The Inheritance Cycle is inherently going to suck,it can only really go under So Bad, It's Good turf at best ala the first Twilight movie. No,no,no that would certainly go off wrong
If the sequel got canned,Percy Jackson might be a contender
However The Cronus Chronicles is a gold mine of good stuff,two very compelling leads,between the level headed,British kid and the snarky red-head it'd go down great. The main villain could be modeled like Voldemort (because Philonecron really is just that except even more power hungry) and the special effects for shadow-eaters would be amazing.
By the looks of it The Dresden Files,yeah I know it got a TV show,but I'm sure the first book could be adapted again.
Fablehaven I've heard is being made,lots of good stuff there. 5 books by Brandon Mull about a bunch of caretakers of containing all sorts of magical creatures,...lets see a good giant milk cow,all the demons,lots of good snark,and lots of good driving scenes could be filmed courtesy of Drives Like Crazy Vanessa being a character
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- The Chronicles Of The Imaginarium Geographica: J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis team up with H. G. Wells to fight bad guys. Sweeping epic. Dragons, mythological creatures, massive battles. All that good stuff.
- Maybe a hilariously screwed up adaptation of The Wheel of Time? Just to see how much they can mess up.
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Anything that puts a twenty first century slice of small town America back in the middle of the worst war in Europe that didn't involve use of chemical weapons or the Nazis fits the definition of fantasy in my book.
I'd have to say the Keys To The Kingdom series. There are so many scenes in it that would look amazing on film.
Also, Artemis Fowl.
The Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher would make absolutely awesome films if adapted correctly.
Ditto for Garth Nix 's Old Kingdom trilogy, though I think that would be very hard to adapt well.
In my experience, Mistborn is pretty popular and well known among genre fans, though it doesn't compete with titans like Wo T and A So Ia F and hasn't really penetrated the general public consciousness at all. Though Mistborn can also be described as dystopia or (in the case of the first one particularly) a heist story, which might help some against the Fantasy Ghetto.
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Nix is (and has been for a while) trying to get Sabriel pitched, so long as he gets a deal that lets him retain a degree of veto power; based on some of his recent twitter posts, he seems to think that the recent success of Hunger Games may help make a film with an Action Girl lead easier to get done (the same might also go for Mistborn, for that matter).
Besides, is there any fantasy series that's had been at all popular with the general public before getting a movie or something? I mean, I suppose for plenty of children's/YA stuff no, but how many people out-side of the sci-fi/fantasy fandom read A Song Of Ice And Fire before the TV show?
I may well be mistaken, but what about Discworld?
More on-topic, I think that I'd love to the suggestion given above of a series made of The Silmarillion. I'm inclined to imagine it in full CG, with human actors only providing voices and perhaps motion.
I'm also rather interested to read that there may be a Sabriel movie at some stage.
Otherwise... It might be interesting to see a take on the Traveller in Black and Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories. The various elementals in the former and the... well, most of the contents of the latter (but particularly Ningauble of the Seven Eyes and Sheelba of the Eyeless Face, to me) could make for some rather interesting spectacle, I think.
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My Games and Asset PacksThe Percy Jackson series deserved far better than the ridiculous "adaptation" it got. If played closer to the books' snarkily humorous ancient-and-modern fusion, a new version could be an absolutely fantastic time at the movies.
I'd also second Fablehaven, a fantastic fantasy series if ever I read one. The escalating danger between installments would likely make for an ideal film series, and now that a movie of Book One is (theoretically) in development, I suppose I just have to send forth a fervent prayer that it not be screwed up.
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You know what you're talking about, Brother. The Lightning Thief was the worst adaptation I've ever seen, and that includes Dragonball Evolution and the Last Airbender.
I also agree on Fablehaven being a great series that would make excellent movies. I would say that Fable haven would be impossible to screw up, but I've been proven wrong before.
A series I think would make a great movie is the Belgariad and the Mallorean. I'd definitely watch that.
I know the feeling. When they made a film version of Sven Hassel's Wheels of Terror, quite a few years ago now, I was looking forward to it. The book was brilliant. The film, sadly, wasn't. Taught me a valuable lesson.
Paradoxically, when I saw the television adaptation of James Clavell's Shogun round about the same time, I was struck by how well the book matched up to what I saw on screen.
I think my point is that if folks take the time, not just the money, but the time, to do a proper adaptation, they can do a really good job. If not, they will get out exactly what they put in.
Curses I was beaten to the punch for Codex Alera. That is the one fantasy series I really want to see get a film adaptation, especially after seeing Hobbit Part 1. During the Stone Giant sequence all I could thing about was the insane final battle from First Lord's Fury.
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The Lightning Thief worse than The Last Airbender? Worse adaptation, right? Because The Lightning Thief managed to have a shred of dignity and internal consistency (just a shred, but it was there), while TLA managed to be a fairly faithful adaptation without understanding what made the original work. And no scene from TLT was as idiotic as the Earthbender camp scene. Never have I seen a scene so good at making every character on-screen look like an idiot (as well as several not present).
Anyway, I think The Dresden Files would make a good film series if they didn't go the way of the TV show. Not that the TV show was awful, by any means, but it seemed like every episode managed to add setting details that stopped better plots and characters from the books from ever seeing the light of day, all so that the writers could tell whatever story they felt like. (e.g. Only one kind of werewolves, the Council is ambiguously evil, Ancient Mai is a monster in the body of a sexy young woman)
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What are some fantasy series that could make a great film franchise, if only they'd stop messing around and just did it? Here are my top choices:
The Bartimaeus Trilogy: A film development deal for The Amulet of Samarkand was announced in 2008, but since then, there's pretty much been doodum. This is a gripping series with a strong character in Bartimaeus and this could be a truly entertaining film franchise if made and marketed right.
Septimus Heap: Again, said to supposedly be in development, but so far, no dice. A seven book series, like Harry Potter, but in many ways different from Potter and with a unique storyline and some gripping adventure moments that could translate quite nicely to film.
Redwall: Long-running series by the recently deceased Brian Jacques. Had a TV series, but it's not hugely well-regarded. Anything you may see about a "film" was actually just a compression of the TV series.
The Inheritance Cycle: Okay, so let's face it, the film of this was pretty much garbage, agreed as such by both critics and fans. And as controversial as the series is, if it were rebooted properly, there is potential here. You've got dragons, magic, epic adventure, all of the elements, so the trick is to find the heart and combine it with actually decent special effects and a writer and director that can actually do the job.