Which Multi-Book Series Would You Like To See As Films/Tv Series?

[Khephra]

Ringworld would be interesting.

[MoonAndSun]

1. I would like to see the William Monk mystery series by Anne Perry

and also the Amelia Peabody Emerson series. They are so well written about archeology and Eqyptian history.

[SiobhanClancy]

32. Who would you cast as Monk and Hester?

I love that series,too.

[MoonAndSun]

34. I'm not sure who would play them. I love William Monk, but

I was sure that Hester was going to end up with the Oliver the lawyer. Oh well!

Who do you think should play them?

[SiobhanClancy]

40. I think maybe Ciaran Hinds for Monk...

even though he's Irish,not English. He could portray the somewhat dark and brooding Monk,I think.
I don't know about Hester...can't think of anyone right now to play her. I like her character,but like you I thought she would end up with Oliver. I think Anne should have left Monk single...he still has large gaps in his memory,so maybe he already HAS a wife somewhere.

[MoonAndSun]

49. I was at an Anne Perry book signing here in Arizona

and she mentioned that she has a very big and shocking surprise for Monk in the next book. I wonder if you may be right about a wife in his past. Anne Perry has written a the first book in a new series about WWI. I haven't had a chance to read it, I may try and do it this weekend. It has to be as good as her other series.

What about Colin Firth as Monk? Maybe he is too cute to play him, thought.

[SiobhanClancy]

50. No Graves As Yet...

is the WWI book. It's very good,but totally different. I thought of Colin Firth too...I don't know if he'd be quite right for Monk,but I wouldn't mind seeing him try. He's a favorite of mine!

[MoonAndSun]

56. I do like Colin a lot, he's made some really good movies

lately. Have you seen Love Actually? I really liked that one, Colin's bit was really nice.

Maybe Gwenyth Paltrow for Hester? She's so thin she would at least look like what the character has been described as looking like. And she does have experience doing a British accent.


PS: It's nice to know there are other Monk fans. None of my friends have even heard of Anne Perry, if you can believe that!!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

59. Count me as another

Anne Perry fan.

When I talked to her at a book signing in Portland, I asked whether she would ever bring characters from one of her series into the other. The question was prompted by an incident in which Pitt was injured and an older woman ran out of the crowd to see whether he was all right. I wondered momentarily whether it was Hester, although it turned out not to be.

Anne Perry said that she had never though of having characters from the Monk series visit the Thomas and Charlotte series, but that it was worth considering. So far she hasn't done anything with it, though.

[SiobhanClancy]

68. That's a neat idea...

It would be cool to see the older Monks pop up in the Pitts life 30 years later. I also so wish Anne would move the Pitts forward a few years and bring their children into the mix a little...might make for some interesting story lines.
I read recently that she is doing a book set in an earlier era when grande dame Great-Aunt Vespasia was a young woman. That ought to be interesting:)

[Melodybe]

44. I have always thought that Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card would rule!

[Salviati]

45. here you go...

http://www.frescopictures.com/movies/ender/endersgame_update.html

[Sagan]

2. Mine

The O'Brian books (Master and Commander) done RIGHT.

The Pelbar Cycle by Paul O. Williams

And yes, Ringworld would be majorly kewl.

[Khephra]

3. Anita Blake anyone?

Buffy with a harder edge and a lot more gunpower?

[Kellanved]

18. tough as nails

Yes, the first few Blake books would be cool. Or the World of Darkness setting (although it is practically identical to Underworld)

[Khephra]

24. Who would you cast as Anita?

She has to be able to be short and wear LONG TALL heels and fight.

:-)

[SiobhanClancy]

4. The "Irish Century" series by Morgan Llewelyn

so far,"1916","1921" and "1949". The next one due is "1969". These books are wonderful examples of historical fiction,well-researched with vivid charcterizations. The story of the development of modern Ireland,with the fascinating historical personages and believable fictional ones,would make an excellent film/miniseries.

[WilliamPitt]

5. The Gunslinger

[DrWeird]

6. Who would you cast?

nt

[WilliamPitt]

11. See post 8 for Roland

I'd have to think about the rest. I can't remember her name - the woman who played Tina Turner - would make a badass Detta Walker.

[Khephra]

14. I'm honored that you agree

I've only read the first two books, but I always saw Chris in the role.

[DrWeird]

20. I was thinking Alfre Woodward as Susannah.

maaybe Walken as Roland, too disconcerting.

Depp would make a great Eddie. But there's somebody else that must be better, can't think of the name though.

[Khephra]

8. Chris Walken!

[wickerwoman]

27. Viggo Mortensen or Liam Neeson would be badass Rolands.

They're the only two modern actors I can think of who could pull off the mid '40s paladin/cowboy thing without making me want to puke at all the square-jawed posturing. Chris Walken is a fantastic actor but a little too old and little too small for Roland.

Nick Moran from Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels for Eddie if he can do a decent American Accent. Johnny Depp in a pinch.

[SOteric]

43. Roland:

[DrWeird]

7. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

Easy to screw up, but so was LOTR.

[Khephra]

9. good one...

Mouser would probably be easier to cast than Fafhrd. Although, I know a guy in real life that looks just like him.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Belgeriad and Mallorean!

I've long wished that I was an established director, so that I could get to do those books as a series of ten movies. That would be totally cool!

Judi Dench as Polgara, that's for sure.

[Sagan]

13. You could do one series with those..

They're EXACTLY alike. :)

I picture Polgara as a lot younger than Dame Judi. But good call on the Belgariad.

[wickerwoman]

33. Great picks!

When Viggo is done with the Dark Tower series he could play Sparhawk.

[soleft]

12. Karen Armstrong's auto biographies

"Through the Narrow Gate"
and
"Beginning the World"

[Khephra]

15. Elric?

Anyone have any good picks for Elric?

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Oh, yeah - Elric would make a great movie (or set thereof)

Maybe Bowie could play him.

Perhaps Johnny Depp, though that might be pushing it.

Or Orlando Bloom.

But I'd still perfer Bowie.

Or if you just wanted to go way off script, either Brando or Ellen Degeneres.

[Khephra]

23. I guess I have to throw Manson in there too.

[DrWeird]

25. Well he's got the look, can he act?

We'll see. They're already making the movies. They're saying they'll release it as a trilogy.

[BrotherBuzz]

16. Travis McGee

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. The whole Foundation series

beginning with I, Robot.

But at least the actual Foundation trilogy and the books after it (can't think of the name)

[Khephra]

26. I robot is being "made" right now

Although it has no bearing to the orignial work/

[jus_the_facts]

88. Yes Yes YES.....Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Robot series.....

...I concur...all his short stories would make an outstanding tv series of shows as well!!!

I LOVE EVERYTHING ASIMOV!! He was a genius in every sense of the word!



...taken much to soon RIP ISAAC!! :loveya:

[HawkerHurricane]

89. TV series: "Tales of the Black Widowers"!

It would make a great sitcom/mystery series.

[jus_the_facts]

92. Absolutely....with lot'o'his dirty limericks thrown in.....

:thumbsup: :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. Little House on the Prairie?

That would be SOOOOO cool.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

60. It WOULD be cool IF

they did it right the next time.

I thought the TV series was a travesty.

[Rabrrrrrr]

65. Maybe if they had their own terminator

Then that obbnoxious nelly would last but one episode.

[Character Assassin]

22. The whole Hyperion/Endymion series.

[Khephra]

28. Fuck yeah!

Blow everyone's mind!

[Character Assassin]

31. The Shrike could be that robot from Disney's 'The Black Hole'

Kidding.

The interplay in time would be tough to put down on film, esp. with the first book in the series, most of it all being recollections.

[Kellanved]

36. There are rumors about an upcoming Hyperion movie

so maybe...

[NightTrain]

29. The "Burke" series by Andrew Vachss

Although I can't imagine a Burke movie getting less than an NC-17 rating. Suffice it to say, Andrew Vachss' books add an entirely new dimension to the hardboiled genre!

[Kellanved]

30. not exactly a series

But every Neal Stephenson novel would make a fine movie. He repeatedly showed Crichton how a High-Tech novel ought to be done.

Or Discworld- although it's probably not possible.

Vorkosigan as Space-soap;

Dragon-Crown-War or Malazan Book of The Fallen, if another fantasy saga gets done.

Star-Wars NJO (or the sequels by Zahn): Star Wars, as it would have been continued in an ideal world.

Wladimir Kaminer's Berlin stories as an obscure foreign movie.

[SPQR]

35. LeGuin's Earthsea books.

I heard a long while ago that the SciFi channel was doing them, but i've heard nothing since. Anyone know anything about it?

[Character Assassin]

37. Oh, and 'Windhaven' by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle

The flight scenes would be most excellent.

[terrya]

38. Gore Vidal's history of the United States from "Burr" to "The Golden Age"

I'd love to see a series of films based on these.

[SiobhanClancy]

42. I would,too

Excellent,excellent books. That series would be epic.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

61. 1876 would be especially a propos

:-)

[bearfartinthewoods]

39. the chronicles of url lord thomos covenant

it's about redemption.

[MrSlayer]

41. Dragonlance (TSR)

Cronicles and Legends would crush with the right cast and budget.

[Nlighten1]

58. Weiss and Hickman

Are two of my favorite authors. I would love to see this come to film but I am afraid it would get made poorly.

[omshanti]

80. oh yeah! good one!!

Who would you cast?

[Rabrrrrrr]

46. The Bible?

Averaging one book a week....

That could be cool!

And not done in a religious righty way, either, but something accurate and critical (by critical meaning, intelligent, not criticizing like "that sucks") while still being sensitive to the faith traditions that claim it (except, of course, the righty wingnuts).

[Rabrrrrrr]

47. The Coldfire Trilogy!

Can't believe I didn't think of it until now.

Gerald Tarrant is a most AWESOME and incredible villain/hero.

Damn fine writing in the books, too.

And exceptional series that goes beyond fantasy, and almost - but not quite - is more philosophical.

If you've not read, you must.

[flamingyouth]

48. Dianne Day's Fremont Jones mysteries

Probably just a movie - maybe a cable series like Monk on USA.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

51. A PROPER Ringworld by PJ Farmer

[Richardo]

62. You mean "Riverworld", Billy_Pilgrim?

I LOVED those books in Jr. High. What a concept. :thumbsup:

[bmbmd]

69. I saw "To your Scattered Bodies Go"

on SciFi the other day-with Brad Johnson(Left Behind). It was pretty awful.

[Frodo]

71. Actually, Niven's Ringworld could be great too.

I hadn't considered that. Many of his "Known Universe" timeline stories could work well.

[Frodo]

72. OK. Just noticed that was part of the original post thread post.

So I'll just say "I agree"

[SheilaT]

52. The Laura Ingalls Wilder books

starting with Little House in the Big Woods, and going all the way through to These Happy Golden Years. Not the drivel that was on TV.

Norah Lofts wrote a magnificent trilogy a house in England: The Town House, The House at Old Vine, and The House At Sunset. You'd actually have to do a good 8 hour miniseries to make it work right.

She wrote many books (probably 30 or more) which have overlapping characters, nearly all set in or near a fictitious town of Baildon, somewhere in Southeast England. She also wrote what was probably the first novel ever about the Donner Party, called The Winter Harvest. Sadly, nearly all of her books are out of print.

Harry Turtledove has written several series of books that would make great movies/miniseries. One starts with the premise that the South won the Civil War. Another series has this planet being invaded by aliens in the early part of WWII.

[HawkerHurricane]

53. Is it just me, or are most of these pick Science Fiction?

Which is good, because my picks...

Foundation Trilogy (hard to do, very intelectual and wordy)

Honor Harrington by David Weber(easy to do, but hard to do right. Harder still to cast, you need a tall oriental woman with a soprano voice)

Oath of Swords and War God's Own (also Weber)(will there be a third book?)

Mutineer's Moon, The Armageddon Inheritance, and Heirs of Empire by David Webber

The Myth series by Robert Aspirin (Funny!)
And Phule's Company also by Aspirin

[SiobhanClancy]

54. That would explain why....

I haven't heard of most of these...and I'm a very prolific reader:)

[Rabrrrrrr]

66. Aspirin's Myth series! Yes, those would be cool!

Wow, haven't thought of those in years. I really to re-read them, now that I'm older. I read them as a teenager, so I'm sure I missed a lot of the humor even though I still found them quite funny.

[Khephra]

83. Asprin, after many years of extreme stuggles

has started writing again. The Myth books are now back in print in TPB collections with 3 books (I think) to each TPB. I heard the first new Myth book wasn't that good, but I also heard that he's been getting better with each new one. The poor guy had some major personal and financial troubles that almost drove him to the brink, from what I've heard.

[0rganism]

55. Lloyd Alexander's "Chronicles of Prydain"

What with Harry Potter already underway and LOTR completed, this series is ripe for the plucking.

[Ramsey]

57. The Kushiel's Trilogy

By Jacqueline Carey. What great fanatasy books!!

Of course, it would have to be X-rated, but it would be incredible!!


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765342987/qid=1069819647/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/002-2579329-0236825

[Feanorcurufinwe]

63. Nine Princes in Amber

[Richardo]

64. I'd vote for "Foundation"

Asimov :thumbsup:

[jus_the_facts]

97. Indeed!!!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: waaaaaay UP! :)

[TXlib]

67. Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, and Chronicles of Narnia

[Khephra]

85. Mars is being made for the Sci-Fi channel

.

[Frodo]

70. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

No, it hasn't been made yet. Those are wonderfull, thoroughly engaging and enjoyable movies... but they aren't the same story.

While I'm on it, Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" was a favorite years ago and the movie was AWFUL. He had six or eight books that could make great films.

Asimov's "Foundation" series definitely gets a vote too.

[HawkerHurricane]

73. I concur about Heinlien

The children's books from the 1950's would make great movies.

One Heinlien book was made into a movie during his lifetime: Rocket Ship Galileo.
Then, they tooke his book 'Space Cadet' and made a truly awful TV series from it.
After his death, they made 'The Puppet Masters' (close to the original, but poor acting and direction killed it) and 'Starship Troopers' where the director used a gawdawful script to make a point about facism that had nothing to do with the book. Using a blond (bland) white guy for the starring role when Hienlien's book made him a Philipino...

[Frodo]

77. I agree. (But don't call them "children's books"

I still pick one up on occasion.

I never saw Rocket Ship Galileo, was it under the same title?
Puppet Masters wasn't too bad, but didn't do him justice. And "Troopers' bears NO relationship to the story. The idea was ONE trooper to hundreds of "bugs", NOT three guys with machine guns to ONE bug. It was all about the interpersonal relationships (replaced in the film with a singe sex scene) and Heinlein's experience at the Naval Academy being "turned into a man".

Add your points and REALLY BAD acting (was that Doogie Howser?)...

Some of his longer/later works would be hard to produce, but I'd love to see someone try "Stranger".

"Door into Summer" could be updated and still work.

[HawkerHurricane]

81. Lots of his stuff could work

Stranger would be very hard, and too few people would get it and the Religious Reich would throw screaming fits.
Likewise "Job, a comedy of justice".
Also "If this goes on..."
RAH didn't like religious fanatics.

The movie "Starship Troopers" was a monster/facism story with Hienlien's character names pasted on. Juan Rico as an Anglo really annoyed me. 'Dizzy' Flores turned from a minor character into a major character (and female) was nothing in comparison. Killing off his father... Making his teacher into his commanding officer... a battlefield commision instead of OCS... weapons that looked like they were bought army surplus instead of the high tech 'suits'... I could go on.

[theemu]

91. I actually liked Starship Troopers

I never read the books, because I don't like Heinlein, but the movie was a fantastic parody of jingoistic/propaganda war movies and socialist realism. I think it's great, then, that the filmmakers used the text of a known fascist to create such a blistering satire.

It's probably Verhoeven's best film since Robocop, another great political satire in the guise of a mindless action flick.

[HawkerHurricane]

95. I wondered when someone would say this.

"Hienlien the Fascist". Mention RAH to a group of liberals, and someone will trot this chestnut out.

Hienlien wrote some things, predicting with disapproval the late 60's anti war movement. So, he must be a fascist.

He also wrote, predicting with disapproval, the rise of the Religious Reich. Does that make him a socialist?

One consistancy of RAH's writing is the belief that, except for national defense, the government should stay out of other peoples business. A very libertarian position. So, is he a libertarian?

So, you never read any of his writings. So HOW DO YOU KNOW!

And, if you had ever read Starship Troopers (something that Verhoeven admitted he hadn't either), you'd know how little the movie had to do with the book. Like the fact that the hero, Juan 'Johnny' Rico was a Tagalog speaking Phillipino from Manila, not a English speaking Anglo from Buenos Aires. The script was written and couldn't be sold, so the writers re-wrote it using Hienlien's character names and sold it as "Starship Troopers". It has as much in common with the original story as George Bush has with Bill Clinton (they were both president, and lots of people don't like them).

[Frodo]

96. Anyone who studied HeinLein could never think those things

He was actively against the fascists and the communists.

Besides, the man who invented the waterbed can't be all bad?

[theemu]

74. the Lymond Chronicles

I used to be such a nerd over those Dorothy Dunnett books, especially The Lymond Chronicles, which was this six part historical series about the brother of a Scottish landowner who travels Europe (including France, Russia, Malta) and finds all sorts of intrigue and adventure.

[thom1102]

75. Terry Brooks, Shannara Series...

Lots of people think it is a total Tolkein ripoff, but I think it is unique in a lot of different aspects, and I find them totally enteraining and gripping. I hate when he starts a new tale in the series because once I finish the book, I can't wait for the next to come out.

[bif]

76. Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials"

If you haven't read "The Golden Compass"(the first in the trilogy) and you're into intelligent Sci-Fi, you really need to check this out.

[Khephra]

84. Being made.

I don't know if they have a director yet.

[LanternWaste]

78. Chronicles of Narnia, Screwtape Letters, To Serve Them All My Days

C.S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia". BBC did a few of the books about 20 years ago, and though the acting was nice and one could tell the director had his heart in the right place, the budget simply could not keep up with the locations and SFX.

Seeing, "The Screwtape Letters" would be nice, too. Though it may be a hard one to translate to film unless the script allowed the VO actors to be the stars. It would also require as much exposition as dialogue and most movie goers don't like that sort of thing.

R.H. Delderfield's, "To Serve Them All My Days". Loved the book and it would make a wonderful film, but I think too many people would simply see it as a knock-off of "Goodbye Mr. Chips"

Martin Cruz Smith's "Red Square" (same author of Gorky Park).

[Khephra]

87. C.S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia".

Being made in NZ with WETA, the same effects crew that did LotR.

[Uzybone]

94. another vote for Narnia here

I grew up with those stories. Theyd be everybit is interesting and captivating as LOTR.

[omshanti]

79. The Amelia Peabody Series, and The M. Didius Falco series

By Elizabeth Peters and Lindsay Davis, respectively.


Two of the funniest, wittiest, smartest detectives around :-)
Preferably I'd like to see them on Mystery! on PBS>
don't know who I'd cast... maybe Colin Firth as Emerson, but I just can't think of any actor who would embody Peabody.

[geniph]

82. Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series

it's PERFECT for a TV miniseries.

[dorktv]

86. Xanth, Discworld, and the Heralds of Valdemar.

Especially the last...teach the idiots in charge of the country about behaving right to the general populace.

[proud patriot]

90. "The Witching Hour" Series by Anne Rice ... Spans Centuries

would be very cool

[tom_paine]

93. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever