This week’s theme is books you’d like to see as movies/tv shows. The proviso here is that I would want appropriate casting, e.g. not a white man for Ged or Patriot.
- A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula Le Guin. Shush. There hasn’t been one. Doesn’t exist.
- Captain Marvel. Sooner than planned, please. And keep in the recent bit about her dating Rhodey!
- Young Avengers. You’ve got all the ingredients ready, Marvel. Dooo iiiiiittttt.
- Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas. It could be really epic, and it’d require a female lead who could do stunts and would need a good range of acting skills.
- A Natural History of Dragons, Mary Brennan. I’m not sure how well it’d translate to the big screen, but again, it’d require a female lead and it’d be a little bit like Walking With Dinosaurs, only dragons and fiction.
- The Winter King, Bernard Cornwell. Do Arthur right!
- Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay. In the right hands, it would be beautiful.
- Sunshine, Robin McKinley. Female lead who is both a reluctant hero type and a baker. Interesting vampire lore, gorgeous imagery. It’d be amazing, right?
- Farthing, Jo Walton. Could serve as a timely warning to a country embracing conservatism right now, too.
- Bloodshot, Cherie Priest. Weird found-family dynamics, kickass female lead, ex-Navy SEAL drag queen? Okay, there’d be so many ways for them to mess it up, but we’re talking an ideal world here, and it would be so very right.
Gaah, gimme them. Nowww.
#3 and #10 YES PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Okay, I admit, I’m not sure I trust anyone with Bloodshot, but I can dream! And you honestly cannot tell me that Young Avengers wouldn’t be perfect. Really perfect. I mean, they’re almost got everything set up so they can have them!
I agree, Bloodshot would be a difficult one. But Marvel have everything set up for Young Avengers! They can totally do it.
I didn’t even think of Throne of Glass! It would be an epic movie, especially with the female lead you described.
Great list!
Right?!
Thanks!
I don’t recognize most of the books on your list, which means I am now off to do some internet research/book shopping! 🙂
Here is my list: http://insearchoftheendofthesidewalk.com/2015/06/01/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-books-id-love-to-see-as-moviestv-shows/
Ha, Top Ten Tuesday lists usually do that to me too!
Oh Sunshine would be incredible to see brought to life in a film! *grabby hands*
My TTT
Wouldn’t it just?!
I had Throne of Glass on my list too, it would be an epic movie, given the right casting.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/top-ten-tuesday-7/
It reaaaally would.
I’ve yet to read any of these books. I’m sure they must be great if you want them made into movies. I’ll have to check them out!
My TTT!
They are! Thanks for dropping by.
I’ve read Crown of Midnight, but not yet Heir of Fire! It’s on that neverending list of mine…
Hehe. Crown of Midnight was so good! But not NEARLY as good as HoF. Seriously, if the series got twofold better with CoM, it was tenfold better after HoF. Read it!!!
-Amy
I’m looking forward to it a lot!