I'd love to see the last 3 books of The Expanse series made into a trilogy of movies.
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I would prefer at least 10 episode seasons, but I'd take anything at this point. The last 3 books were the best of them all, and that's with the first 6 being absolutely amazing as well.
Greatest series ever, I will die on that hill.
There are a couple really spectacular scenes that I really want to see visualized. In my head I extrapolated what the last 3 books would look like based on the series visualizations which made them like watching the show. That last scene with Draper though.. that would be a sight to behold.
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This whole thread is making me want to listen to the audiobooks all over again.
Let the ~~dark side~~ Expanse flow through you
The Culture series by Iain M Banks.
Though I am not sure how you would translate some of them (Excession...) into a visual story.
I honestly think that would ruin it for all the Culture fans. Much as I love Banksβ work, I like the movie of the books that Iβve produced in MY head more than what anyone else could make.
I'm kinda in this boat too. I'm glad Banks' estate didn't let the Amazon series go through. Something about a guy like Bezos hailing the books while being a billionaire capitalist egomaniac just makes me uneasy with the whole idea.
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They turned the inside the suit moments of Iron Man into pop culture. They could figure it out, I bet!
Bit of a normie but the Dark Tower series would be awesome. Mixing tons of genres, having very different locations to film in. It would be extremely expensive to produce.
The gunslinging of Idris Elba in the movie was nice but everything else wasn't.
Yeah. That movie was a disappointment. I love Idris Elba in everything he does, but that movie should not have been made lol
Mike Flanagan is making the TV series. It's been in the works for a year or so and has King's nod of approval on it. No casting has been solidified yet and stuff is of course currently halted due to the strikes, but it's currently a high priority project after Hollywood can start up again.
Redwall.
Do it in full photo realistic CGI; I want to see the beautiful castles and countryside, all the delicious food, and the gruesome battles in all their glory.
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Ursula le Guin anyone?
The Left Hand of Darkness might be interesting. The Word for Tree is Forest would likely get thought of as an odd Avatar clone. But The Dispossessed would probably never get made, people would find worth in the politics and abandon the megacorp making it.
Le Guin prose is exceptional and would be nearly impossible to bring to screen well. I'm sure it will be tried at some point. Maybe a dark horse, but I actually think The Lathe of Heaven might be the most adaptable. It's the simplest story and has plenty of room for exciting changes and visuals in a film.
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The Mars trilogy by KSR. I think 3 8 hour long episode seasons could work
And we were teased about it on the SciFi channel a bunch of years ago before they instituted cost savings measures.
Was going to say the same. They would make an amazing series of series.
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The Nights Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton. Not as a trilogy, though, this would have to be series, maybe three seasons per book.
Murderbot, but I don't think it could make the transition to film.
None.
I don't see what making a film or TV series adds to any book, all they ever seem to do is a disservice to the original story in the attempt to squeeze as much money from it as possible.
I'd rather more fully voice acted audiobooks were made staying more true to the original texts but adding that extra element to draw you in than just one narrator trying to differentiate characters with different voices.
I see your point. But if done right, the movie/show can be almost as good as the books (Fellowship of the Ring and One Piece). It just takes someone who loves the material being used or (in the case of One Piece) the creator watching over every step.
Maybe so but they are so few and far between, for me personally I can't think of an adaptation that I have really liked. I don't like The Lord of the Rings films that much but I actually dislike the books more in that case but I realise that I am an outlier with that opinion.
Yep. I wanted to mention Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series but it already has a stellar GraphicAudio adaptation.
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Robin Hobb's fantasy books would be interesting. Probably quite hard to adapt well though.
Anything to do with Pern. Some good high fantasy and tech mixed. Might be a harder sell to the general public. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonriders_of_Pern
The Brainship series (The ship who sang). This would go over well with the Star Trek, Star Wars fansbase, I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ship_Who_Sang
The Vorkosigan saga. This would also go well with the Star Trek/Wars fanbases. More political than Brainship series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorkosigan_Saga
The Dragearan books about Vlad Taltos by Steven Brust. Especially the first few. High fantasy mystery novels. This would be an easy sell, IMO. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Brust#Vlad_Taltos
This made me realize I haven't read any new books in a while.
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The Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick OβBrien. 21.3 books of amazing naval adventures, spy stuff, and survival. They made a movie with Russell Crowe but it doesnβt nearly capture the scope of the novels.
The Riftwar Cycle from Feist. Each series is a season. And even side-series, like The Empire trilogy.
It seemed like it was finally going to happen - someone even acquired the rights, after Feist knocked back offers over and over due to them not being a "good fit".
But, a year later, it fell apart.
Worm
https://parahumans.wordpress.com/
My attention span makes reading really hard. I read this from start to finish. It's well worth the read if you're into stories like it
I've always thought The Belgariad/Malloreon/prequels (David & Leigh Eddings) would make for an interesting anime. It's a very shonen kind of story and world.
The name of the wind.
Alastair Reynolds "Revelation Space" universe.
They'd only screw it up though.
Encyclopedia Brown
Dragonlance is a good one.
- Wheel of Time
- Mistborn
- The Uplift Saga
- The Alex Benedict Series
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I can't even imagine who might do them justice, but some of the books in Iain Banks' Culture series could be a real treat.
There actually was a 2008 animated Dragonlance movie with a good voice cast. But I hear it was terrible and I haven't forced myself to watch it.
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Abhorsen series by Garth Nix.
Three Body Problem/ Liu Cixin's Dark Forest goodness
It's being made by Netflix I think. I'm 2/3rds of the way through the books. I think it lends itself well to TV because the characters are only devices to move the plot along, rather than specific identities that you can invest in/relate to etc. Interested to see how it goes.
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Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake series Kim Harrison's Hollows series Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Piers Anthony Xanth
The Red Rising series is worth it.
Iβve just realised perhaps the Pleistocene series by Julian May could probably be pulled off, especially if using the original (to me) cover illustrations as visual βcanonβ.
Its not a series, just a standalone book but I would love to see a stop motion movie of the magnum opus. It's a book that was written by the makers of a stop motion short called the maker. I would love to see what they could do with a proper budget
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I'd love the Wayfarer's series to be a collection of short TV shows. They could do like 6 hour long episodes per book. It would great
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