Taking a break from the DABWAHA madness, Lifetime has offered a contest for y’all to further promote the Nora Roberts Suite of films.
Now, between you and me and the rest of the internet? I don’t know how these things could be better promoted from where I’m sitting. I’ve seen the ads in the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the subway stations I travel in, both uptown and downtown, and on signs on the street. And the posters are definitely eye-catching, if not for the icy color schemes than for the bizarre expressions on some of the actors’ faces. Jerry O’Connell and Lauren Stamile look as if something is going very, very wrong in their world.
Midnight Bayou is on again tonight at 9pm, and then High Noon premieres on 4 April. And you can watch Northern Lights online if you missed it on tv. Note: the film auto-plays when you load the page (GAH). So don’t click that link if you don’t want to start off your movie with a maxi pad commercial or something.
Plus, there’s a sweepstakes. You know, if you like to win stuff.
So, wanna win stuff now? Leave a comment and share what Nora book ought to be the next one made into a movie. I’m partial to the Born In trilogy – that would be some seriously verdant eye candy right there. Feel free to nominate anyone to play the leads, too. I expect everyone will say they want more of Heather Locklear, right? Right?!
I’ll pick a random commenter after 24 hours, and the winner will receive a signed (by Nora) copy of High Noon. So leave a comment. You might get lucky. Or Locklear. Or both.
Alas, the trilogies probably have too much material to translate well into movies—but I’ve always been partial to the Three Sisters Island trilogy and the In the Garden trilogy, and would love to see them done. Casting, though? No idea, heh.
I would like to see the latest Blood Brothers series made into a mini-series with cool special effects to accompany the wonderful couples in the books.
Hands down, Three Fates. I’d propose it’d be a multi-part deal, however. I love the three intertwining love stories, but I felt that the Lifetime production of Montana Sky, which also has three intertwining stories, spent so much time scrambling to accommodate all three romances that it barely touched the real meat of the book. I still vote Three Fates, though!
ah, shows how much attention I pay (I don’t watch TV while I’m at school)
I’ll have to keep an eye out for it
If it were a series, not just a two-hour movie, i’d love to see them do the Born Ins or Chesapeake books. But since they are so limited in time, I’d like to see what they’d do with a category, as it might be easier to translate into two hours. The Mackades or Second Nature/One Summer would be great as a series, but as a stand-alone… hmn. I’ll go with Local Hero. Or The Art of Deception. Or maybe The Law is a Lady, Dual Image, or Partners. If they want the woo factor, maybe Mind over Matter. Any number of these (or the rest of her backlist for that matter) would be great movies.
Diane :o)
I have this one but haven’t read yet! (Don’t put me in the contest, thanks) I forgot to set up the DVR to record the movies! I’m sure they are on again so I must do that! I did see a couple of the movies they had based on Nora’s books the last time. MONTANA SKY was my favorite! I loved mostly the earlier books and the Robb books. One of my favorites was a historical! I think it would be so neat to put the Macgregors into a mini series!! If not at least THE REBELLION into a movie! As for casting, I’m not good with knowing the actors and all but I do love how Tim Daly did OUTSIDER based on Penelope Williamson’s book and Nicole Kidman (I thought she does great in historical movies too) So I’d pick them for the roles of Serena MacGregor and English Lord Brigham Langston.
If they could do the magic well, I’d like the “Born In” books as well. They were the books that I really enjoyed the most.
I’ll add an vote for The Villa. Three generations, suspense, love and beautiful scenery.
And I would like to see Colin Farrell as Roarke. Or Hugh Jackman. Either would have to use blue contacts anyway.
My dream for “In Death”
Production: Showtime or HBO
Series; at least first 3 books so the HEA is gotten to
Casting: Gerald Butler and Hilary Swank for Roark and Eve (just watch P.S I love you for the chemistry, and they are both great actors)
Summerset: James Cromwell (Babe and L.A. Confidencial)
That is my dream…Why HBO/Showtime? Production value, Lifetime does not provide it or great direction.
Why those actors? Well Gerald makes a lovely Scotsman playing an Irishman, and Hilary has been my choice for Eve ever since the Icon deal a few years back. She has the dip in the chin, the build, and even the ability to be tough. (The woman’s academy awards were earned).
I think that the best book for this format would be Three Fates, provided they cast it well. Now I’d just have to think who could play those hunky Sullivan brothers.
Hm. I like the suggestion of “The Villa,” above, but I’m going to have to with…shoot. What is that trilogy called? I always think of it as the Irish Jewels trilogy—the Gallaghers? “Jewels of the Sun,” etc.
If only b/c Darcy throwing things would be hilarious on screen.
Hmmm- I think the Donovan legacy would be fun as well as the “Sign of Seven” trilogy. I have no idea about casting though.
I daresay I’m not all that on top of those “Hollywood-types” these days.
Might I also say, I got an email from “Turn the Page” bookstore and congratulations to Sarah for doing a book signing there next month. Awesome!
The Chesepeake series is really good. I would love to see it made into a movie.
Since I just recently read them (I know, where have I been???) I have to say I think the Donovan stories would make good movies. With the Lifetime value of good being applied, natch.
I loved the book Sanctuary to distraction. I’ve tried to watch the movie multiple times and just can’t do it.
Oh yes, The Born In Series. I’m super excited about these movies – I’ve also seen some tie-ins in Borders stores. some of those photos though are horrible – they look like the two people took the photos seperately and they fused them together!
I’d love the Born series, or the Garden series to be made into movies. The In Death series, not so much. Between not wanting to ruin the images I have of those characters in my head, and really really really thinking they should have a movie theater quality production, it would be a huge disappointment to have them done by Lifetime.
Chesapeake Bay!! Yeah !!! Yeah!!!
OK, what in the name of all things holy is wrong with those promotional posters. They are atrocious! They look like something that should show up in the cover mocking section. Someone needs to back away from Poser and Photoshop right damn now.
And LeAnne Rimes as the Meg? What?! Meg is a brunette! Just… no. And did anyone notice they have her name wrong on the blurb about the movie on the website? She’s referred to as Meg Galligan instead of Meg Galloway. Did they actually change her name for the movie or did they just not proof read their website? And why the heck would they change her last name?
This is part of why I’ve shied away from all of the Nora Roberts movies, despite really loving some of these books. It just seems like the casting director went to IMDB and started choosing people at random. I mean fine, if you’re going to cast LeAnne Rimes, whatever, but can you at least buy the girl a dark wig?
He would be absolutely perfect!
I knew something was off! i haven’t read the book since it came out, so i couldn’t figure out what was wrong! I wouldn’t be surprised if they changed the last name; I honestly don’t remember what they called her in the movie. I mean they changed the names of what of the possible dads in Mamma Mia and that was actually in the movies. So, lifetime doing that wouldn’t surprise me.
I vote for the Irish Hearts. These two were my first, and probably will be my favorites forever!
As much as I enjoy all of Nora’s novels, my pick would have to be the Key trilogy. They had a perfect balance of suspense, mystery, and romance! It’s been awhile since I read them, so I don’t have any particular actors in mind to fill the starring roles.
I think that the production values on any Lifetime move of the In Death series would be too cheap. It needs a big movie budget to do the futuristic theme justice. The more relationship centered smaller stories (not that the Roarke/Dallas relationship isn’t central) would translate better to the smaller screen. I agree with most of the posts: I hated the Lifetime version of Montana Sky. I would like to see the Quinn brothers done right but am apprehensive about casting and potential Lifetime cringe-inducing casting and dialogue.
Even though the movies will never be as good as the books, I’ll still watch any Nora the make into a movie.
I’d like to see the Born In sisters, and the Quinn Brothers on the screen. And, any of the Silhouettes would make good movies. Not as much going on and they could focus on the characters. (So much has to be left out of the longer books to meet the time limit of a movie.
I’ll throw in a vote for Irish Jewels trilogy 🙂
And for the record, I’ve often thought that a movie just called “Hugh Jackman Naked” would be the number one grossing movie of the year. Wouldn’t we all go see it every day? It would also be number one most profitable because how expensive can it be to just film Hugh Jackman going about his daily life completely starkers?