Lightwizard wrote:I've listed the sci-fi novels I can't imagine why nobody will tackle, each of them at one time or another owned by a studio or individual to put on film. That would be another engrossing topic to explore:
Sci-Fi Literature Aching For Filmation
The number one on that list in my book has for a long time been
The Demon Breed (James H Smitz, 1969). It shouldn't be such a huge undertaking considering that most of the story is confined to a limited number of locations all of which can be done indoors. There is a suitable amount of action and thrills as well as a love interest in the story, all perfect for the Hollywood recipe. The only difficult part in my view would be the recreation of believable intelligent otters, but considering what Andy Serkis achieved with Gollum, that too can be done to near perfection, no kid in a suit needed.
I just saw the Star Wars fan film Revelations, if you see what some people can do with $20 000 and a little time on their hands, then it makes you ashamed to think how Hollywood would have to spend millions to do the same thing.
Other titles that could make great films would be the Heechee novels of Frederik Pohl. Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein, 1961) is a classic too, but those novels are perhaps too high brow to be made into blockbusters.
Further on my list of "should be filmed" are a number of short stories and novlets that could be made into a great TV series.