would make or would have made an excellent tv series?
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The Children of the Lion, by Peter Danielson. It's a 19-book series that's based on the Old Testament, but includes a fictitious dynasty of armorers/metalsmiths/artists who bear the mysterious "mark of Cain" on their bodies - a lion's paw print.
The first book is a retelling of the story of Abraham, and subsequent volumes take up with Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, and so on. Intertwined with these happenings are generations of the Children of the Lion and their travels in Egypt, Canaan, the Greek islands, and Mesopotamia. The Hyksos come into the story, as does the Trojan War.
Danielson played fast and loose with the timelines and history - necessary for story purposes. For example, he condensed Moses and the Israelites' wanderings from 40 years to just 10. The series' last book ends during the reign of Solomon.
The books have all the necessary ingredients for a successful TV series: likeable heroes, love-to-hate-'em villains, lots of battles, lots of romance, exotic locales... really a grand adventure, and surprisingly for a series based on the Old Testament, there's not a lot of preachiness or attributing the well-known biblical events (such as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah) to divine actions.
The first book is a retelling of the story of Abraham, and subsequent volumes take up with Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, and so on. Intertwined with these happenings are generations of the Children of the Lion and their travels in Egypt, Canaan, the Greek islands, and Mesopotamia. The Hyksos come into the story, as does the Trojan War.
Danielson played fast and loose with the timelines and history - necessary for story purposes. For example, he condensed Moses and the Israelites' wanderings from 40 years to just 10. The series' last book ends during the reign of Solomon.
The books have all the necessary ingredients for a successful TV series: likeable heroes, love-to-hate-'em villains, lots of battles, lots of romance, exotic locales... really a grand adventure, and surprisingly for a series based on the Old Testament, there's not a lot of preachiness or attributing the well-known biblical events (such as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah) to divine actions.
A series (or miniseries) set in the world of The Hunger Games trilogy (either before, during or after the events showcased in the books) would be a fun thing, I think, to watch develop and could work rather well, given the obvious real-world influences that drive the franchise.
Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp books
The Destroyermen series by Taylor Anderson would make an awesome TV show. In fact, each book already feels like an entire season of a show to me.
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson would make an excellent mini-series.
Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastards series.
The Folly or the PC Peter Grant series, whatever name it's going by.
On FX or premium cable, yes.
Age of X.
I'm basing my answer more on keeping production costs low, hence the small cast size, low requirements for special effects as well as the potential to draw in a much larger audience than the typical scifi/fantasy fans. Its X-Files crossed with Da Vinci Code. Age of X is the story of a Mulder and Scully type duo (both in the believer-vs-skeptic and simmering romantic will-they-won't-they sense) who have been tasked by the government investigate religious cults in an post-apocalyptic age where Gods are returning and granting powers to their chosen flock.
I'm basing my answer more on keeping production costs low, hence the small cast size, low requirements for special effects as well as the potential to draw in a much larger audience than the typical scifi/fantasy fans. Its X-Files crossed with Da Vinci Code. Age of X is the story of a Mulder and Scully type duo (both in the believer-vs-skeptic and simmering romantic will-they-won't-they sense) who have been tasked by the government investigate religious cults in an post-apocalyptic age where Gods are returning and granting powers to their chosen flock.
I'd love to see F.M. Busby's Hulzein Saga books made into a TV series. Given some of the themes in them (Total Welfare for the poor and political prisoners, corporations taking over governments, oligarchs running offworld colonies), they're relateable for present-day audiences.
Another series of books would be C.J. Cherryh's Cyteen novels. There aren't many - Downbelow Station, Forty Thousand in Gehenna, Cyteen, and Regenesis - but these are incredibly complex books with complex characters, and would make an amazing TV series.
Another series of books would be C.J. Cherryh's Cyteen novels. There aren't many - Downbelow Station, Forty Thousand in Gehenna, Cyteen, and Regenesis - but these are incredibly complex books with complex characters, and would make an amazing TV series.
Another vote for an Honor series here.
I think the Safehold series (again by Weber) might be interesting along with a 1632 (Eric Flint etc all)
Some of Bernard Cornwalls non-Sharpe series would be good too.
I think the Safehold series (again by Weber) might be interesting along with a 1632 (Eric Flint etc all)
Some of Bernard Cornwalls non-Sharpe series would be good too.
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