Books you'd like to see turned into movies

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Assuming someone competent would do it...


Killing Pablo (Mark Bowden)
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy)
Bringing Down the House (Actually anything by Ben Mezrich would be great)

 

[BlancoNino]

I wrote a book last year called "Why I'm smarter than everyone else". I'd like to see myself make a movie out of it starring me.

 

[chuckywang]

Rule of Four

 

[esun]

Ender's Game

 

[stardrek]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
I wrote a book last year called "Why I'm smarter than everyone else". I'd like to see myself make a movie out of it starring me.

I think Noam Chomsky would play that role much better

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: stardrek

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
I wrote a book last year called "Why I'm smarter than everyone else". I'd like to see myself make a movie out of it starring me.

I think Noam Chomsky would play that role much better

Yeah he is an arrogant bastard.

 

[stardrek]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Yeah he is an arrogant bastard.

So true, so true.

 

[benliong]

Originally posted by: esun
Ender's Game

second that.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Assuming someone competent would do it...

Killing Pablo (Mark Bowden)
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy)
Bringing Down the House (Actually anything by Ben Mezrich would be great)

Isn't there already a Bringing Down the House movie? Perhaps it has nothing to do with that book?

 

[Legendary]

Another vote for Ender's Game.

 

[TheBDB]

Ringworld by Larry Niven

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Assuming someone competent would do it...

Killing Pablo (Mark Bowden)
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy)
Bringing Down the House (Actually anything by Ben Mezrich would be great)

Isn't there already a Bringing Down the House movie? Perhaps it has nothing to do with that book?

You're thinking of this movie... The one with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah.

Not the same thing... Not even close. I think it might be in the pre-production/concept stage right now under the title "21"

Edit: Here

 

[Brutuskend]

P.D.R.

Not that entertaining perhaps, but educational!

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Assuming someone competent would do it...

Killing Pablo (Mark Bowden)
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy)
Bringing Down the House (Actually anything by Ben Mezrich would be great)

Isn't there already a Bringing Down the House movie? Perhaps it has nothing to do with that book?

You're thinking of this movie... The one with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah.

Not the same thing... Not even close. I think it might be in the pre-production/concept stage right now under the title "21"

Edit: Here

I was thinking there's no way you could be talking about anything related to that movie.

Ah, ok, I have heard of what you're talking about, although I don't recall where I heard of it (I don't think the book was being referenced).

 

[dopcombo]

Second to "Ender's Game"

And also, anything written by Matthew Reilly. The man is a genius.

 

[Jinru]

Originally posted by: Legendary
Another vote for Ender's Game.

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Assuming someone competent would do it...


Killing Pablo (Mark Bowden)
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy)
Bringing Down the House (Actually anything by Ben Mezrich would be great)

It wouldn't go over well, IIRC - disgraced opponent of the US crashes jumbo jet full of fuel into Congress while in session.

My vote goes for something cyberpunkish - Snow Crash, Neuromancer, or Altered Carbon. (Movie rights have been purchased for the last)

 

[stardrek]

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz

It wouldn't go over well, IIRC - disgraced opponent of the US crashes jumbo jet full of fuel into Congress while in session.

My vote goes for something cyberpunkish - Snow Crash, Neuromancer, or Altered Carbon. (Movie rights have been purchased for the last)

Classic

 

[bluewall21]

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley.

 

[KLin]

War and Peace. Well maybe not. Some people might not like a 75 hour long movie .

 

[stardrek]

Originally posted by: KLin
War and Peace. Well maybe not. Some people might not like a 75 hour long movie .

It is was only slightly more then 3hours .
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049934/

 

[jupiter57]

Of course, my 2 favorite books of all time:
Chickenhawk, by Robert Mason
Chickenhawk: Back in the World, also by Robert Mason.

(They are true stories from a Helicopter Pilot in 'Nam. The first chronicles his enlistment and his tour of duty.
The second tells of his struggles after he comes home.)

 

[imported_Shivetya]

Dragonriders of Pern (Anne McCaffery)
The Black Company (Glen Cook)
The Amber Series (Roger Zelazny)
The Sten novels (Chris Bunch and Alan Cole)

 

[jlee]

Wheel of Time series (Robert Jordan)

Probably too difficult/long to put into movie form, though.

 

[ForumMaster]

another vote for Ender's Gmae. great book.