With Hollywood seemingly running low on original movie ideas, there have been an unfortunate number of movies adapted from literature. Though some people are totally against turning a book into a movie, we think there are some books that would be awesome to see on the big screen!
6. FEAR STREET by R. L. Stine: While GOOSEBUMPS was extremely popular for being one of the first series of books that aimed to bring scary stories to pre-teens, R. L. Stine was also busy writing hundreds of novels for his other series for teenage readers. Though the FEAR STREET series involves different characters in each novel, it wouldn’t be hard to come up with a handful of characters who are mentioned throughout the series and create a whole new supernatural thriller involving the original Fear family.
5. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle: This book is a staple for any childhood. We have yet to meet someone who isn’t still amused by the hungry caterpillar munching his way through the book (literally!) before turning into a beautiful butterfly. This also sounds like an ideal plot for a Disney/Pixar film, so we’re actually surprised they haven’t picked up on it yet!
4. TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith: This is such a clever book and again, we’re surprised that Disney hasn’t already tried to bring it to the big screen as it seems to be right up their alley! The book tells the well-known story of the three little pigs and their unfortunate encounter with the Big Bad Wolf, but it’s told from the point of the wolf who is serving his time in jail!
3.THE BFG by Roald Dahl: A lot of Dahl’s works have already been adapted for the big screen, but this one has always been a favourite. It’s just a sweet story! We understand that when the book was first published, filming the giants and the kids together could have been tricky and not as visually appealing, but with the extremely advanced technology we have today, this would be a piece of cake! So, we’d love to see the heartwarming story of Sophie and the BFG come to life.
2. ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN by Donald J. Sobol: Leory “Encyclopedia” Brown is the smartest 5th grader you’ll probably ever meet and he uses his intelligence for good by cleverly solving neighbourhood crimes with his best friend and bodyguard, Sally Kimball. This series is like Sherlock Holmes for the younger generation and with a colourful group of neigbourhood kids and Encyclopedia’s dad being the police chief, it has everything needed for a good teen mystery movie.
1. AMELIA BEDELIA by Peggy Parish: Amelia is the employee you love, but never want to employ. Her kooky antics and hilarious misinterpretations of directions is just screaming for a Hollywood adaptation. The character of Amelia is already perfectly unique and unlike anything we’ve seen in movies. Not only would a feature film be incredibly successful if done properly, but could pave the way for many sequels based on the dozens of Amelia Bedelia books out there!