Scorsese already made that into a film.

A good Scorsese film too. The best use of 3D I’ve ever seen. Not in a flashy, trippy way. Subtle, beautiful enhancements to the shots. Bummer for you if you missed seeing it in a good theater.

And an Academy award winning film at that. 11 nominations and 5 awards.

I really wish the Apple Vision were cheaper, because I would buy it just to watch that film in 3D.

Yes but if it were an Anderson film it’d be great too!

I think he’s the only person who could do any of Vonnegut’s work justice, given they are somewhat tonally different. Barring that, I’d take a Blood Meridian musical. Just kidding.

I was about to comment just that! I’d love to see him make a Vonnegut adaptation.

They both play with narrative framing. It would be interesting for sure.

Sirens of Titan by Wes Anderson is literally my dream project.

That would be awesome. I think he could do God Bless You Mr Rosewater flawlessly. I think that’s the most Andersonian(?) of Vonnegut’s stuff.

I haven't read that one in a while, I'm gonna have to do a re-read looking at it through an Andersonian(!) lens.

My favorite director taking on my favorite novelist. I’d be interested.

Breakfast of Champions would be good

Yeah. The Bruce Willis version is abysmal. If anyone could figure out how to incorporate the drawings (which I think are integral) it would be Anderson.

OMG there already is a movie, and it’s crap.

And I Said “Bruce Willis version”, but to be clear, Bruce was not the problem with that movie. If anything he was very well cast. Everything else was terrible.

Felt like there was some definite Vonnegut influence in Asteroid city.

More Roald Dahl works

Danny, Champion of the World would be good. Not to fantastical a story, but it’s heightened enough to work as a Wes Anderson film.

Yep. I already adored Fantastic Mr Fox but the shorts proved to me that no one understands Roald Dahl like him.

A Wrinkle In Time. The 2018 version was terrible.

Oliver Twist

Honestly, him doing David Copperfield or Christmas Carol would be quite interesting too

I really like this one!

I'd like to see his take on Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis.

The hungry hungry caterpillar

weird one, but I’d love to see him take on Carl Hiassen’s YA novels, like Chomp or Hoot.

Oooh I'd love that!!

‘The Whipping Boy’ by Sid Fleischman (1986), a very funny adventure and Newberry Winner

The Twenty One Balloons

I would've loved to see A Series of Unfortunate Events done by Wes, but the Netflix series is already HEAVILY Andersonian

Wait now I gotta re watch it bc I loved this and you’re right. On all fronts.

Yeah I loved the series too! It's very Andersonian, and also like Tim Burton's first films, and very Coraline-esque. It's a very precious series.

I cant wait for 3D Coraline

Beware of Pity by Stephen Zweig. I do not think it quite suits Anderson's worldview, as it's rather cynical, but I think he could make it ironic and funny.

i was thinking this. maybe "where'd you go bernadette?" much better than the shit movie it is now

Vonnegut's Bluebeard.

Carter beats the devil

I read (and loved) this book when it came out. I’m happy to see it mentioned because no one I know has read it

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Mixed up files would be a Tennenbaums prequel!!

The graveyard book!

**The Ascent of Rum Doodle.** As I mentioned on this Reddit post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/wesanderson/comments/1d3h89g/comment/l67x0ro/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/wesanderson/comments/1d3h89g/comment/l67x0ro/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) - I actually sent Wes a first edition copy of it once. He shipped me back two personalised signed posters. I suppose that means he liked it!

I read this book in 6th grade and loved it so much

It’s a fabulous book. I might re read as an adult

Babar and Gulliver's Travels

Late Fame by Arthur Schnitzler is built for a Wes Anderson adaptation.

I’d love to see Wayside Stories from Wayside school.

The Wind in the Willows

It’s already a great movie By Martin Scorsese.

I’ve always thought Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead would be a great WA movie. Turn the oddness into humor with a good script.

When I read Kevin Henkes books with my daughter, I get WA vibes. In particular, Chester’s Way

I'd love to see Wes Andersons's take on a Forrest Gump re-boot. And the book has a lot of stuff that wasn't in the Hanks movie.

Cuckoo Cloud Land, Anthony Doer

Any family drama with eccentric, colorful characters and a distanced narrator. From the classics i think about Jules Verne, Agatha Christie or Dickens Great Expectations.

Any chance I get to share this gem: Wes Anderson’s X-Men https://youtu.be/UngE0qn3VRY?si=z352G5z2DHxWreV5

I think an author that Anderson would really enjoy would be Cormac McCarthy. Wes Anderson’s *Blood Meridian* would be an unforgettable film.

I think Suttree would be a better pick. Would love to see an Anderson depiction of the deep and rugged south.

I think Kafka’s Castle would be funny

Would love to see an anthology film based on the short stories by Edgar Allen Poe.

Brave New World. I’d love to see his take on the scientists in the nurseries, how the different classes are portrayed with their uniforms and lifestyles, people cringing at the utterance of the word mother and discussions of matters such as philosophy and Shakespeare. 

If anyone could even attempt to adapt One Hundred Years of Solitude, it’s him

Bolaño’s Nazi Literature in the Americas.

Anything by JD Salinger. The Royal Tenenbaums was essentially Franny and Zoey

On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony

The Hugo book has a very unique style, and Wes Anderson also has a very unique style. Even though he is my favorite director, I think is adaptations tend to be some of his weakest films. Because it is hard not to compare styles of great storytellers with unique style.