Books that should be made into movies

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What books do you think should be made into movies that haven't been adapted for film already or should be adapted for film again?

Slaughterhouse 5

Catch 22

The Catcher In The Rye

The Maltese Falcon

Brave New World

Fahrenheit 451

War & Peace

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

At The Mountains Of Madness

I know that we're up to our ears in Sherlock Holmes movies and TV shows right now, but Michael Chabon's excellent novel The Final Solution would make a terrific film. It's about an 89-year-old Holmes during World War II. It would be beyond awesome if they could make a film version with Christopher Lee before he passes on.

Wetland

Commoner the Vagabond

Tears Of A Clown

Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah

this was an awesome story. should be made into a movie--at least a made for tv one. I even told the author that she should have it made into a movie. maybe someday.

"The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
"Family Matters" by Rohinton Mistry
"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
"Of Human Bondage" by Somerset Maugham

A Confederacy Of Dunces

Invisible Man {Ralph Ellison's novel, not the one by HG Wells}

Cell

11/22/63

Her Fearful Symmetry

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

Amped

The Watermelon King

Haunted

Any book by Nick Hornby that has not yet been adapted for film

Little Hammer

It's a crime short story/novelette and published in Darkest Before the Dawn magazine. It's about a detective who helps an art curator foil a gang of international art thieves.

http://www.darkestbeforedawn.net/?q=node/121

Anything by Christopher Moore!

Warriors by Erin Hunter but make it an anime.

Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams.
I can't believe with all the reading I've done in my life, that's all I can think of.


To AnonymousAnonymous: I could swear I saw a kind of blah made for TV adaptation of Farenheit 451 a long time ago.

A lot of my favorite books have already been made into movies.

American Tabloid by James Elroy. (Actually, James Franco is already planning to direct and star).
The Golden Slave by Poul Anderson.
Post Office by Charles Bukowski.
Pulp by Charles Bukowski.
At The Mountains Of Madness By H.P. Lovecraft. (Guillermo DelTorro has wanted to make it a movie for years).
Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague DeCamp.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

@ Mindsigh: You're probably referring to the 1965 version of Fahrenheit 451 that starred Julie Christie.

@ Bill: Regarding At The Mountains of Madness, plans fell apart because GDT wanted the movie to have an R rating, but the studio wanted a PG-13. Also, GDT was at one point attached to direct a remake of Slaughterhouse 5, but plans fell apart for that too.

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Returning to subject, how about film adaptations of Sometimes A Great Notion or The Poisonwood Bible?

Concrete: Strange Armor - a graphic novel by Paul Chadwick

This is an unusual story and character to pull of well visually. I lean toward to idea of Richard Linklater doing this. Shoot live action with some CGI just to use as a guide and then go over the whole movie with Rotoscoping the way he did A Scanner Darkly. It would make the graphic novel come to life.

Would manga count? If so, I nominate any of Hiro (Fairy Tail) Mashima's lesser-known work. Monster Soul is at the top of my list for me.

As far as real books go, I'd love to see a real good version of The Phantom Tollbooth; I didn't care for the Chuck Jones version (and apparently, neither did Norton Juster).

God Bless You Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Metro 2033 although this is already going to be made. They have given the rights to MGM. F. Scott Frazier is writing the script. No clue who that is.