You're approached by a Hollywood exec...

[Dannyalcatraz]

While we're talking about that era, would love to see Moorcock's Eternal Champion (finally) attempted.

The real question on that would be which/how many EC incarnations. I mean, Elric is the obvious choice, followed by Hawkmoon & Corum.

But a Jerry Cornelius series could be wild. It would probably HAVE to be on one of the pay channels.

 

[Bohandas]

The Ant Crusade/Winged Ants

 

[MGibster]

This is a tough one. I know we spend a lot of time talking about bad adaptations that veer away from their source material, but there are plenty of examples where veering away from the source material was the right thing to do. The Boys, Men in Black, Kick-Ass, and Preacher are all examples of adaptations that strayed mightily from their source material and was better for it. Which beloved franchise of mine do I sink money into and how faithful am I to the source material? That's a lot of pressure. No wonder Hollywood execs go for sequels, remakes, and warmed over franchises.

I'll go with BattleTech. I think you can actually use the source material to produce a decent science fiction movie that has something to say. It'd be a war movie of course, but it doesn't have to be a mindless action movie.

 

[Zardnaar]

Feist's Riftwar and Empire series. Run them concurrently as a miniseries/multi season TV.

Daughter of the Empire I think.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Some properties I’d pitch:

Ben Bova’s Grand Tour
Harry Turtledove’s Darkness
Kurt R.A. Giambastiani’s Cloudfall
CJ Cherryh’s Foreigner
Larry Niven & Steven Barnes’ Dream Park
Kristine Kathryne Rausch’s Retrieval Artist
Julian May’s Pliocene Exile
Mercedes Lackey SERRAted Edge
Greg Bear The Way
David Brin Uplift
Richard Chwedyk’s Saurs

I’d also pitch Barbara Hambly’s Benjamin January Mysteries, even though they’re one of her non-fantasy series.

Some tell great stories, others would simply look good on TV or the big screen. Some would do both.

There’s also some that have already been done that I’d like to see REdone, but I don’t think any of the ones I’ve mentioned have been tried.

 

[Bohandas]

This is a tough one. I know we spend a lot of time talking about bad adaptations that veer away from their source material, but there are plenty of examples where veering away from the source material was the right thing to do.

Agreed. But that said, they should definitely pick one or the other and stick with it

 

[Bohandas]

Problem Sleuth and/or Homestuck

 

[Bohandas]

Cats but we do it right this time with traditionally animated cat-shaped cats

 

[Deset Gled]

I think it's time to nerd out in a different direction: theatre.

Let's start a movie series dedicated to Broadway and off-Broadway plays, adapted to the screen for the first time.

Hamilton
Avenue Q
Hadestown
Book of Mormon
Legally Blonde The Musical
Pippin
Firebringer
The Curious Instance of the Dog in the Night Time
The Play that Goes Wrong
Teeth The Musical
Evil Dead The Musical
The Last Starfighter The Musical

Release a new musical once a year. Non-musicals interspersed. For continuity and humor, keep the same conspicuous background actors and chorus (folks like Erik Charles Nielsen, Lindsay Hollister, or James Hong) as much as possible, but have the main cast be new as much as possible.

 

[Bohandas]

Are we just approached by the exec apropos of nothing? I thought that to meet a Hollywood executive you had to go to the crossroad of Hollywood and Vine at midnight and light a bunch of candles and slaughter a goat or something

I think it's time to nerd out in a different direction: theatre.

Let's start a movie series dedicated to Broadway and off-Broadway plays, adapted to the screen for the first time.

Hamilton
Avenue Q
Hadestown
Book of Mormon
Legally Blonde The Musical
Pippin
Firebringer
The Curious Instance of the Dog in the Night Time
The Play that Goes Wrong
Teeth The Musical
Evil Dead The Musical
The Last Star fighter The Musical

Release a new musical once a year. Non-musicals interspersed. For continuity and humor, keep the same conspicuous background actors and chorus (folks like Erik Charles Nielsen, Lindsay Hollister, or James Hong) as much as possible, but have the main cast be new as much as possible.

Don't forget Spongebob: The Musical