Movies You Want to See Made

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

1. Hyperion Saga - this is the absolute top of my list. If you aren't familiar, the Hyperion Saga is a series of four books written by Dan Simmons. This is world building on an epic scale. If you like science fiction, but haven't read these books, you are missing out. I'm having a hard time finding a good summary, but it was the Hugo Award winner for 1990. Think Canterbury Tales meets HOLY CRAP AWESOME SCI-FI.



2. Rendevous with Rama - Written by the late, great Arthur C. Clarke, Rendevous with Rama is widely regarded as one of the best hard sci-fi novels of all time. "Set in the 22nd century, the story involves a fifty-kilometer-long cylindrical alien starship that enters Earth's solar system. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers, who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its mysteries." (Wiki)




3. Captain Planet - This isn't necessarily a movie I want to see as much as a movie I'm SHOCKED hasn't been adapted. With Hollywood so hungry for remakes, and the environment such a perpetually hot issue, combined with the current special effects technology, Captain Planet could end up as a pretty fun movie.

[rapidfire187]

I'd be all for a Fahrenheit 451 movie. I know there was one that was released back in the 60's, but that was over 40 years ago and could use a remake.

[Tapout]

[AriadosMan]

An adaptation of any of the Redwall books. Seems a logical direction to go after Narnia and Owls of Ga'Hoole.

[Young Game]

Jun 28, 2010 12:08:47 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

3. Captain Planet - This isn't necessarily a movie I want to see as much as a movie I'm SHOCKED hasn't been adapted. With Hollywood so hungry for remakes, and the environment such a perpetually hot issue, combined with the current special effects technology, Captain Planet could end up as a pretty fun movie.

William H. Macy IS Captain Planet!

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

Jun 28, 2010 12:36:45 GMT -5 AriadosMan said:

An adaptation of any of the Redwall books. Seems a logical direction to go after Narnia and Owls of Ga'Hoole.

I'd especially like a 2D animated film, but just out of personal preference. It might not be as commercially viable as a CGI version.

Just for the hell of it, I also wouldn't mind seeing a mainstream summer action film starring a gay male hero with a love interest (not played for laughs).

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Dinotopia - Flat-out my favorite book as a kid, it is the story of a man and his son shipwrecked on an island where man and dinosaur coexist and can talk to eachother. The pages of this book are filled with some of the best illustrations ever seen. They did a made for TV movie awhile back, but it was pretty terrible. I'd love to see this get a big budget treatment.





Uplift Universe - A series of books by David Brin. Man has successfully genetically engineered chimpanzees to be sentient and is almost finished with dolphins when first contact with aliens is made. "In the Uplift universe an intergalactic civilization called the Five Galaxies, comprising a multitude of sentient races, has existed for billions of years. This civilization is perpetuated by the act of Uplift, in which a "patron" species genetically modifies a non-sapient "client" species until it is sapient. The client species is typically indentured to its patron species for 100,000 years. A patron species gains considerable status, and patrons and clients often unite into powerful clans. Patron status can be lost due to extermination, or gross crimes against the galactic civilization." There are six books in the series, all fantastic.

[AriadosMan]

Adaptations of the van Gulik Judge Di stories. There is enough interest in the Chinese media market to do these well now.

[-Lithium-]

Jun 28, 2010 12:20:30 GMT -5 rapidfire187 said:

I'd be all for a Fahrenheit 451 movie. I know there was one that was released back in the 60's, but that was over 40 years ago and could use a remake.

Frank Darabont is going to do one. I think its suppose to come out in 2012...

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Live action Pokémon, and the Word and the Void series.

...hell, I want to be the one to MAKE those, never mind just see them.

[PaperStreetBrigade]

The Prophet Series by Isaac Duetscher, but the chances of someone making a trilogy of films based on the life of Trotsky is about a billion to one.

[bibboid]

I'd love to see a proper triffids movie. Not like that train wreck from the 60s.


And while we're on John Wyndham stories, how about Out Of The Deeps/The Kraken Wakes ?


The story of Felix the Scout would be awesome on the big screen.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

The rumor (which I believe has now been proven to be an urban legend) of Orson Welles making a Batman movie in 1946.

Also any of the Vampire Chronicles books except "Interview with the Vampire" need GOOD adaptations.

[appunk]

I would like to see a movie based on the comic Preacher it has been development hell for a long time HBO was going to turn into a series but backed out

[Push R Truth]

I'd love Lucas to just go ahead and make a CGI Shadows of the Empire Movie.

[BHB]

Jun 28, 2010 12:56:33 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

Dinotopia - Flat-out my favorite book as a kid, it is the story of a man and his son shipwrecked on an island where man and dinosaur coexist and can talk to eachother. The pages of this book are filled with some of the best illustrations ever seen. They did a made for TV movie awhile back, but it was pretty terrible. I'd love to see this get a big budget treatment.

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Yes. This had a series on Sky one which was pretty awful really.

[Sir Woodrow]

I want a Veronica Mars movie damn it

[The poster with no name]

He-Man done right this time.

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