Books that should exist as movies/TV series?

[Chatterbox]

Your nominations here, please...

Mine: the SKP mystery series. I think her Welsh novels might be great, but they would be hard to translate to the screen (so sprawling) and might have a limited audience.

Other historical mysteries: Hannah March, Kate Ross.

Reay Tannahill's The Seventh Son. The most nuanced portrait of Richard III, and when have we seen him on screen at all???

Something about Eleanor of Aquitaine... poss based on SKP?

Michelle's Nefertiti book would be great. When was the last time there was a great Egyptian movie? Not since those Hollywood epics of the 50s and Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra...

So, your suggestions for Hollywood???

[Misfit]

I agree about Seventh Son, I'd love to see a balanced look at R3.

I'd like to see Gabaldon's Outlander series on film, although preferably a mini so they don't skip 2/3 of the story.

I'll have to do some more thinking, I'm always jaded when it comes to Hollywood, look at what they've done to Dumas. How many people really think that the book The Man in The Iron Mask is all about the twin Louis and the big switch when in actuallity it's only a very very small part of the story?

[LoveHistory]

My books. :D They'd probably be better that way. Especially since I'm basically writing down descriptions of the movies playing in my head.

I'm going to have to give this question some serious thought. And maybe do some research. I have no idea how many books have been made into movies without my knowledge and before my time.

[Lady Macbeth]

There's so many books I would love to see made into movies or TV series - of course, I need to be the casting director!!:D

I would love to see Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - all books that were incredibly visual when I was reading them.

The Thirteenth Tale would make a good move - very atmospheric and melodramatic as would the Naomi Novik Temeraire novels.

[Leo62]

CJ Sansom's Shardlake books. There was rumoured to be an adaptation at one time, starring Kenneth Branagh, but then he went off to do Wallander instead. :(

[chuck]

Ariana Franklin's "Mistress of the Art of Death, Serpent's Tale and Grave Goods"...Must have an excellent cast, stay with the stories and Location, Location, Location....Love the era..... for the great and interesting characters of history....

[Divia]

I'd really like to see Little Women as a series.

For newer books I actually think The Luxe series which is YA could do really well. Dunno if I would watch it but it has everything in it, sex, love, betrayal, uber rich people.

[Madeleine]

I think the Thirteenth Tale would make good TV too. Also Andrew Taylor's "The American Boy", so atmospheric although it's so well-written it might lose something in the page-to-screen transition, but it's a great story, and perfect for long winter nights.

[LoveHistory]

I'd really like to see Little Women as a series.

I've got a miniseries version of that in my Netflix queue.

From the productions I've already seen, that's one that has yet to be nailed.

[princess garnet]

There was a limited run series about Jo and her family.

[LoveHistory]

Princess Garnet, was that the one starring Mariel Hemingway and Chris Sarandon?

[princess garnet]

Princess Garnet, was that the one starring Mariel Hemingway and Chris Sarandon?
That was a 1997 movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145048/) that you're referring. The TV series (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179029/) (1998) was only on for a year.

[LoveHistory]

Ah, I completely missed that the '97 version was a feature film.

Netflix has some of the '98 series.

The one in my queue is a miniseries from 1978. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077861/ Good cast.

[MrsMorland]

I think the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society would make an excellent movie. And not to be too predictable, but I would LOVE the Morland Dynasty by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles to be a series. It could last for several years at least!