re: What movie do you wish would be made?

I'd like to see a movie based on The Oregon Files, the Clive Cussler series.

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would like to see World War Z as a single season series.

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This is a good one.

While I found the movie entertaining enough, it wasn't World War Z except in name.

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Dante’s Divine Comedy.

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Think I’d prefer Pournelle & Nivens Inferno. Still possibly my favorite sci-fi/fantasy novel.

On a Pale Horse could be a terrific movie as well.

I would also like to see someone do a by-the-book adaptation of Mark Twain’s Puddinhead Wilson, but I don’t think there’s anyone brave enough to even pitch that premise

In the nonfiction genre, I saw a PBS documentary from 2010 or so the other day about the first Women’s Air Derby that was fascinating - would make a great film if cast properly.

And finally, my dream project: a miniseries on the life and times of the Ink Spots, from their early days to the point where bassman Horace “Hoppy” Jones died suddenly at the peak of their popularity, and original founder Deek Watson was bought out and dismissed by lead tenor Bill Kenny. Lots of intrigue and great music, set against the state of race relations during the Depression & WWII.

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It’s frustrating that with so many wild untold stories from history we have, we still get crap like a movie about bountygate

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Yeah it's sad. There's plenty they could do history wise but I think historical epics as a genre are kinda dead right now. Ben hur remake flopped, and so did the last duel just last year so unless that napoleon movie does good we aren't gonna get much for awhile

Its a shame. Really alls I want is a show about the Diadochi wars (Alexander the Greats Successors). Thing would make game of thrones look like a kids show.
-alexanders kids used as false pawns and murdered
-his mom vying for the throne
-barely mentioned selueces during Alexander's life becomes a serious power player
-stealing of Alexander's body by ptolemy from the procession
Etc.

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I would also love a true to the books, series of "The Dark Tower".

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Those books just don’t lend themselves well to film, I don’t think. Some parts would be fine esp the first few books but the series gets so wonky with the flashbacks and alternate realities and internal dialogue etc, would just be hard to do.

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As an aside - great books might better lend themselves to limited series rather than movies.

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Agreed - No Country for Old Men worked because the book is so short, and the Coen's still left out some material that I wish was in the movie.

I'd love to see Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny done in a limited series. It was the movie that they were pretending to make in real life in Iran for the hostage rescue as covered somewhat in Argo. Zelazny's Amber books would make a great full series.

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I'd like to see a modern day [i]Charm School except the person found escaping deep in the Russian forest ends up being an Anderson Cooper type character.

A modern version of Blue Chips. And the program.

Atlas with a proper budget, cast, director