Books that I wish they would make into movies

[The Burgomaster]

I have read some excellent books that I think would translate well to the big scree.  However, for some reason, they haven't been made into movies.  Two examples are:

INCIDENT AT 20 MILE - This was written by Trevanian (the author of THE EIGER SANCTION).  It's a western about a clever, ruthless killer who escapes from prison and then terrorizes a small, secluded town.  It has some great characters and dialogue, and the suspense and violence are relentless.  The thing that makes it interesting is that the author used a real town and some historical information about real people who lived there, and then built his fictional story around it.  The book is nearly impossible to put down once you start reading it.

DIRTY WHITE BOYS - This was written by Stephen Hunter (actually, I have read 3 or 4 of his books and they would ALL make good movies).  It's about 3 guys who escape from prison and go on a rampage of murder and violence.  Again, an unbelievably quick read, loaded with vivid characters.  A few years ago I read that the author had optioned this book to Hollywood, but it must still be in production hell.

Do you have any favorites that you would like to see on the big screen?

[onionhead]

Ah, if somebody could do a good turn on Simon's Soul, THAT would be something.
I' d also like to see a decent rendering of Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever--ooooooooh, waynhims, ur-viles, and the detestable Lord Foul.

[Fearless Freep]

And of Donaldson's books...The Mirror books or I'd really like to see the Gap series done well visually

[daveblackeye15]

I guess the rest of the Harry Potter series.

Ummm.

I need to expand my reading.

[plan9superfan]

Say, has anyone made a movie about Stephen King's "Roadwork"?

That is the one King book that I actually WANT to see in film.

[odinn7]

They Thirst

It's a vampire book that I read a long time ago. My older sister used to be into reading horror books by King and Koontz and I would now and then pick them up and start reading. One day she had this book called They Thirst (not sure by who) and I started reading it...I couldn't stop. I always thought if it was done right, it would make for an excellent movie.

[LilCerberus]

I've only read three books in the last fifteen years; "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie, "Lasher" by Anne Rice, and the 12x12.

From what I got out of it, I've always wanted to read the rest os the Dale Carnegie series, but ya can't make that into a movie, & the 12x12 is a little more fun to do it yourself than watch other people doing it, So I guess I'm stuck with Lasher.

I believe Lasher was part of a series by Anne Rice, which I always thought would make a cool late night cable TV series, even though I don't have cable. But it would have to be on one of the premium channels so they could leave in the dirty stuff.

[Rombles]

I recently read a book called Dragonkeeper, set in ancient China, about a slave-girl who becomes the keeper of the last imperial dragon.  Great story, I read it in one (very late!) night, and all I could think of through it was how much I would love to see Weta do a dragon.

[plan9superfan]

That book sounds like a rip-off of the movie "Dragonheart", only set in China...

[onionhead]

Or how about the dictionary?

[Andrew]

What I can think of are mostly short stories.  A number of them could be turned into interesting movies, but the choice of directors would matter a lot.

The Man Who Walked Home - maybe Luc Besson

Slime - no idea, maybe John Carpenter as he was in the mid 1980s.

Days of Solomon Gursky - Spielberg, oddly enough.

[Vermin Boy]

ELECTRIC JESUS CORPSE, by Carlton Mellick III - The story of Jesus and his disciples, set in a post-apocalyptic future overrun by zombies. The book is separated into 12 interweaving stories, one for each disciple, each of whom has some sort of quirk (Judas is an alien zombie-killer, Thaddeus is a hardcore punk, John is a pimp), and most of whom hate Jesus (who himself is a disco stud). It'd obviously attract controversy, and would probably have to be scaled down for an inevitably low budget (the book is something like 500 pages, though its tough to say, as they aren't numbered), but it has the potential to be a true b-classic. I definitely recommend tracking down the book-- it's one of the most hilariously messed-up books I've read in a while.

[loyal1]

You know what book would make a cool moveie...how about Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris or maybe that book by MJario Puzo...what's the name of it agin?  Oh yes The Godfather.  That would be a good movie, but I think they should cut out that stuff about sunny's mistress Lucy and her big box and that affair with the doctor.  Then it would be a perfect adaptation!

But in all seriousness, I would actually like to see Brainchild done by John Saul.  And I would LOVE to see a really great adaptation on Phillip K. Dick's life.

[loyal1]

"Joshua Son on None" I read it in high school about 14 years ago it begins the day JFK was shot and some doctors keep apart of his brain and clone him, and try to raise him EXACTLY the same way as JFK....interesting book really, I should read it again.

[odinn7]

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