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Books that need to be made into movies

Why haven't these books been made into movies yet?


A Pair of Blue Eyes. Someone get on this. Immediately.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, or any of the Flavia de Luce books.

The Book Thief. I think it could be done.

Ender's Game. I think there's a lot of movie possibility drama history behind this one but I'm not familiar with the ins and outs of it. Apparently it really is going to be a movie soon...? Good.

Princess Academy. Or Goose Girl. Pick a Shannon Hale, any Shannon Hale, and MAKE A MOVIE.

Papa Married a Mormon. It could even be a TV series! But a really nice one, like PBS would feature on Masterpiece.

And can we please have remakes of the following book-movies?

Into Thin Air. I think they wasted this fabulous book on a straight-to-TV aberration a few years ago. Shame.

Les Miserables. OK, I know they made one with a great cast about 10 years ago, but the second half fell so flat it was awful. I also know they're in the process of making another version. However, this version seems to have Anne Hathaway in it. Can we not just get this right? Please?

Gone With the Wind. Not because the original was terrible, but because it's never too soon for another rendition of this awesome book.

What did I miss?

Happy tax day!

April 13th, outsourced