I think Terry Pratchett is dead against any kind of live action Discwrld novel being made despite the untold riches he would make. Bloody artists and their intergity eh.
However. My twopennorth is that Guards Guards would make a cracking film. Id have Arnold Scwarzenegger as Carrot and Bob Hoskins as Vimes. Ian McDiarmid would be a good Patrician and i`d have Jack Dee as Lupine Wonse.

What book would you turn int a film and who would you have playing the characters.

Guards! Guards! Would be a good choice but I'm not sure about your choice of cast.

I can see that cast working.

Terry Pratchett actually wants the books to be made into films, it's just that no one has been able to do it yet. The closest they ever got was a treatment of Mort with apparently looked like it would happen but for some reason or other didn't. I think Mort would make the best film, or at least would be the best one to introduce filmgoers to the series. As far as cast goes, I reckon it would best be left to unknowns rather than stars, otherwise they'd detract from the story. That's one of the reasons Star Wars (the originals) worked well.

Mort would be a fantastic film. Youd have to start with one of the early Pratchetts. I didnt know that Pratchett wants his work filmed. Why has no one done it yet. Do it right and youve got one hell of a franchise on your hands.

yeah id have to go with any of the watch books
not sure about cast

but terry gilliam directing maybe

I'm not sure of the exact reasons behind it, he said in the foreword to 'The Art Of Discworld' that he always envisioned his work being on the screen but i think that his stuff hasn't been done yet because noone has worked out how to do it really well; half the jokes are in the narrative, the ideas are so ambitious etc. I think that it's more likely that a film would happen now due to technology, but you'd need someone brilliant top make it work, i.e. Gilliam.

Arnie wouldn't work as Carrot. You need someone with a bit of acting ability to flesh out his full character that's so integral to the whole series. Gilliam directing unknowns would work best. Guards! Guards, Mort, then one of the books taht features both wizards and wizards would make up a good start to a series of films. Then the first two books as one movie.

Any of the Death books, especially Hogfather bu for that to work maybe an earlier one first to introduce Death as a character and his history, Susan etc.

if you make any of the night watch books then you may have to make three of them,guards guards,men at arms and feet of clay.i think they run in that order to make any sense.

I think that, if any of the books were made into films, they'd have to follow all of the series through, rather than going in order of the books. It's fair enough writing about different characters from book to book, but film to film might test the audiences' patience. Unless they gave out each series to different directors and let them gewt on with them simultaneously. But that really would be a bit much.

Anyway, the whole of the Night Watch series in order would be great, especially since I think that Vimes' progression over the course of all the books would be something that newcomers would be able to relative to.

I'm trying to imagine the protests from some of the more fundamental religious types if they made Small Gods into a book.

The Guards books and Mort would make the best films and would be the easiest for someone to follow. Certain points about things like say, Ankh Morpork could be done in a voiceover somewhat like the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Plus who wouldn't want to hear the full "Ankh-Morpork, the pearl of cities" line.

If it was to happen, I would like it to go through chronologically, starting with Colour of Magic. But that it the screaming geek in me.

But the one that I really think would make a good film was "Going Postal" - I read it thinking all the way through "This would make a cracking film". It has fantastic chase scenes and a dashing love affair. All you need really.

A narrator would be best since that's what they do with the plays and they work really well, Carpe Jugulum is really good performed so that might work best as a film, though, of course, you'd have to do the rest of the witches series first.



I could live without the first three books being made into films to be honest. Though they aren't bad they really don't fit in all that well with the rest of the books that followed them, except for the introduction of Ankh-Morpork and Rincewind and Twoflower, the things in Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic don't follow on well continuity wise (Cohen be young rather than old and decrepid for one) and Equal Rites ends in such a way that doesn't remotely connect to the rest of the witches books.

Whilst I realise that Pratchett didn't initailly think that these long series would emerge as a result of his initial writings, I don't think they would make good films in terms of getting the entire series made into films. they could be made into films once the franchise was established, but they wouldn't be best to start with.

That's true. They could be prequels. Very much in the manner of the Star Wars films. But, you know... good.

Pwatchet really gets on my tits. Haven't managed to read a whole line of his without hearing his stupid garden-shed voice pwonouncing the words from underneath his floppy hat.

It already is a book.

I don't think there'd be anything worthwhile out of making discworld films. Most of what I think is great about discworld books is Pratchett's writing style rather than the plots themselves. The way he describes things and how he puts across how the characters think would be lost in a film adaption.

Having played the Discworld games to death, I still think Eric Idle would be a great Rincewind, even if he is a little old now. His is the only voice I can associate with the character.

Damn, bit of a brain fart there.

What about some books coveringthe character of Lewton as seen in Discworld Noir.