We have been teased so many times about a cinematic adaptation of The Chronicles of TC, that my heart just can't take being broken about it one more time.

Posted by Jamie on Sunday October 28, 2007 at 8:15 AM at 8:15 AM

Why would you want Hollywood to ruin these books by trying to make a movie out of them? 99 out of 100 book to movie adaptations SUCK ASS.

Posted by K.V.C on Sunday October 28, 2007 at 12:14 PM at 12:14 PM

I believe an Elric movie is in the works.

SciFi Channel already ruined Earthsea but I guess technically that doesn't count since that's TV.

HBO is developing A Song of Ice & Fire as a mini-series (as it should) rather than completely destroying everything good about it by trying to make it a movie.

I read recently Hollywood is bringing Shannara to the big screen but (for some reason) are starting with Book 2.

I think Rendesvouz w/Rama is in development...Morgan Freeman is somehow attached to this, I think...

Posted by Michael Natale on Sunday October 28, 2007 at 1:23 PM at 1:23 PM

The third and fourth Earthsea books (The Farthest Shore and Tehanu) have already been put to film as Gedo Senki by Studio Ghibli, masterminds of Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. It's been dubbed into English and released here (UK) and in Australia as Tales from Earthsea, but there's a tussle over rights going on with the SciFi Channel in the US (says Wikipedia), and won't be out Stateside until 2009.

Having seen it, it's certainly entertaining and well done, if a little strange in the pacing department.

Posted by Matt Dovey on Sunday October 28, 2007 at 2:46 PM at 2:46 PM

Love the list. Some adds:

William Forstchen's Lost Regiment series (Civil War soldiers vs. Klingon-like cannibalistic aliens on uncharted planet with descendants of various earth civilizations--Rome, Sparta, China, Japan, Russian peasants, Vikings, pirates, etc.)

Edgar Rice Burrough's John Carter of Mars stories, Pellucidar (dinosaurs/hollow earth) stories. John Carter apparently in the works via Pixar (ugh); At the Earth's Core filmed in 70s (?) with Doug McClure and Peter Cushing (needs to be done right).

Posted by Greg L. on Sunday October 28, 2007 at 2:53 PM at 2:53 PM

Before I clicked on comments, I was planning to write pretty much the same thing that K.V.C wrote. I'll watch movie adaptations, depending, but why would anyone wish such a fate on their favorite books?

Posted by Matthew Sanborn Smith on Sunday October 28, 2007 at 6:19 PM at 6:19 PM

Morgan Freeman has been pushing "Rendezvous with Rama" for a long time. We shall see!

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Monday October 29, 2007 at 10:27 AM at 10:27 AM

I always thought the R.A. Salvatore "Drizzt" series of books needed the Hollywood treatment. They are light stories and the SERIOUS prose dedicated to the swordplay would translate very well to the big screen.

Posted by tditto on Monday October 29, 2007 at 12:35 PM at 12:35 PM

Well, books really can't be ruined by movie adaption since the books will still be what they are. I suppose if you actually watched the movies then the thrill could be gone. For me, I really enjoy them, yes, even Battlefield Earth, but I will definitely admit that the movie was severely lacking (like the entire ending of the book). The book, however, is still great so no harm done. Me and my ex-bf discussed The Chronicles of TC as movie(s) at length and it would seem impossible to bring to screen, but if the right person writes the screenplay, the right people produce it, the right person directs it, and very importantly, the right person edits it, then why not? I always think, what if Star Wars were books first? What would we think of the movies?

Posted by Jamie on Monday October 29, 2007 at 6:35 PM at 6:35 PM

Man Plus, please.

Posted by platyjoe on Tuesday October 30, 2007 at 10:30 AM at 10:30 AM

Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey (and now also, Todd). Although, not one movie, there would have to be a series of movies.

Posted by Dawn on Friday November 09, 2007 at 12:14 PM at 12:14 PM