Books that should be made into movies

[MsCali]

Mr. Cali and I are reading a book called "The Arcanum" right now, and it definitely should be made into a movie! The premise is that real historical figures) Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini, and HP Lovecraft among a couple others) are involved in a secret society (The Arcanum) that investigates things of the occult variety. In this story, they are trying to stop a madman from destroying the world. The writing is just so descriptive and exciting, this really must become a movie one day.

Another book I would love to see made (um...remade, sort of) into a movie is The Club Dumas. It was made into a movie starring Johnny Depp (The Ninth Gate), but they only used about half the plot for that, and it sucked. And as much as I love Johnny Depp, he was the wrong person to play the title character (much like Tom Hanks starring in The Davinci Code - which was a great plot but a terrible book - I don't think Dan Brown is a talented enough writer to approach that subject line).

Other books that are being made into movies that I am excited about:
The Davinci Code (depsite my statements above, Ron Howard is directing, and I hold out faith that he can save it)
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - if you haven't read this series, I highly recommend it! It's funny and entertaining, and easy to read. They showed a "preview" (you know, the kind that says, "We want you to know we're making this movie, but we don't have any actual footage yet") when I went to see National Treasure...I am probably more excited about this movie than anything else that I know is currently in production (including Pirates of the Carribean 2).

So, what about everyone else?

[The Movie Mark]

MsCali said:

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - if you haven't read this series, I highly recommend it! It's funny and entertaining, and easy to read. They showed a "preview" (you know, the kind that says, "We want you to know we're making this movie, but we don't have any actual footage yet")

So, what about everyone else?

You're thinking of a "teaser."

As for books I'd like to see turned into movies, well, I think Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire Star Wars trilogy would've been great sequels to the original trilogy. But that'll never happen.

And I really wish Larry McMurtry's Comanche Moon would be made into a miniseries. It's the final book in the Lonesome Dove series.

There's another book I read a while back that I was thinking would be a good movie, but I can't remember the title. I'll get back to you...

[MsAng]

I have a book that should be a movie that I can't remember as well... and I've been thinking for a day now. Bad, brain, BAD!

I remember a long time ago when I read Larry McMurtry's "Pretty Boy Floyd" that he wanted it to be a movie and they were discussing it, but it never happened. I read in an article that Larry wanted Leo to play floyd. Ick ick ick. Ryan Gosling would be a good choice now though!
I think one that I liked was "stardust" by Neil Gaiman. Sort of a fantasy fairy tale type story for adults. Could make an interesting movie, maybe animated. It was a good book at least.

[Laronda]

The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve is a wonderful book. I loved to see it made into a movie. Starring Josh Bolin!
Laronda ;D

[Rhiannon]

Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series. I heard once that they were looking into making it a mini-series, but that didn't materialize.

PotC2? that doesn't get you excited? Bloody hell!

[MsCali]

Oh, PoTC2 DOES get me excited:) Just not as much as Hitchhikers Guide:)

This past Sunday they were casting extras for PoTC2 somewhere around the knitting shop where I work in Hollywood. Stupid people showing up for it took all the street parking and I had to pay $10 to park in a lot for 4 hours! Stupid people! And stupid parking lot doubling the normal parking fee!

On the plus side, I would have blown off work if I had known about the casting call ahead of time. Apparently they were going to be flying all the extras to the Bahamas for the filming. No wonder so many people showed up! (and I should have known something was up when I was driving down Hollywood Blvd. and saw a couple people dressed as Pirates. But I didn't really think twice about it...after all, it was Hollywood Blvd.!)

[Rhiannon]

Geez... why didn't you blow off work as well and try to be an extra? That would have rocked.

You could have brought me along as well

[MsCali]

Ah, see, I was running the shop by myself that day, and I couldn't seem to convince my customers to leave! Besides, I had a hot pink tinsel christmas tree to set up:)