Name a movie adaptation nobody has intended to make so far

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

but you'd love to see it made.

My pick:

[kentauros]

1. Slan by A.E. van Vogt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slan

[proteus_lives]

2. Animal Man would be a good one.

Morrison would be a challenge to translate onto the big screen.

I would be fascinated to see if they would end attempt to tackle Gaiman's Endless or Lucifer.

I'd love to the Rising Stars or Wildcards series as an HBO series.

I'd love to see a serious Battletech movie or cartoon/anime. They did a brief series in the 90s, it was really bad.

I'd like them to take a stab at Bendis' ALIAS. Or a Iron Fist/Luke Cage movie.

[Dr Morbius]

3. LOLCatz

Then LOLCatz 2, and of course LOLCatz 3D after that.

Seriously, there's a fine fantasy book out there called Tiger Burning Bright which could make a very enjoyable movie.

[JCMach1]

24. Ummm I think they have actually signed to develop a movie...

I hope I am wrong...

[rucky]

4. The Invisibles

I would say Sandman, but they've *intended* to make it for years.

[Orrex]

5. Regarding Sandman

Whatever else might some day happen with the movie development, I'm glad that they've waited too long for Wynona Ryder to play the part of Death.

In the early 90s when geeks first started having this discussion, I was terrified that they'd cast her in the role.

[Orrex]

6. Are we limiting this to comics that no one has intended to adapt, or fiction in general?

If the former, I suggest Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose.

If the latter, then I suggest Opus Pistorum.

[MorningGlow]

7. Good Omens

Good Omens, Good Omens, Good Omens. I love that book and boggle that nobody's tried to make a movie out of it yet. I assume there have been attempts, of course--maybe I'm surprised that nobody's succeeded. (If Terry Gilliam can shake off his moviemaking curse, I'd vote for him.)

Oh and the kids book Half Magic. I loved it when I was a kid and recently read it to my son. The entire time I was picturing ways to adapt it and update it. I even went so far as to look up who has the film rights--turns out it's a production company in Venice Beach. I almost contacted them to find out the status of the project (you know, if they need a professional writer to come up with the script... ;) )...almost...

[Mopar151]

8. Johnny Depp should star...

From farm boy to nine-time NASCAR National Champion, Richie Evans raced through life in the fast lane. Motorsports biographer Bones Bourcier was along for much of the ride as a reporter, observer and friend, and now he tells the complete and unabridged story of the man voted “NASCAR's greatest modified driver.”

Several of his cars have been restored, along with his competitors cars. Tons of archival photos, video, film, family, friends.

Some cool contemporaries, too.


http://www.coastal181.com/2009_Bits/252-BUGSY!.jpg

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. "NASCAR's greatest modified driver."

Did he have a sex change operation or what?

[Mopar151]

11. Modified is the style of car.

As in "What's modified? What ain't!"

A Richie quote, best I can remember :" A good race driver is one where his balls and his brain are in constant communication!"



600+ horsepower, 2500#, 15" wide "gumball" tires, super-low CG.

[Mopar151]

10. And Opperman should have his own damm movie

You could'nt imagine a personality as unique as Jan Opperman's. Mystic for Jesus, hippie among rednecks, crazy brave, tough as they ever made. Feel for the car bordering on the supernatural, won 99 of 144 features in a season.

[Mopar151]

13. Imagine this on film.....

http://www.vintagemodifieds.com/Richie_Evans/greatest_finish_in_history.htm

The greatest finish in history
By Thomas Pope
Motorsports editor
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- NASCAR’s first half-century overflows with spine-tingling finishes.
Most commonly rated among the best are: the 1976 Daytona 500, where David Pearson and Richard Petty crashed in the final turn, with Pearson limping to victory; the 1959 Daytona 500, with Lee Petty declared the victor three days later on the basis of film footage; and the 1991 DeVilbiss 400 at Michigan, when Dale Jarrett scored his first Winston Cup win by less than 6 inches over Davey Allison.

In the opinion of some, the best finish ever didn’t occur in the Winston Cup ranks, but in a lower division ... right here at tiny Martinsville Speedway.

What is now called the Winston Cup Series is not NASCAR’s oldest form of racing. NASCAR first put its stamp on the Modified class in 1948, a year before it launched the Strictly Stock division that is now Winston Cup.

"Evans didn’t get away clean -- his car catapulted over the hood of Bodine’s and slammed into the wall, too. Parts from both cars rained in every direction, but Evans’ car, riding the wall on its left-side tires and minus its right-front wheel, somehow limped across the finish line first. Bodine’s car spun to the left, crossed the stripe, and smashed into the inside wall."

[blogslut]

12. "The Ship Who Sang"

My first (and still favorite) Anne McCaffrey book.

[Steely_Dan]

14. Catcher In The Rye

[Touchdown]

15. Nuclear Power Safety Manual.

[hedgehog]

16. Left Hand of Darkness with Will Smith and Tilda Swinton.

[cemaphonic]

17. How about a few that were being worked on, but didn't pan out?

At one point, the Coens were working on an adaptation of "To the White Sea" with Brad Pitt. Now, I admit that a Coen Bros movie with almost no dialogue isn't exactly playing to their strengths, but it still could have been interesting.

Edward Norton was supposed to be doing an adaptation of Jonathan Lethhem's "Motherless Brooklyn," which I think would have worked very well.

[kentauros]

27. Morgan Freeman tried to get Clarke's "Rendezvous with Rama" into production

but that fell through, as did anything beyond "talks" for Niven's "Ringworld".

I seem to recall plans once made to turn Harry Harrison's "Stainless Steel Rat" into a movie as well, but that never happened either. That would make for an excellent future/action movie on the order of "The 5th Element" :D

[JanMichael]

18. Is "American Gods" going to film? If not I'd like to see it.

Also "Absolute Friends" would be cool on film.

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. DOS 3.0 User's Manual

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. Twining's Earl Grey Tea nutrition label

[Call Me Wesley]

21. Stanislaw Lem,

'The Invincible.'

[kentauros]

26. However, Stanislaw Lem has at least

two books made into movies. Namely, Solyaris and The Astronauts (First Spaceship on Venus).

How many A.E. van Vogt books have been turned into movies again? ;)

I mean, we could have "The World of Null-A" instead of settling for elements of it through Aeon Flux. Or better yet:





:D

[Bennyboy]

22. Bill Graham Presents: my life inside Rock and Out...

His story is one for the ages, escaping the Holocaust,losing his family at
Auschwitz, being a refugee/orphan in the US, growing up in the fifties in NYC, Korean war, The Catskills, trying to make it as an actor in LA etc...

Then they book gets interesting...The Mime troupe. The Dead, The stories only he can tell...Led Zep (who beat the hell out of him backstage in Oakland), The Stones, the Last Waltz etc.

A great man. A prick at times, but a great man.

[surrealAmerican]

23. Pat the Bunny ...

... in 3D!

Here are Paul and Judy. They can do lots of things. You can do lots of things too ....


It could be a really trippy kids' film.

[kayakjohnny]

25. Supercar!

Pardon the strings.

And the brows.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4G8et7nF8c

(52 sec)