books into future films ...

[CV]

3 books that could be made into great postmillenial films with class special effects ( and we need a few good uns dont we) ....

Martin Amis - london fields
N Stephenson - cryptonomicon
Mirukami - the wind up bird chronicle

[ORION]

YEAH, AND WHAT ABOUT THE SUPER_COLLIDER INSTRUCTION MANUEL BY JAMES MCCARTNEY ...

[V Knid esq]

What's happened to the long-promised Chris Cunningham Neuromancer? I heard talk recently that the possibility had been revived.

[deccard]

i´m still waiting for a big budget movie of a cool stanislaw lem book.

[deccard]

no cunningham-esque neuromancer? damn.
i hope neil gaiman gets his movie finished.

[V Knid esq]

Originally posted by deccard
i´m still waiting for a big budget movie of a cool stanislaw lem book.

It's happening! Solaris is getting remade... I can't remember the director, but it's an established hollywood feller, I keep thinking Jim Jarmusch, but it's not him...

[deccard]

solaris? hm not one of my favourite books of lem. too much classic sci-fi and not enough of da real lem.
i mean that was one of his earlier works.
"peace on earth" would be more interesting to watch as "solaris" i guess.

[aleks]

i think the guy who made oceans 11 is going to remake solaris..don´t know his name.

[cmarakasu]

Haruki Murakami - the wind up bird chronicle

god, how i loved that book.
i even have a cat named
noboru wataya.

not sure how it would
work as a movie,
but then,
i had similar
approbations
about
naked lunch...

[ferris]

I went to see Minority Report the other night, one of the previews was a 30 second preview of "SOLARIS" directed by James Cameron... There were some fancy stars in it but i forget who...
Ugh, we are doing hollywoods bidding by building hype! arghrwgoi;!

Here is the previews link:
Link to Solaris Preview (http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/solaris/)

[Chejai]

I'd like to see more Tom Robbins books get made into films. Man can that guy make up the most outragreous metaphors/similes/anecdotes or what..................kills me every time!!

[Lonesome George]

for a long time ive thought 'brave new world' should be updated and put on the silver screen


on another side track went to see the Mexican film 'Y tu mama tam bien', wow, this is one not to miss, Mexico will be the savior of the Ameican film industry (even if they cant play football antmore)

[lucid rinehead]

Ringworld - Larry Niven

definately classic sci-fi

[deccard]

stranger in a strange land or friday from robert a. heinlein.
more interesting than some niven stuff i think. i liked niven and read 3 ringworldbooks but it just some short time fun. i always missed some different/deeper layers of the stories.

[lucid rinehead]

yep, perfect hollywood fodder...good story, maximum special effects/cool tech potential and minimum content.

btw i think i see some of Louis Wu in Ford Prefect...?

[abi]

The Magus -John Fowles. With the special effects avalible today, amazing things could be done with this story.

[Hiro]

Deccard:

What Neil Gaiman piece is being made into a movie?

Will Dave Mckean be involved on the visual side? I really enjoy his style.


+ For the sake of discussion: Who would be good, in your opinions, for the book -> film transfer, by way of audio and visual-

Cryptonomicon
director:?
Soundscore:?

(I'm just curious to see what sort of style various people keep for the inner translation).

[deccard]

good omens by neil gaiman and terry pratchett.
the film will be directed by terry gilliam who made some very cool movies but as i read they don´t have enough money yet.
i didn´t read the book i must say. i´m more into gaiman´s comics.

[mattp]

Anything by Jeff Noon would be interesting .... I'd have no idea how Vurt and Pollon would translate in to film ... But Needle In The Groove could be a bit special .... especially with a S_C soundtrack

[lucid rinehead]

Good Omens is excellent; funny as fuck and a little bit disturbing too. I can't wait to see what Terry Gilliam does with it.

[aleks]

barbeque´n with bobby seale would definitely be a great movielol

[Sheridan]

aleks the guy who did oceans 11 (remake) is steve soderburgh (spell check).
he did traffic, sex lies and videotape, and erin brokvich.

[invisibleplanet]

I would like to see 'the watchmen' (comic book) by Alan Moore. I believe it was being made into a film some time ago, but i haven't heard anything more on this!

Also, the banned comic-book 'Brought to Light' (http://www.codexbooks.co.uk/brou.html) (but i haven't heard the soundtrack to this...

and also Isaac Asimov's 'Foundation'

ok - that's the dark stuff over with *g

i'd like to see also, Paolo Coehlo's 'The Alchemist' made into a film

and also any book by Terry Pratchett!

[M H]

"Brave new world" Aldous Huxley...

But NOT hollywood style, should be true to the core in a kind of old 1940 science fiction film but with 21st century technology.....

[owain_k]

Would like to see a filmic translation of Albert Camus' "The Outsider"
(L'etranger), could be interesting.

[invisibleplanet]

yes, I think most of all, this book by Huxley deserves to be made, and made soon, for all of it's comments on soma, castes, and cloning, propanganda, state programming are relevent to our existence.

perhaps the coen brothers would be a good choice for this film???

[Yer_Maw]

Originally posted by M H
"Brave new world" Aldous Huxley...

But NOT hollywood style, should be true to the core in a kind of old 1940 science fiction film but with 21st century technology.....

unfortunatly brave new world was made into a straight to tv holywood peice of crap about 5 years ago. it was so poor.

house of leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski would make an amazing film, would have to be done well though.

[baba]

Solaris has already been a film for years and years. I haven't read the book but I've seen Tartovsky's film several times. Its very haunting - makes everything go all quiet and 'ooo' when I think about it. very long though and slow and arty in a lovely wierd way.
erm - i can't think of any books i want as films apart from James Ellroys 'The Black Dahlia' -

[filthydave]

@deccard - stranger in a strange land was being made, in 2000 it was still in the script stage (http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/strangerinastrangeland.html) but scott rudin's producing it based on the unedited version (which i've still to read) tho they've not stayed completely true by the sounds of it
hope it gets finished it'd be a fantastic film to see!

@mattp - i reckon vurt would work if gilliam directed it!

personally i think spares or only forward by michael marshall smith would make great films

brave new world only if its done metropolis stylee!

[LEFTHANDLOU]

Man Oceans 11 was fucking terrible, the original was so good, I hope he does a better job with Solaris.

I would like to see Bukowski's PULP made into a movie, Colorful language, hot girls, and lots of booze......Need i say more

[deccard]

@filthydave: cool. that was heinlein´s best book.

@lefthandlou: the guy who made oceans 11 gonna make solaris? oh no. why don´t they get some fresh people with new ideas before hollywood turns them into something i don´t have words for?
fightclub/fincher made panicroom: have they lobotomized him?

[ischo]

hollywood just tends to repeat itself....

look up north, great movies coming from scandinavia.
anyone see "in china essen sie hunde" --> in china they eat dogs

[Irrungenwirrungen]

Patrick Susskind's 'Perfume'

[Sheridan]

gabriel garcia marques: one hundred years of solitude.

[LEFTHANDLOU]

Catcher in the Rye,,,,,,,,,,,Actually you would have thought that they would have already made that into a movie by now....Have they...I think not....but it would be a good one.......Actually i hope they don't

[Orang Utan]

I'd love to see a film of The Wasp Factory made by Lynne Ramsay, though it would be difficult to keep the shocker denoument a secret.
Last month I would have said Morvern Callar but lo! it appeared as if by magic with a cracking soundtrack to boot.
Bret Easton Ellis's Glamorama would be interesting but difficult to film too as would be Eco's Foucault's Pendulum.

[mandal]

i'd like to see franz kafka's DER PROZESS. would be perfect for jonny depp. guess this guy max brod or one of his family still has the rights for all of kafka's stories.

[emef]

i`d quite like to see 'the secret history' by donna tartt as a film.
i think it would make a nice nospecialefxee movie.

[mandal]

robert anton wilson's ILLUMINATUS ....the right film at the right time..

ottfried preußler's KRABAT...in a splatter version

[decadnids]

a scanner darkly by philip k dick is currently being made...

it is an amazing book, i hope the film is good. keanu reeves is in it tho... :(

[mandal]

anyone has all 4 parts of the PIEFKE SAGA by felix mitteretr at home??? need it badly.