A lot of people have books they really like that weren't made into movies. Of course a lot of people hate it when books are made into bad movies.
My favorite book is Rendevous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. He's most famous for writing 2001: A Space Odyssey. Rama is about a huge spaceship that comes into the solar system and the crew sent to investigate it. Some of the imagery it presents is outstanding. I've heard about it getting made into a movie for years but it never happened. I think part of the reason was it would have been really expensive to do it right with the special effects that were available. With the very effective special effects now available it could be done I would imagine.
Anyone else have any favorite books they would like to see made into movies?
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I think it would be hard to do, but I would love to see John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces made into a movie .. I can't imagine who would direct it, but I would think it would have to a Southerner!
My first idea I just recently found is indeed already being into a movie, and that's Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. "The Golden Compass"/"Northern Lights" releases in 2007. My second idea is another Clarke novel, "Childhood's End". It'd be a challenge, but I think it would be worth it.
I'd like to see an adaptation of Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry. Call me a geek, but it's an amazing story. Very Tolkien-esque, although it's definitely not the same.
I run a film company Dagda Productions and have been tinkering with the Cuchulain character adapted into a screenplay from various sources but the best I found to be Ancient Irish Tales by Cross and Slover. The early Tuatha De Danann and later Fionn stories are collected in this as well.
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