What book/book series would you like to see made into a TV show?

Ryujin · Jan 8, 2016

Mallus said:
SyFy's doing a great job so far with The Expanse (ie, Leviathan Wakes). So I'll hold out hope for Hyperion.

Since it's no longer completely ridiculous/out of the question, I'd love a prestige cable version of "The Book of the New Sun". Or a flashy & bloody Starz version of Elric.

I would certainly enjoy appropriately dark and bloody versions of either Elric or Corum.

MechaPilot · Jan 8, 2016

Wasn't there a Ravenloft book that was a book of short stories? They could use the stories from that to start up an animated series that would be kind of a D&D version of Tales From the Crypt.

Hand of Evil · Jan 8, 2016

Amazing Stories - just take stories and just make them as a TV mini-series for a season and then move to another one, like American Horror has done.

The Dresden Files - would like to see it back.

Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser - would be good to see.

Hawk and Fisher - another one that would work for me.

World of Harry Potter - not Harry so much as the world. Make it a crime drama, could be interesting.

Jhaelen · Jan 8, 2016

Ryujin said:
I would certainly enjoy appropriately dark and bloody versions of either Elric or Corum.

OOooh! Yes, please! I totally forgot about Michael Moorcock's Eternal Hero stories. Personally, my favorite would be Corum, especially the last three books. However, I've always thought that Hawkmoon had the best storyline.

Mishihari Lord · Jan 8, 2016

Zelazny's Amber books. It would require an awfully big budget to do it right though.

Bedrockgames · Jan 8, 2016

I'd really like to see a film version of City and the Stars.

Mallus · Jan 8, 2016

Ryujin said:
I would certainly enjoy appropriately dark and bloody versions of either Elric or Corum.

I honestly prefer the Corum stories, but I'd rather see Elric up on a screen. Something about the iconic image of a thin albino swinging that massive black sword. Corum Jhaelen Irsei, though a more appealing and romantic figure, would look kinda freakish with his hand & eye.

Ryujin · Jan 8, 2016

Jhaelen said:
OOooh! Yes, please! I totally forgot about Michael Moorcock's Eternal Hero stories. Personally, my favorite would be Corum, especially the last three books. However, I've always thought that Hawkmoon had the best storyline.

I tossed Corum into the mix, after [MENTION=3887]Mallus[/MENTION] mentioned Elric, because while I thoroughly enjoyed the Elric series, I think that the world may have had more than enough emo goth heroes for now. Corum carries the same sort of stories and emotional weight, without that excess baggage that I think would be far too played-up. Hell, they might even make Elric sparkle, and that I just could not abide.

Corum's god eye and six fingered hand could be done in a subtle manner. In a video presentation his later mechanical replacements could be portrayed in a steampunk style, without going over the top.

Eltab · Jan 9, 2016

Try to re-make _Dune_ as a mini-series. It's too big to fit in a movie, as has been demonstrated twice.

I'd like to see something from Niven's _Known Space_ series. Gil the Arm seems the best prospect, figuring you won't have to re-introduce 500 years of future history so the audience can 'get it' when technology happens. Beowulf Schaffer is Plan B. One story per planet in the solar system might work, too. (Although ... I personally want to become a human protector when I grow up.)

Star Wars novels: the Thrawn trilogy.

Candidate for the "Nobody actually makes season-long TV shows any more" award: Azimov's _Foundation_ series (all of them, although imo the first novels were the best).