The Movie Version

Confession: I've always wanted to see one of my books turned into a movie. I've got the whole thing worked out in my head. I'd invite all my family and friends and all my friends' friends to the theater and when 'adapted from the book by Amanda Stevens' rolls up on the big screen, we'd all start clapping and cheering like crazy.

Yeah, dream on, right?

Here's a list of books I'd like to see as movies (excluding my own, which would, of course, top my real list):

Gravity by Tess Gerritsen. How is this medical/SciFi thriller not a movie yet? It's got blockbuster written all over. I'd love to see what Ridley Scott could do with it.

True Evil by Greg Iles. This may not be my favorite Iles book, but the premise is so deliciously twisted and evil and I haven't seen a really satisfying Southern thriller since Sam Raimi's The Gift. I can only imagine the creepy, Southern-gothic atmosphere Raimi could create for this one.

The Silver Warriors by Michael Moorcock. Or to be more precise, the whole Ulric series. We're talking a soul-swallowing sword, time travel and an amazing albino champion. In other words, we're talking epic. Which means we need Peter Jackson. (OMG, I just found out in writing this blog that a movie is already in the works. Quick, let me write something about The Dollmaker.

The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart. This is a book that should have been made into a movie forty or fifty years ago. Thinking about what Alfred Hitchcock could have done with it (or any of Stewart's gothic thrillers) gives me shivers (good ones).

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I love, love, love the whole Mars series by Burroughs and I've always wanted to see an adaption for the big screen. When I heard that Robert Rodriguez would direct the film version, I was escstatic. Unfortunately, that project fell through and now I'm thinking it might be just as well because I really don't want to see Rose McGowan as Dejah Thoris (and, please, no Angelina Jolie, either). I think the film is going to be animated/live action now, and the only way I can get on board that train is if they make it a 3D version, ala the new Beowolf (again, no Angelina Jolie, okay?). Disney/Pixar should just go ahead and sign up Robert Zemeckis and Neil Gaiman right now.