maqroll Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Fiction, non-fiction, you name it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 'Weaveworld' by Clive Barker. It's in production and badly mauled already, if rumours are to be believed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 "The Passage" Justin Cronin "Black House" Stephen King 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Anything written by Chuck Palahniuk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I've always thought Ballard of a Whiskey Robber would make a good film ... trouble is i doubt anyone would believe the events are true they seem so far fetched ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted September 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2016 The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks) A decent, big budget version of Call of Cthulhu and At the Mountains of Madness (Lovecraft) Dolly (Susan Hill) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 10 minutes ago, Designer1 said: At the Mountains of Madness (Lovecraft) This may still happen. I'm glad the Tom Cruise led certificate 13 proposal didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 (edited) Oh good thread! Three come straight to mind, which have a variety of possibilities for adaptation and reasons why; I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Like most of his work, this is bonkers, but this story in particular - one of my favourites - is completely unfilmable. I don't really like that as a term usually, as I believe most things are. This though, is not. In any way. It's far more suited to being a video game, which it was. I'd still love to see an attempt though. It'd have to be animated, I guess. I think Cumberbatch would do a job as the voice of AM. Tiger! Tiger! / The Stars My Destination - Considered unfilmable it seems, but I think it could be make for a damned good screenplay. It's an old SF classic, and dated in some ways as a result, but it could make a great modern movie. Twists and turns, action set pieces, and one heck of a lead role. The Long Walk - Ripe for an adaptation, especially given the success of films like The Hunger Games and Battle Royale. The master of King adaptations, Frank Darabont, has the rights to a film, so if it happens it should be done properly, at least. Edited September 22, 2016 by hogso 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Foundation series by Azimov. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Anything by Sven Hassel, "Wheels of Terror" was OK back in the day but it could be so much better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 22, 2016 Moderator Share Posted September 22, 2016 This one IS being made into a film. Just hurry up already !! And please please please do it justice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2016 (edited) Good Omens. Guards! Guards! (Hopefully starting a Discworld Cinematic Universe that ultimately gives us adaptations of Night Watch, Reaper Man and Pyramids. And all the others.) Perdido Street Station. A Warren Ellis inspired Moon Knight. Captain Britain The Carpet People. Anything from Iain M Banks Culture series. Transition. A big screen version of the Crow Road. The Wasp Factory The Invisibles Edited September 22, 2016 by Chindie 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I don't read much at all, so I'd never read anything that was turned into a film until 'The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared'. Now I can finally say "the book was better". Never seen the film though. I've read American Gods too, so I'm looking forward to the TV show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Would probably be better as a HBO show than a film . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 5 hours ago, Chindie said: Good Omens. Guards! Guards! (Hopefully starting a Discworld Cinematic Universe that ultimately gives us adaptations of Night Watch, Reaper Man and Pyramids. And all the others.) Perdido Street Station. A Warren Ellis inspired Moon Knight. Captain Britain The Carpet People. Anything from Iain M Banks Culture series. Transition. A big screen version of the Crow Road. The Wasp Factory The Invisibles You are in luck, SyFy are supposedly making it as a Game of Thrones "killer" I'd like to see: The Stormlight Archives - Brandon Sanderson Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson The Wars of Light and Shadow - Janny Wurts Lightbringer - Brent Weeks Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan/Sanderson The Faithful and the Fallen - John Gwynne Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson Drenai Saga - David Gemmell Gentleman Bastards - Scott Lynch Codex Alera - Jim Butcher Dresden Files - Jim Butcher Red Rising - Pierce Brown Powder Mage - Brian McClellan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2016 14 minutes ago, V01 said: You are in luck, SyFy are supposedly making it as a Game of Thrones "killer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Lovecraft would be incredible. More so than just "he wrote some cool stories, let's get them on screen', they could do some really cool stuff with special effects for the old ones, it'd be incredible with the right budget. I'm vetoing the Dresden Files though, that needs to be a long running TV series, it'd be wasted on a few films! If I had to pick just one, it'd be Scalzi's Old Man's War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 20 minutes ago, Chindie said: I misread the thread title thought it said film/tv, Crossed out the ones I'd prefer as a TV series. 36 minutes ago, V01 said: You are in luck, SyFy are supposedly making it as a Game of Thrones "killer" I'd like to see: The Stormlight Archives - Brandon Sanderson Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson The Wars of Light and Shadow - Janny Wurts Lightbringer - Brent Weeks Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan/Sanderson The Faithful and the Fallen - John Gwynne Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson Drenai Saga - David Gemmell Gentleman Bastards - Scott Lynch Codex Alera - Jim Butcher Dresden Files - Jim Butcher Red Rising - Pierce Brown Powder Mage - Brian McClellan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 fantastic book with a great young female lead, yes its a 'young adults' book (I hate the name for that genre) post apocalyptic zombie's but the way it was written was brilliant and it would make for a great film another shout for the passage this book was **** made to be a film, Brad Pitt paid for the rights for the film before it was even released But L's and G's may I introduce you to From the bloke that directed bone tomahawk, this book has Tarrentino splattered all over it, **** fantastic it was, it would be a truly amazing film (if they cast it right) brilliant and an honourable mention for lord of the rings...oh wait a minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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