The next books to film

[alohabear]

With "The Lord of the Rings", "Narnia"and "the Harry Potter" books all on the big screen ...what books would you like to see hit the Big Screen?

I would like to see Terry Brooks' "Shannara" or "Landover" novels be made into movies....comicbooks are not the only movie source.

[helen]

Would like to see Harry Turtledove's WorldWar series but that might entail either cutting out a lot of the characters or making this a TV series.

[kupomog]

Maybe Sabriel by Garth Nix and the rest of the Old Kingdom Trilogy...but I know I would piss and moan over any actress they chose for Sabriel, especially any popular/well-known actresses chosen just because they're popular/well-known. Even though I do kind of want it to happen, I'd be way touchy over it...

[Lalalinder]

I would like to see Hillary Clinton's book made into a movie.

[Albert]

Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time". Would be expensive, but.

[alohabear]

I would like to see Hillary Clinton's book made into a movie.
It already was....Mommy Dearest :D

[Lalalinder]

I guess I don't understand what you mean. Did Hillary adopt Chelsea? Was Hillary abusive toward Chelsea? Is Hillary a drunk? Were wire hangers involved?

[lavagal]

I guess I don't understand what you mean. Did Hillary adopt Chelsea? Was Hillary abusive toward Chelsea? Is Hillary a drunk? Were wire hangers involved?


Don't be coy Lalalinder girlie! It's that huge smear of lipstick, the pants, the, Oh I don't know, I don't get it either. My mom still signs her letters Mommy Dearest! She once threw a bunch of shoes at me while I was sleeping, one time she dragged me out of bed to empty the dishwasher at 2 in the morning. But she definitely knew she was Mommy Dearest. sigh. Why am I doing this to myself?

[lavagal]

I'd like to see a Stephanie Plum movie. Jersey Girl Bail Bond Agent Extraordinaire. FUHGEDABOUDID!!!

[alohabear]

I guess I don't understand what you mean. Did Hillary adopt Chelsea? Was Hillary abusive toward Chelsea? Is Hillary a drunk? Were wire hangers involved?
It's just Hillary reminds me of Joan...Scary :eek: . I think Annette Benning(sp) would play a good Hillary.

[scrivener]

Hasn't Annette Bening already played a President's wife? Two roles like that would be a bit tiring, I think, especially for an actress as interesting as Bening. I think Julia Stiles would make a better Hillary Rodham-Clinton, though she's a bit young to pull off current-day Mrs. Clinton.

The Robert Jordan books would make interesting movies, but what if they were a television series instead?

There's a great Louis L'Amour novel called Brionne that I think would make an excellent Western with someone like Hugh Jackman in the lead.

I really don't understand why nobody's attempted the Sue Grafton "Alphabet Mysteries" for a film series. It would be perfect.

[scrivener]

It's just Hillary reminds me of Joan...Scary.
You're entitled to your opinion, of course, but Joan Crawford was an abusive mother, as Lalalinder pointed out. Mrs. Clinton is a smart, educated lawyer and Congresswoman. I can understand that you might not agree with her politics, but what do you find scary about her?

[pzarquon]

I really don't understand why nobody's attempted the Sue Grafton "Alphabet Mysteries" for a film series. It would be perfect.Too many sequels? :p I always wondered if, sometimes, an excessive number of books in a series is a disincentive to read them, if you haven't been following from the beginning.

Now that another mediocre attempt to put Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide" on film has come and gone, I hope someone takes a good look at his two "Dirk Gently" detective books. They might be too absurd to depict, but in the right hands, I thought they would be great stories to interpret on film.

[alohabear]

[QUOTE=pzarquon]Too many sequels? :p I always wondered if, sometimes, an excessive number of books in a series is a disincentive to read them, if you haven't been following from the beginning.

How many sequels has the Bond movies had? I guess you're right ,even Bond got boring when Ian Flemming's material was used up.

[Glen Miyashiro]

Too many sequels? :p I always wondered if, sometimes, an excessive number of books in a series is a disincentive to read them, if you haven't been following from the beginning.Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series being a good case in point.

[helen]

How many sequels has the Bond movies had? I guess you're right ,even Bond got boring when Ian Flemming's material was used up.
20 movies so far by the same group of producers. If you count a spoof and another version it's 22.

There is another one planned for 2006 called Casino Royale (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381061/).

[kimo55]

Bond movies are not sequels. They are self contained stories. A sequel is a work continuing the course of a story begun in a preceding one.

[helen]

Well they do have some characters that appear in most if not all of the movies, like "M", "Q", Moneypenny and of course James Bond himself. Also some of the plot lines span movies too like Spectre.

So maybe it's a series of movies. In any event 20 is an impressive number. Star Trek only had 10, Star Wars went for 6 movies, Dirty Harry had 5. There might be other series/sequels out there.

[kimo55]

So maybe it's a series of movies. In any event 20 is an impressive number.


try 24.

(not in order)
Dr. No
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forever
Live and Let Die
The Man With The Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
A View To A Kill
The Living Daylights
Licence to Kill
GoldenEye
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World Is Not Enough
Die Another Day

number 21: never say never again
# 22 1967's Casino Royale spoof
# 23 2006 Casino Royale
#24 and the first:
"Climax!" live television "Casino Royale" broadcast 21 October 1954
Had... Barry Nelson as Jimmy Bond, Linda Christian as the Bond girl, Peter Lorre as the villain, Le Chiffre. Michael Pate as Clarence Leiter. Leiter in this was the Britsh agent, and Bond was CIA. funny. Have this on video. It is strange to see a one take straight through live production complete with flubs they had to live with and continue acting through.

[alohabear]

try 24.

(not in order)
Dr. No
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forever
Live and Let Die
The Man With The Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
A View To A Kill
The Living Daylights
Licence to Kill
GoldenEye
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World Is Not Enough
Die Another Day

number 21: never say never again
# 22 1967's Casino Royale spoof
# 23 2006 Casino Royale
#24 and the first:
"Climax!" live television "Casino Royale" broadcast 21 October 1954
Had... Barry Nelson as Jimmy Bond, Linda Christian as the Bond girl, Peter Lorre as the villain, Le Chiffre. Michael Pate as Clarence Leiter. Leiter in this was the Britsh agent, and Bond was CIA. funny. Have this on video. It is strange to see a one take straight through live production complete with flubs they had to live with and continue acting through.
Do you know how many of these films were based on Ian Flemming's actual works in Playboy or novels?

[jdub]

i just finished reading "Angels & Demons," by the Da Vinci code guy...riveting...if it's not in production by now, it ought to be in development...

[kimo55]

speaking of Bond, what connection does 007 movies have with Hawaii 5-0?

[alohabear]

speaking of Bond, what connection does 007 movies have with Hawaii 5-0?
Jack Lord played Felix Leiter in Dr. No.

[kimo55]

good. and...

[Glen Miyashiro]

Harold Sakata, who played Oddjob and was also on Hawaii Five-O?

[kimo55]

very good. It was in # 109 I'm a Family Crook -- Don't Shoot...
had Andy Griffith also...


but there is one more major connection...

[alohabear]

very good. It was in # 109 I'm a Family Crook -- Don't Shoot...
had Andy Griffith also...


but there is one more major connection...
The Man with the golden gun was filmed on Kauai....is that it? :confused:

[kimo55]

The Man with the golden gun was filmed on Kauai....is that it? :confused:

Even if it were, that don't answer da query:
looking for one more direct Hawaii 5-0/James Bond connection.



Filming locations of MWTGG
was:

Bangkok, Thailand
Hong Kong, China
M/S Queen Elizabeth, Hong Kong, China
Macau, China
Phang Nga, Thailand
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Thailand,
Thon Buri, Thailand; (boat chase sequence)


(oh by the way, aloha bear, I'm about to shoot that avatar of yours with a hollownose bullet...)

[alohabear]

The scene in the MWTGG is which the helicopter is flying by a beach(an through a large hole arch) was filmed on the Na pali coast.

you're right Kimo ...I killed the avatar myself :)

[kimo55]

ah napali coast.
cool.

here's what i was hopin ta get from da gang;
white brick road ep
where Steveo and da gang hele on ovah to Hong Kong...
had George Lazenby.

[alohabear]

ah napali coast.
cool.

here's what i was hopin ta get from da gang;
white brick road ep
where Steveo and da gang hele on ovah to Hong Kong...
had George Lazenby.
Poor George...The Forgotten Bond :( Back on subject, The Bond Novel "Scorpius" by John Gardner Should be made into the next Bond movie. it's about a cult leader, Vladimir Scorpius, assassinating major political figurs, using "brainwashed" religious followers to do his bidding.

[kimo55]

it's about a cult leader, Vladimir Scorpius, assassinating major political figurs, using "brainwashed" religious followers to do his bidding.
well, ya gotta do whatever ya can at those auctions...

[alohabear]

Speaking of books to film... I am glad that Tim Burton did justice to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Now if someone were it remake Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375825916/qid=1125591650/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-8400832-1978202?v=glance&s=books) (Tim do you read this board?) and stick to the story and plot it would be awesome! I wonder why Hollywood watersdown classics to make them "kid friendly"? Kids are not that innocent anymore.