[Film] Books that you would like to be adapted for cinema

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Razzle

 

[anygivensunday]

Apparently it's currently being made by a director called Hillcoat, I hope he does it justice.

He directed The Road, another McCarthy novel so that makes sense. The last thing I saw of his was 'Lawless' with Tom Hardy which was ok but a little disappointing overall.

 

[BBassic]

There's a series of five books (it's actually eighteen but the main series is the first five) called 'Necroscope' about a bloke who can talk to the dead and has to fight a bunch of ancient vampires.

It's bloody brilliant reading. Just the right amount of B-movie schlock horror stuff.

Exactly the sort of series Netflix would commission and then cancel after one season.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

There's been talk of Robert Muchamore's CHERUB series being adapted for over 10 years now, but nothing has ever come of it. They did a decent job with Alex Ryder imho.

 

[TugWilson]

The Day after Roswell - Colonel Philip J. Corso

Mind blowing stuff , The Pentagons covert release of alien technology through private companies , such things as the microchip ,fibre optic cables and wires and night vision technologies .

 

[Blues Guitarist]

Further to the sci-fi films thing, I would love to see PKD's 'Ubik' made into a film.

A few people have had a pop at it to no avail.

I reckon there's a cracking MOVIE in there somewhere.

Agreed, one of my favourite books.

 

[albionfan37]

Birds of prey, would make a decent film I think. I absolutely love the book anyway

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Birds of prey, would make a decent film I think. I absolutely love the book anyway

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

One book that I've read recently, that IS being made into a film, and will be released in May next year is 'The Salt Path'

I'm planning to do that same walk (South West Coast path - it's approx 630 miles without any deviations)

Looking forward to it.

 

[Irate Ninja]

Any of Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels

 

[ken tiler]

Bloody Southerners by Spencer Vignes with Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall as Clough and Taylor (again). Mmm... who to cast as Pete Ward, Tony Towner and Sully etc?

 

[Falmer Flutter ©]

Any of my wife's. I'm not greedy, a couple hundred grand would suffice.

 

[Han Solo]

I'll take anything that isn't either some Swedish crime novel or one of a billion rewrites of Enuma elish.

 

[albionfan37]

That don’t look like a Wilbur smith classic to me

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

a few weeks ago I was reading Conclave by Robert Harris and thought “this could make a good film.

and it has been released as such a few days ago, and it is very good indeed.

 

[sparkie]

The 3 remaining unadapted books of The Expanse - Persepolis Rising, Tiamat's Wrath and Leviathon Falls.

 

[FamilyGuy]

The rest of (or even a better version of) the Narnia Series - starting with The Magicians Nephew, which is actually the first in the series (as I have often been heard to say).

 

[brighton terra]

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

 

[Is it PotG?]

Any of Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels

Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther novels are fantastic. Often described as Berlin Noir, they’re great stories set in the rubble of the immediate post-war period, when the city had been bombed, defeated and liberated from the Third Reich’s insidious grip.

Private detective Gunther is a great character, described by his creator Kerr (who sadly died in 2018) as “sardonic, tough-talking, and cynical”.

Now we’re (finally) getting an adaptation, thanks to Apple TV+.

Deadline says: “The untitled drama is based on Kerr’s final book Metropolis, which told the iconic detective’s origin story. Set in 1928, Metropolis follows newly promoted police officer Gunther in the intimidating elite Berlin Murder Squad, investigating what seems to be a serial killer targeting victims on the fringes of society. “

The site also says that Apple is kicking off with Gunther’s origin story but there is scope to adapt more ‘Berlin Noir’ books via the studio’s option.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Star Wars - the Intergalatic Bins Ship - several wookies, without the force or bots, get stranded in the ship but escape the bins smasher because, let's face it, that's a stupid way to die. I mean you would be better off having your dark-side-force son, Kylo Renn, kill you after getting saved by bots and your brother-in-law screaming into a comm.