Your Favortie Book into Movie
Andy A 007
Posts: 199MI6 Agent
Ok, the game is simple. Choose your favorite book, or books, and choose your ideal cast, director, etc. for your ideal film adaptation. I'll start with a few of mine as an example.
"The Rum Diary" by Hunter S. Thompson
Cast-
Heath Ledger as Paul Kemp (RIP Heath!!)
Aaron Ekheart as Yeamon
Robert Downey Jr. as Bob Sala
Charlize Theron as Chenalt
Screenplay by Andy Andersen (that's me!)
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
"Live and Let Die" by Ian Fleming
(Unofficial period James Bond film exactly like the book)
Cast-
Clive Owen as James Bond
Monica Bellucci as Solitare
Samuel L. Jackson as Mr. Big
Gary Oldman as Felix Leiter
Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino
"The Rum Diary" by Hunter S. Thompson
Cast-
Heath Ledger as Paul Kemp (RIP Heath!!)
Aaron Ekheart as Yeamon
Robert Downey Jr. as Bob Sala
Charlize Theron as Chenalt
Screenplay by Andy Andersen (that's me!)
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
"Live and Let Die" by Ian Fleming
(Unofficial period James Bond film exactly like the book)
Cast-
Clive Owen as James Bond
Monica Bellucci as Solitare
Samuel L. Jackson as Mr. Big
Gary Oldman as Felix Leiter
Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Comments
The Hour Of The Dragon By Robert E. Howard
Directed by John Boorman
With Special Effects by Ray Harryhausen
Brief Cast List
Conan: Clint Walker
Prospero: Errol Flynn
Xaltotun: Sir Cedrick Hardwicke
Zenobia: Virginia Mayo :x
Screenplay by Mike Mignola
Of course since these are scattered periods there's no way in hell this would ever happen though
The Woman and the Ape, by Peter Hoeg
Directed by Roman Coppola
Paul Bettany as Erasmus
Madeleine Stowe as Madelene
and let old Peter do his own screenplay, why not.