What Book?!?!
 

What book would you like to see become a movie?

I have tons since I read so much, however, listed below are my TOP TEN.

1. The Coldest Winter Ever
2. Sister Sister by Eric Jerome Dickey
3. Friends and Lovers by Eric Jerome Dickey (in the works I heard)
4. Cheaters by EJD
5. Milk in My Coffee by EJD
6. Mama by Terry McMillan
7. Scenes of a Sistah by Lolita Files
8. Getting to the Good Part by Lolita Files
9. Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore CAmpbell
10. Brothers and Sisters by Bebe Moore Campbell

This is NOT even 1/2 my list but I want to hear what you think.

Re: What Book?!?!
 

I have to go with all that you have listed. I can't even start to really think about any others...but of the list you have...the all time one that I would love to see made into a movie is The Coldest Winter Ever.

Now who would play Winter, and some fiiiine chocolate brotha better play Midnight...ya heard.

Try these on for size!!!!
 

Child of God----Lolita Files
The Wind Done Gone-----?
Please,Please, Please------?
God Don't Like Ugly------?

I read so many books that usually I never know who the authors are, unless it's somebody that is pretty well known. I KNOW when I'm reading an EJD, BeBe Moore Campbell or Terry McMillan book. ;)

"The Wind Done Gone" is by Alice Randall, and exceptional read, I highly reccommend it anyone.

"Possessing The Secret of Joy" by Alice Walker, deeeeeeeppppp

Re: Try these on for size!!!!
 

God Don't Like Ugly -- Mary Monroe

Please Please Please -- Renee Swindle

Sorority Sisters ~ Tajuana Butler

What about E. Lynn Harris? His books are too addictive. If he had a movie to come out I would have to buy it and watch it over and over again.

Invisible Life and If This World Were Mine are my favorites.

Note: I thought I heard that Sorority Sisters is already in the works to becoming a movie, maybe I'm wrong.

I would like to see anything by Eric Jerome Dickey or E. Lynn Harris go to the big screen. They are some fantastic writers.

Flyy Girl - Omar Tyree
This Too Shall Pass - E. Lynn Harris
What You Owe Me - Bebe Moore Campbell

Here are my picks:

I'd love to see the escapades of Basil Henderson, in a television series. I love E. Lynn Harris and after reading all of his books, I've decided a movie would not do justice.

Child of God- Lolita Files

Here and Now- Kimberla Lawson Roby

Shades of Justice- Linda Mckeever Bullard

Sorority Sisters- Tajuanna Butler

I agree with all of your choices and ABSOLUTELY cannot believe I left out Kimberla Lawson Roby's Here and Now.

More Picks
1. Tumbling by Diane McKinney Whetstone
2. Homecourt Advantage by Rita Ewing and Crystal McCrary
3. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
4. Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
5. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
6. Love's Deceptions by Charlene Berry
7. Sister Secrets by Breggie James
8. Beyond Our Mother's Footsteps
9. Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
10. A Day Late and A Dollar Short by Terry McMillan

Yolanda Joe's books
Sheneska Jackson's books
Franklin White's books

Told you I read a lot.

I agree. Maybe Showtime or HBO would pick that up because he will not be on @ 9:30 after the Bernie Mac show.

e. lynn harris' books would definitely have to be a series! books i would like to see are...

flyy girl
cheaters
sister, sister
mama by terry mcmillan

and, in search of sisterhood. because i've acted it out in my head so many times, i would love to see the separation/founding/incorporating acted out

Definitely "The Coldest Winter Ever"!

Winter should be played by Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Midnight--Morris Chestnut, or Omar Epps.
Santiaga--Hmm. Not sure. Maybe someone like Wesley Snipes could pull it off.

I don't know about the rest of them. :p

Santiaga was of Spanish descent so unless Wesley is going to do a WONG FOO move again, count him out.

I think Rosario Dawson from Light It Up would make a good Winter. Jada is too old. Jada could, however, play Winter's mom.

Since I'm not a BIG Jada Pinkett fan, I move that Lisa Raye (from the Player's Club and The Source All Access) be Winter's mom. And even if I did like Jada, I think that Lisa would be better suited for the "bad bytch" role. She's all 'tude!!! ;)

Brothers and Sisters
 

I would also love to see Brothers and Sisters made into a movie, although it deals with events roughly about 10 years ago (the LA rebellion). I used to live in the neighborhood Ms. Campbell references.

It would have to be a period piece, and perhaps on pay cable. I don't see UPN doing it, even though it's a "Black" network.

Good Brothers Looking for Good Sisters by Jawanza Kunjufu--A story about 6 Black men who cannot find a good woman. One is a CPA who owns his own firm, one is a widower whose wife died giving birth to his surviving son; the women love him, but not his son. One is a "nerd" who now dates White women because Black women wouldn't give hime the time of day in high school and college. One is a driver for UPS, one is a Black activist, one is a teacher who has a crush on a women who likes him "as a sister" but dates thugs.

I would LOVE to see a movie based on that.

The Maintenance Man by Michael Baisden (host of "Talk or Walk").

It is actually being made into a movie to be released in 2002 or 2003. Some of the scenes in the book are on the serious XXX tip, though, and that's by the time you get to page 10 of the book. I dunno if those will be in the movie or not. Who knows?

That's just to name a few though. More later.

RM

Don't hate on Jada...
 

Jada Pinkett-Smith bought the rights to "The Coldest Winter Ever", and I believe she's planning on playing the role. Better her than Lisa Raye, who CANNOT ACT HER WAY OUT OF A PAPER BAG. I'd like to see Jada as Winter's mom rather than Winter, but I'd rather see Jada or ANYBODY WHO CAN ACT play Winter instead of Lisa Raye. Rosario Dawson would be good as Winter.

SANTIAGO NEEDS TO BE PLAYED BY JEFFREY WRIGHT (he played Peoples Hernandez in "Shaft" and was in Ali and played MLK Jr. in HBO's "Boycott").

For the role of the oh so fine Midnight, my vote goes to Mekhi Phifer...maybe Omar Epps would be aiight too. My dream Midnight would be the Minnesota Vikings Randy Moss tho - he just seems like Midnight to me for some reason.

Sista Souljah can play herself, LOL.

I think they're making e. lynn harris' "Invisible Life" into a movie for Showtime or something like that. You know showtime has NO PROBLEM showing homosexual sex. The problem will be FINDING BROTHAS TO PLAY THE ROLES. I read somewhere that Showtime's "Queer as Folk" has been desperately seeking black men to be on the show, but no black men want to play a homosexual (even the ones who ARE homosexual, LOL).

I'd love to see "Kindred" by Octavia Butler made into a movie. Also, "The Wind Done Gone" - I loved it and would love to see it made into a movie.

OH, and the BOMB movie is going to be "My Soul To Keep" by Tananarive Due - Blair Underwood has the rights and is making it into a movie (and is starring as David/Dawit). I don't know when it's going to be released tho.

Re: Don't hate on Jada...
 

I agree he would be perfect I think to play Santiago. I can see him in that role now!



This also gets a thumbs up from me, I can't wait to see that movie, because that book as you have stated was the bomb indeed.:)

MARRIED MEN
 

Married Men by Carl Weber would be a good one
Addicted by Zane
Knowing by Rosalyn McMillan

Married Men
 

CT4, I just finished reading Married Men and I enjoyed it. I'm usually not a big fiction reader, but this one surprised me. As I was reading, I had the following people in mind as the main characters (forgive me for not knowing names):

Kyle - Dude who is now on One on One and always plays the sidekick (short, stumpy dude)
Jay - Tall, dark skinned dude who played in The Brothers
Allen - Wimpy dude with the dreds from Best Man
Wil - Radio Raheem

What do you think?

Re: Married Men
 

CTHU @ your descriptions
Kyle = Kelly Perine (one on one)
Brothers cast -- Mo Chest :D, Bill Bellamy and DL Hughley were the tall dark skinned men

I gotta think on tihs one.

Oops, I didn't mean to say The Brothers. I meant to say The Wood. Tall, dark skinned dude from The Wood.

Ok, I just found out his name: Richard T. Jones and he played Slim.

Eeeeeew honey yes that man makes my liver quiver. He is one tall dark HERSHEY BAR for ME :D

As a member of the E. Lynn Harris fanclub, I get e-mail updates from the author. I received one last week stating that one of his books (I think Invisible Life) had been picked up for production by one of the major TV networks. (Sorry the details are so sketchy. I deleted the e-mail by accident).

Me 2
 

I am a member too and I posted the info in the book thread. Go look :D

With no doubt, "Colder Winter Ever", is my number one choice.

I would also like to see: "Please, Please, Please", "Tumbling", and "Casting the First Stone (did I get the name right?)"

Re: What Book?!?!
 

I met my Phrat Carl Weber so I have to say Married Men and A DO Right Man by Omar Tyree and Maintance Man.

Sphinxpoet

The books i would like to see as movies are...

The Coldest Winter Ever
Flyy Girl
Men Cry in the Dark
Maintenance Man
A Chocolate Affair
Liar's Game
Butterscocth Blues
Black Coffee
Cheaters

These books are written for teens in mind by a teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio but they need to be bought to the big screen and SOON:

Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper
Forged By Fire by Sharon Draper

She has 2 others but those 2 are the more well known. Yes she is a BLACK author. I HIGHLY UNEQUIVOCALLY recommend them to anyone with teens or works with teens.

My Picks.....
 

I love to read and I've read so much that the books have begun to run together but if I had to choose they would be


1. The coldest winter ever (I read somewhere that they're working on this)

2. God don't like ugly

3. Tumbling

4. Bailey's Cafe (Gloria Naylor)

5. Family (J. California Cooper)

6. In the light of my father's smile (Alice Walker)

7. The living is Easy (Dorothy West)

8. Mama (Terry McMillian)

9. ANYTHING BY E. LYNN HARRIS!!!!!!!!


DOESN'T EVERYTHING STOP WITH #9!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd have to say:

Scenes from a Sistah-Lolita Files and One Better- Rosalyn McMillan

And since I'm such a Dean Koontz fan I'll add The Bad Place to my list.

I would like to see that as well as her sequel, Getting to the Good Part.

She wrote another called Child of God, I'd like to see that, as well

My top picks would be:

1. Sugar / Bernice L. McFadden
2..This bitter earth / Bernice L. McFadden
3.What looks like crazy on an ordinary day / Pearl Cleage
4.I wish I had a red dress : a novel / Pearl Cleage
5.The Book of Ruth / Jane Hamilton
6.The hand I fan with / Tina McElroy Ansa
7.The men of Brewster Place / Gloria Naylor.
8.The secret life of bees / Sue Monk Kidd.
9.The way forward is with a broken heart / Alice Walker.
10.The wind done gone / Alice Randall.
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Herbal shop

I read so much I have a tendency to forget what the books were about. Here's my list:

1. E. Lynn Harris...all of his books
2. Eric Jerome Dickey....all of his books
3. Lolita Files Scenes From a Sister and Getting to the Good Part
4. Connie Briscoe...Big Girls Don't Cry
5. Sheneska Jackson...Blessings
6. BeBe Moore Campbell..Singing in the Comeback Choir
7. Marcus Major...4 Guys and Trouble
8. April Sinclair...Coffee Will Make You Black---- Ain't Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice
9. Rosalyn McMillan...One Better
10. Omar Tyree...For the Love of Money

A day late, A dollar short! I just love this book!

The Hatwearer's Lesson by Yolanda Joe
The Harris Men and The Harris Family by R.M. Johnson


@ Gamma Girl, I found it. :)