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Subject: Books you would like to made into TV/Film ?
Date Posted: 10/20/2008 5:30 PM ET
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Are there any books you would like to be made into a TV show or movie ? 

Me, I'd like to see...

Cell-Stephen King

Any older Kay Scarpetta books by Cornwell

Any Brian Keene zombie series books..The Rising, City of the Dead or Dead Sea

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The Mediator series by Meg Cabot

Water for Elephants

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Date Posted: 10/20/2008 6:43 PM ET
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The Dim Sum of All Things by Kim Wong Keltner

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Stephanie Plum series (are they already doing it?)

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Date Posted: 10/20/2008 7:16 PM ET
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I would like to see The Black Tulip by Dumas done by the director of Atonement.

I second Stephanie Plum...I wonder who they would get to play Stephanie?

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I'd like to see a really well done miniseries of Devil in the White City, a movie of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (maybe directed by Guillermo del Toro) a movie of The Thirteenth Tale and a really well done, appropriately long miniseries of Harry Potter that actually includes some of the awesome detail.

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Date Posted: 10/20/2008 8:07 PM ET
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I'd like to see:

The Brief History of the Dead

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

and Life of Pi

I second the vote for Guillermo Del Toro directing -- I bet he could do Life of Pi.

 

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Date Posted: 10/20/2008 10:14 PM ET
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I'm waiting on Brad Thor's books to hit the big screen.  It's already in the works although I don't think Brad has mentioned which novel.

Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' will be out in theaters soon.  That's going to be one disturbing movie to watch.



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Date Posted: 10/20/2008 10:45 PM ET
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The Enchanted series.

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Date Posted: 10/21/2008 7:19 AM ET
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Eric Flint's 1812

S M Stirling's Peshawar Lancers, Conquistador, the Dies the Fire Trilogy, and the Island in the Sea of Time series. They would all need to be miniseries

Monica Dickens' Kate and Emma

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Date Posted: 10/21/2008 8:37 AM ET
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I think All About Evie could be done into a TV series. I'd watch it.

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Date Posted: 10/21/2008 9:53 AM ET
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I second the Brian Keene books...I love zombies.

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All of terry Pratchett's Discworld

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Sara- there's a movie of Cell coming in 2009, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775440/

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Shows how much I know about Stephen King...I thought you meant this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209958/

Anyway, I have been awaiting the Ender's Game movie for almost nine years now...I'd like to see that made.  I also think most of Robert Heinlein's books would make good movies.  The only one I know of, Puppet Masters, could have been worse and could have been better.



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Great--I should wish for more stuff !  Thats awesome

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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

The Dark Tower (whole series) by Stephen King

 

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I think the President's Daughter books by Ellen Emerson White could make a really good TV show.

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Stephanie Plum series (are they already doing it?)

It's supposedly been "in the works" for years now. There's a PBS thread discussing casting located here. :-)

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Outlander series by Gabaldon

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Matt C, I think RLH didn't want movies made. ANd they absolutely trashed Starship Troopers

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Several of the books I think would make good movies are already in the process of becoming them:

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (set for 2009 right now, I think)

Ranger's Apprentice Series by John Flanagan

Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R.R. Martin (a script for an HBO pilot is written, but I don't think it has been finalized yet and it wouldn't be seen for a few more years)

One book I would really like to see in film, was going to be a film but then it bottomed out is Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet.  I also agree with those who have said Ender's Game, but I wonder how they would find enough kids to play those serious roles.  Maybe an animated movie would work better--as long as they did it proper, not Disney.

 

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Water for Elephants is already going to be a movie! I'm pretty excited. I knew as I was first reading it that it would work great on film, it just seemed so cinematic, and lo and behold!
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Matt C, I think RAH didn't want movies made. And they absolutely trashed Starship Troopers

I almost forgot about Starship Troopers...that movie didn't have anything to do with the book, really.  Puppet Masters wasn't that bad, though.   

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I'd like to see Ted Dekker's Black, Red & White (3 books) made into films

Also, Randy alcorn's Safely Home would be an awesome movie

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