10 Unfilmable Movies We’d Love To See Get Made

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Filming these epic novels always comes at a risk. But, unfortunately, sometimes, that risk isn’t worth the reward, and our favorite stories we read are massacred on the big screen.

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Despite the odds stacked against them, Reddit recently asked what unfilmable popular sci-fi books we may see adapted into movies or television series.

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HYPERION The science fiction novel was written by Dan Simmons and won the 1990 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The story shares a similar structure to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

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EARTHSEA Given the popularity of fantasy novels like Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, Earthsea seems ripe for an adaptation. In fact, it was developed into a two-part Sci-Fi Channel mini-series in 2004.

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THE FOREVER WAR An award-winning novel by Joe Haldeman, The Forever War tells a story of human soldiers fighting an interstellar war against the alien civilization known as the Taurans.

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RENDEVOUS WITH RAMA The award-winning novel by Arthur C. Clarke takes place in the 2130s. The story is told from the view of human explorers who intercept an alien starship entering our Solar System to unlock its mysteries.

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The 1967 novel by Roger Zelazny blends science fiction and fantasy elements. A $50 million film was announced in 1979, but nothing came of it.

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OLD MAN’S WAR The military science fiction novel was written by John Scalzi and published in 2005. Scalzi mentions his influence from the works of Robert Heinlein, particularly Starship Troopers.

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