Stories I would love to adapt to film

A Tale of Two Cities
Why: It's maybe the most timeless tale of love and sacrifice ever written. Even though it's been done before, it doesn't really have a signature adaptation, even though the 1934 or '35 version was critically acclaimed.
If not directed by me: Tom Hooper or Joe Wright
Starring:
Christian Bale as Sydney Carton
Keira Knightley as Lucie Manette
Michael Fassbender as Charles Darnay
Tom Wilkinson as Dr. Alexander Manette
Meryl Streep as Madame Defarge
John Malkovich as Monsieur Defarge
Derek Jacobi as Jarvis Lorry
Jamie Bell as Jerry Cruncher (combining old and young into one character)

Ulysses
Why: It's yet to get a big-budget adaptation and though this is clearly fit more for the pages than for the screen, something good could be done here, if not great. There's plenty of potential for great performances, great period sets, and long shots of Ireland and the sea. But making this as a visual medium would require a great deal of creativity, as writing it did.
If not directed by me: Steve McQueen. Not that Steve McQueen; I want the guy who directed Hunger and Shame.
Starring:
Colin Firth as Leopold Bloom (I've finally determined that Liam Neeson is too old. Also considering Daniel Day-Lewis, but the role doesn't require the intensity that he usually brings.)
Young, relatively unknown Irish actor as Stephen Dedalus (I think it's important that this actor is unknown, plus I don't think there's anyone out there who fits the role.)
Julia Roberts as Molly Bloom (She's American so bitch away, but she was awfully good in Michael Collins in 1996.)

Moby-Dick
hy: There's been a bit of interest in stories of seafaring kind of recently (if 2003 is recently) so why not go for this one? It's the best and probably the most important American novel ever written and most people probably don't even know it's been filmed before. As of now, Pinocchio is the best giant whale film out there. As much as I love Pinocchio, that has to change. Plus with technology now, this film could look unbelievable.
If not directed by me: Steven Spielberg
Starring:
Geoffrey Rush as Captain Ahab
Paul Dano as Ishmael
Djimon Hounsou as Queequeg
Lou Diamond Phillips as Tashtego

Macbeth (in 3D)
Why: Hamlet won best picture once. Othello has a number of great films. Romeo & Juliet has two or three memorable ones. What about Macbeth? Well Polanski made one in the 70s but it was far from great. I'd love to adapt this and make it 3D. That probably sound strange, but Shakespeare wrote this as an extremely violent and bloody play, and that can be taken to the extreme without losing the integrity of the words, I think.
If not directed by me: Let's face it; this is mine.
Starring:
Ewan McGregor as Macbeth
Kate Winslet as Lady Macbeth
Gerard Butler as Macduff (this to me is the most obvious casting decision after seeing him in Coriolanus)
Patrick Stewart or Sean Connery as Duncan
Orlando Bloom as Malcolm
James McAvoy as Donalbain
Guy Pearce as Banquo

King Lear
Why: Along with Macbeth, this is one of those "Great 4" tragedies that doesn't have a signature film. Like Macbeth, I think some interesting things could be done visually to elevate this easily past the stage.
If not directed by me: Kenneth Branagh, by far the greatest Shakespearean director of this age.
Starring:
Ian McKellen as King Lear
Michael Fassbender as Edmund
Jamie Bell as Edgar
Cate Blanchett as Goneril
Kate Winslet as Reagan
Michael Caine as Kent
Anne Hathaway as Cordelia
Kenneth Branagh as Gloucester
Ricky Gervais as Fool

The Danny Thomas Story
Why: It's a truly inspiring and relatively unknown story. A struggling, impoverished actor prays to Saint Jude, makes it big, and repays by making the most well-known children's hospital in the world.
If not directed by me: Robert Zemeckis. I don't know why, but I see some parallels maybe to Forrest Gump and could see him doing a good job with this.
Starring:
Michael Fassbender as Danny Thomas
Michelle Williams as Rose Marie Thomas
Charlize Theron as Marjorie Lloyd
Jack McGee as Bishop Samuel Stritch
Rooney Mara as Marlo Thomas (old)

Untitled project about American Revolution and USA's early days
Why: It'd be a nearly impossible thing to do, but it'd be really interesting, too.
If not directed by me: Steven Spielberg
Russell Crowe as George Washington
Matt Damon as John Adams
James Franco as Thomas Jefferson
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Benjamin Franklin
Ralph Fiennes as Samuel Adams
William Hurt as John Hancock
Colin Firth as Benedict Arnold
Michael Shannon as Patrick Henry
Daniel Radcliffe as Nathan Hale