Beautiful Mind sold me on that idea, but not Ron Howard I guess...even though he directed Russell in it.

Goes to show how a REALLY good book can make a REALLY bad movie when the casting is off

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by threefiftyrocket

This has GREAT potential, but man if it fails it would fail HARD... No way would this be OKAY, its gotta be AWESOME or NOTHING

exactly how I feel about it, its going to be great or utterly suck

i started a thread about it a while back about the guy who wants to make it:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=104758

[threefiftyrocket]

Originally Posted by Diesel

exactly how I feel about it, its going to be great or utterly suck

i started a thread about it a while back about the guy who wants to make it:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=104758

I TOTALLY missed this thread, thanks Diesel I'm gonna go check it out now

[Blu-Benny]

percy jackson and the olympians...i have yet to read them but they sound interesting.

[P@t_Mtl]

Terry Brooks Shannara Series if done right could be a lot of fun in movie format

[Gaius Marius]

I know it is slated for an HBO series, but Game of Thrones would be nice to see!

[tacomaprime]

Deception point. I think it would make a perfect movie.

[hardcorefrokid]

Originally Posted by captclueless

Deception point. I think it would make a perfect movie.

God yes! And Digital Fortress, that one was a real page turner.

[SonOfArathorn]

Neil Gaiman's American Gods

[vega2K]

Originally Posted by captclueless

Deception point. I think it would make a perfect movie.

Deception Point is a copy/paste type of book to movie. There is nothing to alter and is perfectly transferrable to the big screen IMO. I would look forward to seeing the Delta Force and the ice chase scene. I always saw Catherine Zeta-Jones as Rachel (she's probably too old now though - still super hot though).

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I'd love a GOOD Andromeda Strain film, they had a tv-movie recently with Benjamin Brat that I watched, it was ok, but it could have been better.

as for another book,
I'd like to see the Fahrenheit 451 movie move forward

I assume, of course, that you already know those were both made into movies back in the good old days.

I thought the TV-movie Andromeda strain was quite inferior to the 1971 film... but then, I never do care much for any of those cable TV movies.

[koontz1973]

The Beast House trilogy by Laymon would make a super horror film.
Apart from that, anything by Grisham, Koontz, Reichs (TV's Bones is based on her books but bares no relation to them), Foster and Perry (wrote the sequels to the Cameron' Aliens) would be welcome.

[CYMBOL]

Originally Posted by Wolverine1980

Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash

Great book - not sure if anyone could adapt it properly - however, it was really "cool". Not sure what I'd think of this book if I read it now.

Originally Posted by Steve46

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

This has been in development hell forever. I think now that they have simply dug a grave and thrown the script in. Don't think we'll ever see this.

Ender's Game would be hard to market. It's a grown up movie about kids - always a hard sell (like Lord of the Flies). Also, for me, although I thought the book was fantastic, the ending was a bit of a let down - but doesn't detract from the story that led up to it.

[CYMBOL]

Originally Posted by vega2K

Deception Point is a copy/paste type of book to movie. There is nothing to alter and is perfectly transferrable to the big screen IMO.

Well put. Really, most Dan Brown novels seem to be copy/paste (even Da Vinci) - somehow, Ron Howard and Tom Hanks made that story BORING on screen.

(Haven't seen A&D because of my disappointment with TDC - I'll check it out on Blu-ray).

[paulcarbajo]

how about 1632?

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by vega2K

Come on give us a hint!

The only hints I can give are that it is a historical adventure across many countries, set hundreds of years ago, with all kinds of battles & duels, but also with a lot of cerebral stuff to satisfy the more hard-to-please audience. It has surprises, revenge, love lost and found, villains and allies of all different types, a dynamic and likeable hero, light humor, and it's long enough that even very tightly edited it would clock somewhere between five and seven hours, so it would make a good two- or three-film franchise; and finally, it's a book that is completely out of the mold of everything else written by that author, who is now dead. Can't say anymore, I don't want to give it away.