Swan Song by Robert McCammon—
I’d love to see John Steakley’s Vampire$ redone, and this time, stay with the friggin’ story, willya? The original novel screams out to be done as a movie, and how they got from that story to the bastardization that was John Carpenter’s Vampires, I will never know.
(Although I will say that, “Give you a little mahogany, padre?” is one of my favorite movie quotes ever.)
I always thought The Mote in God’s Eye would have made an excellent movie… interesting premise, plenty of opportunity for neat effects, and a neat ending.
ATLAS SHRUGGED of course~ (No less than an 8 hr miniseries, TNT did have plans for it at 6 hrs INCLUDING commercials but that got shelved)
THE FOUNTAINHEAD (the Cooper version was OK, Rand did the screenplay, but too much got left out)
Another vote for Kim Newman’s ANNO DRACULA & his short story COPPOLA’S DRACULA (done as APOCALYPSE NOW- Brando as Dracula,
Sheen- Harker, Duvall- Van Helsing, best of all- HOPPER AS RENFIELD!)
Jeffrey Sackett’s BLOOD OF THE IMPALER (oop)- nice prequel AND sequel to Stoker’s DRACULA
btw, while Coppola’s DRACULA & the TV COUNT DRACULA with Louis Jourdan were closest, the definitive Stoker’s DRACULA has yet to be made
finally, tho NBC tried twice, Aldous Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD has yet to be done authentically
Vonnegut’s SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE- a remake is in order if only to include Kilgore Trout- tho the original movie was quite good. The decision NOT to show the Tralfamadorians should still be respected.
Frank Miller’s graphic novel THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS- Sean Connery perhaps as elderly Bruce Wayne!
and using the DC graphic novel as a storyboard, Richard Wagner’s RING OF THE NIBELUNG- too bad the forward’s suggestion for Wotan- Jason Robards- has passed away. Btw, I heard that a Japanese anime of NIBELUNG was planned a few years back. Any knowledge of this?
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson. Very long, though, might actually make a good Anime.
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey.