Books That Should Be Adapted To Movies
 

Gentlemen,

Can you think of some books that you can't believe Hollywood or the Indy companies keep overlooking as great ideas for movies? I think of a bunch:

Maniac Magee By Jerry Spinelli

The Giver By Lowis Lowry

The Green Futures of Tycho by William Sleator

The Magic Grandfather By Jay Williams

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator By Roald Dahl

The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man By James Weldon Johnson

Wolfrider by AVI

Survivor By Chuck Pahluniuk

The Giver hasn't been made into a film?

I Think It's Almost Ready...I Think...
 

Pike,

Hey, I think you are on to something there.

I checked IMDB and Jeff Bridges is suppose to be bringing an adaptation of The Giver to the screen...this year, I think.

Let's cross our fingers. It's a fabulous book. Have you read it?

Keep Smiling,
Reggie:)

The coldest winter ever-sistah souljah

So true. I think a lot of E. Lynn Harris or Zane's books (if toned down some) would make good movies. The drama in those books are priceless.

Yes! That would be so good.

I think Kimberla Lawson Roby's books would be good movies.

I've given up hope on the movie and the sequel. I think this message

http://www.sistersouljah.com/updates.html

has been up for a few years now.

Light Bulb Moment...
 

My very own Soror CT4 could make her book, Freshman Focus into a movie. ;)

I have been saying for years that I Am Legend by Richard Matheson needed an updated version. Now, in December of this year, they are releasing a new version starring Will Smith no less.

I am really waiting for them to make one of Laurell K. Hamilton's novels into a movie.

Fantastic
 

I'm glad I Am Legend is being adapted.

I think Arnold Schwarzenegger was suppose to start in a version somewhere in the 1990's.

^^^That would have been interesting. I like Will Smith though; he kind of turns the premise of the book on its ear a bit.

hmmmm
 

i just read she come undone by wally lamb and i think it would be a create movie!

Lazarus by Rashid Darden

And I really mean that, LOL

Ditto......

The Ex Factor by Tu-Shunda Whitaker
Skyscraper by Zane

I always wanted to see a movie adaptation of J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye.

Unfortunately, many movie adaptations are way worse than the original books. Terrible casting and literary license can ruin the effects of a great story sometimes.

i read this years ago and it immediately made my top ten book list...i love it! i had originally heard that it was going to be made into a movie with Reese Witherspoon playing the lead...that was 2 years ago so i dont know if it was true or not...

All this time
 

I read The Giver for the first time when I was 7, and it went waaaaaaay over my head (looking back, what was I doing reading such a deep story in 2nd grade???).
But it was in the car on a family road trip and I finally picked it up again when I was in undergrad. Shoot, I was crying by the end of it!! It is so good! I can't believe it's taken so long to get a movie underway. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435651/)

My only concern is that it is the type of book that can easily be Disney-fied and turned cheesy. Let's hope not *Crossing my fingers*.

A Wrinkle in a Time. Althought they made a televison version, this book deserves a major motion picture deal. Read it in the fifth grade and it is still my favorite book.

I love Madeline L'engle, all of her books. I really like A Ring of Endless Light.

I thought this was already a movie...I looked it up on imdb.com (http://imdb.com/title/tt0290382/) apparently it was a TV movie, but it seems like it wasn't adapted well. But that could be a whole 'nother thread: movies that insulted the greatness of their books!

Excellent book...but soooo difficult to adapt due to some pretty...er...tough parts to adapt for an audience. They would probably need to rate it PG13 or R at the minimum if they stay faithful to the book.

Ha!