cobalt79 Wrote:If we're talking directors.....what about Ron Howard? He seems to have pretty much everything he touches turn into a big hit.
Good thought, cobalt. But I think maybe Ron is just too nice...too =good= an hombre. Does he truly understand Eee-vil? You'd have to, to do THE KEEP justice. Just my evil opinion.
Peter Jackson would be good, no doubt, but perhaps a little pricey.
I'd suggest either Simon Wincer or Frank Darabont who have both done excellent work directing period-piece book adaptations.
Wincer did Lonesome Dove - arguably the best book-to-film adaptation ever.
Darabont did The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Again, brilliant work. Since Darabont has done more films dealing with the supernatural, he'd be my first pick.
I'd suggest either Simon Wincer or Frank Darabont who have both done excellent work directing period-piece book adaptations.
Wincer did Lonesome Dove - arguably the best book-to-film adaptation ever.
Darabont did The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Again, brilliant work. Since Darabont has done more films dealing with the supernatural, he'd be my first pick.
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webby Wrote:Peter Jackson would be good, no doubt, but perhaps a little pricey.
I'd suggest either Simon Wincer or Frank Darabont who have both done excellent work directing period-piece book adaptations.
Wincer did Lonesome Dove - arguably the best book-to-film adaptation ever.
Darabont did The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Again, brilliant work. Since Darabont has done more films dealing with the supernatural, he'd be my first pick.
"Pricey?" I would think he'd pay =Paul= to direct a righteous film of that wonderful book!
(If he played it rogue..."Something is killing my cameramen...")
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Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:"Pricey?" I would think he'd pay =Paul= to direct a righteous film of that wonderful book!
Well, that would be nice. So, who's sending Jackson a copy of the book to get him interested?
Seriously though, Jackson leans toward fantasy and Wincer toward westerns, so I'll still make Frank Darabont my first choice. Hey, maybe I should send him a copy of The Keep!
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I don't know about his other movies, but Bill Paxton directed FRAILTY, and it was extemely creepy.
Give him a few years, and he could play Glaeken, also.
Give him a few years, and he could play Glaeken, also.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
webby Wrote:Well, that would be nice. So, who's sending Jackson a copy of the book to get him interested?
Seriously though, Jackson leans toward fantasy and Wincer toward westerns, so I'll still make Frank Darabont my first choice. Hey, maybe I should send him a copy of The Keep!
Do that, Webby! The more copies of Paul's books around, the better our little blue world will be.
Scott Miller Wrote:Oh yeah. I said that The Keep is sort of like The Hobbit, a stand-alone that ties into a trilogy. So he does The Keep, then he takes a huge cast for the better part of three years to make Reborn, Reprisal and Nightworld at the same time. Works for me.
Reborn and Reprisal would make excellent somewhat low budget horror flicks.
ccosborne3 Wrote:Reborn and Reprisal would make excellent somewhat low budget horror flicks.
"Low budget horror flicks," Ccosborne? I muscled thru MIDNIGHT MASS, thank yez very kindly!:eek:
jimbow8 Wrote:I don't know about his other movies, but Bill Paxton directed FRAILTY, and it was extemely creepy.
Give him a few years, and he could play Glaeken, also.
Jimbow --
I was quite impressed with Bill Paxton's directing in FRAILTY, especially since he was also a lead actor in the film. His debut directing of a feature, too, right? That is one of those movies you don't soon forget.
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