What book series would you like to see made into a movie trilogy or a show with multiple seasons?
I’ve often wanted a movie/series based on the Dragonlance books or the Dark Elf trilogy. What would you all like to see done if you had the ability to do it?
There are some really great kids books I’ve read to my daughter that I think would work well in a visual medium.
In particular the work of Alastair Chisholm (Orion Lost, The Consequence Girl and Adam 2) would work well I think.
Also Jamie Littler’s Frostheart series would be great.
I’d also like to see an adaptation of How To Train Your Dragon that’s much closer to the books than the movie series of the same name. The books are so good but so different from those films, and their story and characters would make a great TV show IMO.
It isn’t that they can never get adapted well, it’s just much harder to do. I think Fate/Stay Night has examples of terrible and great adaptations. Studio Deen’s adaptation of the Fate route was awful, their adaptation of Unlimited Blade Works was even worse. Ufotable’s adaptation of Unlimited Blade Works was pretty good, and their adaptation of Heaven’s Feel was great.
Mushoku Tensei was adapted amazingly, and while many details were left out, the adaptation is a masterclass of how to do it well.
If we’re talking about ordinary books, Andy Weir’s The Martian had a pretty good adaptation, and I am expecting Project Hail Mary to be good as well.
The only thing it takes from Asimov is jargon. The books are about society and civilization. The show is about the emperor, Hari Seldon, and his magic. They’re hardly related.
Yes. It is the most beautiful, imaginatively designed, well acted, horribly - shittily - scripted movie. Even if you have never read the books, it’s bad. And so very sad, because the rest of it is amazing.
It’s become my example of how bad direction can tank a show. Or, whoever was responsible for that screenplay; may they never work again.
Maybe? It’s been decades since I read it, but I remember enjoying Hyperion and fucking hating Fall of Hyperion. It felt like Hyperion was amazing and well thought ought but then Fall was just mailed in.
Because Fall rushed the story with a fuck ton of plotlines. It really should have focused on continuing the story and have a third book conclude the major plotlines. That way a lot of things that happened wouldn’t feel like they were pulled out of left field.
Do it in full photo realistic CGI; I want to see the beautiful castles and countryside, all the delicious food, and the gruesome battles in all their glory.
Its not a series, just a standalone book but I would love to see a stop motion movie of the magnum opus. It’s a book that was written by the makers of a stop motion short called the maker. I would love to see what they could do with a proper budget
I have a couple. I’d love to see Prydain done right but I don’t have much hope anymore.
Temeraire got optioned by Peter Jackson years and years ago. I remember thinking that Richard Armitage would be a perfect Lawrence, but it’s been too long; I think he’s probably too old now.
I’d love for Temeraire to be a series, in my head I had Tom Hiddleston as Laurence but he might be aging out as well. Though Richard Armitage would also have been awesome.
All I can think is that it would cost a boatload of money. Boats, war and dragons.
I’d watch it as an animated series, then it wouldn’t matter how old Armitage or Hiddleston were.
Yeah, I really like live action but I think it has a better shot as animation. I don’t mind animation but I’m more drawn to live action. But it’s hard and costly to put a lot of fantasy to live-action screen.
I came here to say this - Night’s Dawn (or his other massive series the Commonwealth Saga) would make excellent TV. But it would have to be skilfully made, probably animated (like Sonnie’s Edge in Love + Robots), and cover many, many seasons.
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