Weekly Question - June 18 - Not yet a movie

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

What book hasn't yet been made into a movie or TV series but should? Who should play the leads?

[Mandy]

I would kinda want to see love hypothesis with Adam driver and daisy Ridley as the leads.

[Siobhan]

The Animorphs series by KA Applegate has been made into a TV series, but it was terrible so I want another one. No idea on lead actors, but tbh I kind of want it to be animated so that wouldn't matter so much. (I would want somebody like Benedict Cumberbatch to voice Visser 3, though, as he has a FANTASTIC voice).

Otherwise I absolutely loved Bridgerton, so would be very keen on more romance novel adaptations. Especially more LGBT ones, as there are a lot of great stories there.

[Joy D]

Some recently released books that I think would make great movies:
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
- In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
- The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph
- Island Queen by Vanessa Riley

[Sherri]

The Wager is in pre-production.

[Jill]

I just finished The Celebrants by Steven Rowley and I think it would be a great movie.

[Denise]

The Overstory. Just because I want to see what it looks like in the tree they camped in...from the book it seems like there is a river in the tree

[Joy D]

Babel: An Arcane History would also make a great film or mini-series.

[Tracy]

@Joy - re: Babel… please wait until I’m done reading it though. I just started Chapter 4!

[Ashley Marie]

I'm still waiting for a Jade City adaptation! It got picked up by Peacock awhile back and then they decided not to.

[Sherri]

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

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The Lady Julia Grey series by Deanna Raybourn with Hailey Atwell and Henry Cavill in the leads.

[Ashley Marie]

Seconding the Lady Julia Grey books!

[Mandy]

Nightshade wrote: "The Lady Julia Grey series by Deanna Raybourn with Hailey Atwell and Henry Cavill in the leads."

i haven't read the books, but I'm down to watch just about anything with Henry Cavill!

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Mandy wrote: "Nightshade wrote: "The Lady Julia Grey series by Deanna Raybourn with Hailey Atwell and Henry Cavill in the leads."

i haven't read the books, but I'm down to watch just about anything with Henry C..."

He's my go to whenever I picture any Hero, but he would make the prefect Brisbane from the novels.

[Jennifer W]

I finished When Christ and His Saints Slept, how this period has not been made into a show is beyond me. War and sex and politics and betrayals.

I've also wanted a movie or show version of The Gargoyle. Lots of visuals in that which I would love to see.

[Beth]

Sherri wrote: "Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus."

Coming to AppleTV+ later this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOu7U...