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03 Feb 2016, 3:53 pm

Skulduggery Pleasant would make a quite good movie. At least the first book. If it has good special effects I think it could be better than The Hunger Games.


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03 Feb 2016, 8:33 pm

Any works by Kurt Vonnegut that have not been adapted for film or TV certainly would be great.


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03 Feb 2016, 8:46 pm

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apparently, after watching willy wonka and the chocolate factory (1971) dahl himself hated it forbid the production of a movie adaptation to the great glass elevator book.

which was a shame. the great glass elevator was among my favorite books as a kid and having loved tim burton's 2005 movie (unlike some people) i would have liked to see his interpretation of a sequel.

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You're not the only one who likes Tim Burton's adaptation of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Trust me. One of the things that really annoys me is when people refer to Burton's version as a "remake" of Willy Wonka when it's not. Even on the Wikipedia page for the movie it says that it's the second adaptation of the book. It often seems like people want to just ignore the fact that the book even exists. But enough about that. Here are some of my ideas for books that should be made into movies.

Maximum Ride: A series that I only came across recently but can already see plenty of potential for it to be put up on the big screen.

The WaterFire Saga: While the final book in this tetralogy (series of 4 books like Twilight except written better) doesn't come out until this summer, I've LOVED the first 3 books, Deep Blue, Rogue Wave, and Dark Tide and have had a hard time putting them down. I could see this being a very strong visual spectacle as it would bring to life these fantastical underwater kingdoms and the Merfolk that live in them. I have really high hopes that this will eventually become a movie series.


I just recently found out that the final book in The WaterFire Saga is titled Sea Spell. I'm looking forward to its release intently.



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04 Feb 2016, 8:54 pm

I wouldn't mind The Infernal Devices trilogy as a movie trilogy or a tv series, provided that it is done tastefully and true to the books.


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10 Feb 2016, 4:55 pm

The Adventures of Kavelier and Clay by Michael Chabon.


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30 Sep 2016, 12:24 pm

A few that I can think of are Twilight Eyes, by Dean Koontz, and Midnight, also by Dean Koontz.



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11 Oct 2016, 7:02 pm

One strange belief in regards to unsuccessful past attempts of adapting A Confederacy Of Dunces for film is that whoever is cast in the lead role will die before production begins. Can anyone explain this?


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13 Oct 2016, 8:09 pm

Anybody here read Anno Dracula by Kim Newman? (It was co-authored by Neil Gaiman even though his name doesn't appear on the cover.) One of my top three favorite vampire books. It would make a great movie.

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24 Oct 2016, 11:12 am

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24 Oct 2016, 6:34 pm

series:

Wolf Spring Chronicles by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguié
Ad astra trilogy by Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard & Anne Mette Sannes

movies:
172 hours on the moon by Johan Harstad
Ten by Gretchen MacNeil


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16 Nov 2016, 2:23 pm

Percy Jackson could have been the next Harry Potter, but, of course, they had to age Percy and co. I mean, why would young adults go to summer camp ? Anyway, it frustrated me so much when it came out, now it's just a sour disappointment. :hmph:



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16 Nov 2016, 4:54 pm

"Commoner the Vagabond" would make a good drama.

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16 Nov 2016, 5:23 pm

I would love to see movie versions of C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy.


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