AH fiction that deserves a film/tv adaption

[The Professor]

As it says above, what AH fiction do you think deserves adapting to the screen.

For myself a TV series based on Paul Anderson's Time Patrol would be good - it's got both thoughtout (for the times ) AH and time-travel

[Vexacus]

It is a crime that none of Turtledove's books have been adapted for the screen

[Claudius]

Peshawar Lancers would make a great movie. Maybe better as two movies shot concurrently like LOTR

[The Vet]

The Oswald Bastable trilogy

[Vexacus]

TL-191 would be good as a TV series, so would WorldWar

[The Professor]

Originally Posted by The Vet

The Oswald Bastable trilogy

Moorcock's rather than Nesbit's I assume .


Btw the Man in the High Castle has been commissioned by the BBC for a 4parter. If it goes well we might see more.

[LSCatilina]

-"L'Empire du Baphomet"
I'm serious, Templars conquering Asia and Cathay with nuclears weapons and fighting the evil alien Baphomet that manipulate them would be awesome in a movie.

-"Pasquale's Angel"
It would be a great thriller, with the rights actors

[scourge]

Guns of the South would make an awesome mini series on HBO or Showtime.

[NothingNow]

Most of Turtledove's works, and Michael Chabon's the Yiddish Policemen's Union.

[David S Poepoe]

I would suggest using GDW's RPG Space: 1889 as the basis for at least one movie. Exactly how poorly can the SyFy Channel make a steampunk movie?

There was a dramatisation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Princess of Mars I did catch on television a few months ago. It was bad and I was surprised that the Burroughs estate signed off on it.

[The Professor]

Originally Posted by David S Poepoe

I would suggest using GDW's RPG Space: 1889 as the basis for at least one movie. Exactly how poorly can the SyFy Channel make a steampunk movie?

There was a dramatisation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Princess of Mars I did catch on television a few months ago. It was bad and I was surprised that the Burroughs estate signed off on it.

I remember that Asylum version of PoM.
It wasn't actually too bad

[Petike]

The Man in the High Castle.

End of story.

There are several others I would like to see made, but this one would really deserve it, ASBness be damned. But I hope it would turn out as one of the better Philip K. Dick adaptations.

Originally Posted by NothingNow

Most of Turtledove's works, and Michael Chabon's the Yiddish Policemen's Union.

OK, these too - but I'd add "some of Turtledove's works" (particularly the earlier or stand-alone ones).

[BlackWave]

Originally Posted by Petike

The Man in the High Castle.

End of story.

There are several others I would like to see made, but this one would really deserve it, ASBness be damned. But I hope it would turn out as one of the better Philip K. Dick adaptations.

If Wiki is to be believed the BBC is making a miniseries adaptation.

[varyar]

A faithful-to-the-book adaption of Fatherland would be pretty cool.

[The Red]

Originally Posted by varyar

A faithful-to-the-book adaption of Fatherland would be pretty cool.

Or even one that had a more believable plot than 'D-Day fails and Germany immediately invades Britain and holds off the Red Army for 20 years'.

The Gladiator would be pretty awesome as a miniseries.

[Yelnoc]

In the Presence of Mine Enemies could be epic, if done right.

I highly doubt that any of these would be done well.

[CaliBoy1990]

It'd be nice if Decades of Darkness and/or Gurkani Alam were ever to get such an adaptation.

[Zuvarq]

Only "ASB" ones and ones about the Nazis or Soviets would ever be successful in the box office.

[The Professor]

Originally Posted by Xwarq

Only "ASB" ones and ones about the Nazis or Soviets would ever be successful in the box office.

Yeah, that's part of the problem. Going for mass appeal tends to water down what usually makes AH great.
It's what I call the Turtledove effect: take a good premise but then add massive amounts of OTL people with widely different careers and over-analogise conflicts in terms of Nazis and Soviet Regimes...

[Vexacus]

Originally Posted by BlackWave

If Wiki is to be believed the BBC is making a miniseries adaptation.

I doubt it, as everything on wiki is to be taken with a fist-ful of salt