There are some terrific books that would make some terrific films.
Such as this collection here…
Turning a popular book into a movie seems like a no-brainer, doesnt it?
The book:Ignatius J. Reilly is a vastly overweight 30-year-old man living with his mother.
Ideal director:Jason Reitman.
Dream casting:Sir Ben Kingsley as Rincewind, the reluctant and unmagical wizard.
Ideal director:Guillermo del Toro.
Dream casting:Ezra Miller as Holden.
Ideal director:Stephen Chbosky.
Sadly, Lean died as principal photography was about to begin, putting a stop to the whole project.
Dream casting:Daniel Craig as Senor Gould, as Robert Downey Jr as Nostromo.
Ideal director:Paul Thomas Anderson.
What happened to it?
Dream casting:Tom Cruise as Joe Chip.
Ideal director:Alex Proyas.
Thatd explain that, then.
Dream casting:Al Pacino as Jose Arcadio Buendia, patriarch of the Buendia family.
Ideal director:JJ Abrams.
Separatists are attempting to get a hold of a copy to aid their terrorist campaign against the United States.
Just look what happened withWorld War Z.
Ideal director:Paul Haggis.
The book:Geologist William Dyer discovers the remains of unknown ancient life forms in Antarctica.
An exhibition sent to study the remains encounters difficulties as members of their party start to go missing.
Dream casting:Harrison Ford as Professor William Dyer.
Ideal director:Gareth Edwards (if del Toro doesnt get to do it).
The book:A fictionalised account of the last years of the life of Charles Dickens.
However, this is a very dark and psychological affair, delivered through an unreliable narrator.
Unsurprisingly (and we dont mean this in any kind of grumpy way!
), Guillermo del Toro is said to be circling the project.
Dream casting:Daniel Day-Lewis as Dickens.
Ideal director:Werner Herzog.
With normal moral boundaries out of the window, the group soon spirals into obsession, betrayal and murder.
Ideal director:Darron Aronofsky.
Events are retold out of order, gradually peeling back the layers of truth behind Sutpens life.
Dream casting:Joaquin Phoenix as Sutpen.
Ideal director:Christopher Nolan.
Dream casting: James Franco as Johnny Truant, the central protagonist.
Ideal director: Spike Jonze.
