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]

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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]

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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]

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

[Albert]

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

[alohabear]

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

It already was....Mommy Dearest

[Lalalinder]

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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]

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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]

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

[alohabear]

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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 . I think Annette Benning(sp) would play a good Hillary.

[scrivener]

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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]

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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]

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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? 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]

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[QUOTE=pzarquon]Too many sequels? 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]

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Too many sequels? 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.