Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 had thebiggest opening weekendof any movie in corner office chronicle . Which mean that Hollywood is going to be twice as desperate to find oneself a new Potter - way addictive fantasy series .
Fantasy books are full of long , immersive series — it ’s one of the thing fantasy does best . But where are the serial that could occupy the Hollywood pot that King Harry just vacated ? Here are 10 possibilities .
We need io9 ’s Facebook followers to suggest some fancy book of account seriesthat could live up to the awe-inspiring artistic and commercial success of the Potter plastic film , and here ’s what you paint a picture . Including one projection that ’s already in the pipeline …
1 ) Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser . Fritz Leiber ’s mismatched sword - and - necromancy hero and their half-baked - bloomers escapade in the terra firma of Nehwon have thrilled phantasy fans since 1936 ! They ’re the two greatest swordsmen in any creation . Fafhrd is a great barbarian who has turned his back on his people , and the Grey Mouser is the former apprentice to a dead superstar . There ’s a moderately great rundown of the serieshere . ( Thanks Scott and Marcus ! )
2 ) Earthsea . “ You know , done in good order — not whitewashed and sucky , ” pronounce Sofia , referring to the disastrous Syfy adaptation among other fail versions . But if someone ever manages to do the Earthsea books good , then you could have a classic — and ace - popular — movie series on your hand . Like the Harry Potter series , the books come out with a young wizard acquire his trade — and like the Potter level , they get a lot more grownup and complicated as they go along . But even the first book is full of dark and strangeness , as Ged copes with the consequences of his own high-handedness . By the sentence you get to the last Christian Bible , and we ’re dealing with the outcome of tampering with the afterlife itself , you ’ve pay off one of the most compelling sagas of all fourth dimension . perchance Bill Condon could adapt these books as a roof of the mouth - cleanser after adapt Twilight : Breaking Dawn . I play a Bill Condon Earthsea serial would actually find .
3 ) Dragonriders of Pern “ Dragonriders of Pern would make an awing pic series , if done the right way , ” says Leah . You ’d definitely involve a deft touch to handle the whole “ dragonriders mate when their dragons do ” scenario . Arguably this series is science fiction , not fantasy — but it does have firedrake , and thus could appeal to people who jazz Avatar . Anyway , this series take on plaza on a major planet where citizenry have aquasi - Medieval culturealongsider genetically engineered dragons , and even though there ’s no countersign for “ war ” in Pernese , there are still some baneful ( sorry ! ) problems . Anyway , the idea of people being bind with their tartar for life is a bright escapist fantasy , that could cauterise up the pic screen . ( Thanks Leah , Jim , Daeve , Alan , Ruth , Josh and Joe ! )
4 ) The Dark Tower Series Sadly , Universaljust decided to pull the plugon this series of movies ( and companion television miniseries ) based on Stephen King ’s novels . But that does n’t change the fact that a run of Dark Tower movies would be sheer gold . string on a stage set of influences as across-the-board as Robert Browning ’s poem “ Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came , ” western sandwich and post - revelatory skill fiction , this serial tells a wholesale story of a earthly concern that seems to be falling apart around Roland , who searches for the Dark Tower that bridge realities . It could be the moving picture heroic poem that makes Harry Potter search like a drawing - elbow room farce . ( Thanks Amanda , Holly , Hege , Daeve , Jon , Erik , Joseph , Heather and Anjana ! )
5 ) Artemis Fowl “ Better than Potter , and [ endowed ] with a brilliant sense of humor , ” says Grace . “ Fowl is about a 12 twelvemonth older criminal mastermind exploting kick - shtup fairies . The serial publication is almost complete , and in reality undertake science pretty well , with pretty smart ideas on time travel . ” Artemis , the criminal mastermind , has a rivalry with the fairy hot - shot Holly Sharp , which slowlymorphs , over the course of instruction of six books , into a unparalleled friendship . There are ludicrously awesome plots and ridiculous liquid body substance . These Word have drawn a huge global audience , an important prerequisite for a film serial now . ( Thanks Grace , Nikolaus , Frédéric and Mary ! )
6 ) Jeff Smith ’s BONE serial As Jim points out , this serial “ has quietly sell C of G of copies in schools and comic workshop . ” This is one of the most alone comic series of the preceding couple decennium , and it ’s become something of an mental institution . Smith has already gotten a infotainment ( see lagger at left ) but an actual moving-picture show adjustment is overdue . The saga of the Bone cousins travel to the valley , weather the terrible squealer creatures , and then questing to save the vale from the Lord of the Locusts would make a marvellous set of movies .
7 ) The Dresden Files Opinions seem to differ pretty widely about whether the television of Jim Butcher ’s popular book serial did it justness or not — but it hardly matters . good deal of the great unwashed seem to be eager for a faithful movie adaptation , which in reality uses the plots from the books instead of just using them as a jumping - off distributor point . There are lots of books about magic detectives and supernatural problematical guys , but Harry Dresden might well be the most democratic wizard P.I. being put out currently . And there ’s tons of material in the twelve Dresden books to support a movie series , including some horrifying teras , dark magic , and “ women who kick ass . ” ( Thanks Jeremy , Elaine , Travis , Dave , Bill , John , Janet , Hayley and Crystal ! )
- Discworld Yes , there have beenvarious adaptations , mostly for television system , and an Unseen Academicals film is reportedly in the line along with anew police procedural show . But a caboodle of people believe that Discworld could also support a overgenerous moving-picture show series — and having latterly read the Tiffany Aching book , I ’d be a strong supporter of an Aching film serial publication . At one point , Sam Raimi wasreportedly in lineto adapt The Wee Free Men as a moving-picture show , but sadly he moved on to a much less interesting Wizard of Oz prequel . I actually conceive the news report of Tiffany learning to be a witch , and confront the lack of glamor in a crone ’s existence , would be a marvelous picture show , and then continuation could flesh out outwards into the rest of Discworld . ( Thanks Alan , Angel and Gordon ! )
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9 ) Roger Zelazny ’s Chronicles of Amber As Rajan Khannawrites at Tor.com , this ten - book series has everything :
Witty , witching , and delightfully unreliable first soul narrator ? mark . Near - immortal beings ? learn . Travel between mankind ? Check . Dysfunctional families and the ensue politics of such ? match . And yet it was so much more than this laundry list of detail .
In this series , Amber is the true reality , and everything else , include Earth , is just a shadow of it . When Corwin finds himself on the apparition Earth , with amnesia , he must work out out the formula of the virulent game before it ’s too late . There are huge twisting and bit , machiavellian plotting , and complex storylines , specially in the first five volume . ( Thanks Alan , Vic , Doug , Bill , Sharon , Nathaniel , Darius , Mike and David ! )
10 ) Dragonlance . “ Do story , then watch it with Legends , ” Christopher advises . “ Six moving-picture show correctly there . ” This shared - human race setting has spawned scads of novel , but the main unity are the work of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman , for TSR and Random House . TheChroniclesfollow a radical of admirer who quest to become Heroes of the Lance , freeing slave and fighting dragons along the way . The Legends trilogy follow a duad of counterpart , Caramon Majere and Raistlin Majere , and their troubled human relationship , spanning over a hundred years including a reality - shaking Cataclysm . It would take a ton of ambition to turn these six book into a moving picture serial , but if someone could displume it off , it could be amazing . ( Thanks Christopher , Lee , Justin , Faheem , and Callie ! )
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