films being made into tv programmes
Discussion
Patch1875 said:
utgjon said:
I've heard Limitless is the same as the film, too
Limitless was pretty good I thought quite clever and funny in places.Halb said:
Eric Mc said:
Halb said:
Coogan's Bluff and McLoud.
I prefer the film.
In that vein, "Alias Smith and Jones" bore some resemblances to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".I prefer the film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCloud_(TV_series)
Wiki says -
"Alias Smith and Jones" was made in the same spirit as many other American TV series of the time, from Huggins' own "The Fugitive" to "Renegade", about fugitives on the run across America who get involved in the personal lives of the people they meet. The major difference was that Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry were guilty of the crimes for which they were accused, but were trying to begin a noncriminal life.
The series was modeled on the 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. (Universal contract player Ben Murphy was offered to the producers because he was considered a Paul Newman lookalike.)[3] A number of similarities are seen between the film and the TV series: One of the lead characters in the film was called Harvey Logan (played by Ted Cassidy). In real life, Harvey Logan, also known by the nickname of "Kid Curry", was an associate of the real Butch Cassidy, and unlike the TV version, was a cold-blooded killer
Eric Mc said:
I was agreeing with you and offering another example.
Wiki says -
"Alias Smith and Jones" was made in the same spirit as many other American TV series of the time, from Huggins' own "The Fugitive" to "Renegade", about fugitives on the run across America who get involved in the personal lives of the people they meet. The major difference was that Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry were guilty of the crimes for which they were accused, but were trying to begin a noncriminal life.
The series was modeled on the 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. (Universal contract player Ben Murphy was offered to the producers because he was considered a Paul Newman lookalike.)[3] A number of similarities are seen between the film and the TV series: One of the lead characters in the film was called Harvey Logan (played by Ted Cassidy). In real life, Harvey Logan, also known by the nickname of "Kid Curry", was an associate of the real Butch Cassidy, and unlike the TV version, was a cold-blooded killer
I have no defence save for Wiki says -
"Alias Smith and Jones" was made in the same spirit as many other American TV series of the time, from Huggins' own "The Fugitive" to "Renegade", about fugitives on the run across America who get involved in the personal lives of the people they meet. The major difference was that Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry were guilty of the crimes for which they were accused, but were trying to begin a noncriminal life.
The series was modeled on the 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. (Universal contract player Ben Murphy was offered to the producers because he was considered a Paul Newman lookalike.)[3] A number of similarities are seen between the film and the TV series: One of the lead characters in the film was called Harvey Logan (played by Ted Cassidy). In real life, Harvey Logan, also known by the nickname of "Kid Curry", was an associate of the real Butch Cassidy, and unlike the TV version, was a cold-blooded killer
I've been seeing your name too much in the greatest President there is has been or ever will be...
I have in the back of my mind another programme that not an exact translation. I quite like like the idea of a film idea and then subtly changing it, or perhaps even placing it in the same universe. I am sure series have come out of peripheral characters but cannot recall right now.
I think every popular TV series in the 1970s got a film, Man About the House, Porridge, Rising Damp, Father Dear Father, Bless This House, George & Mildred, Dads Army.
One more film to TV series, the Carry on Films got a TV series, Carry on Laughing - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157218/
One more film to TV series, the Carry on Films got a TV series, Carry on Laughing - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157218/
FourWheelDrift said:
Been going on for ages. Some recent some old.
Film / TV Series
Alien Nation / Alien Nation
Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Blue Thunder / Blue Thunder
From Dusk till Dawn / From Dusk till Dawn the series
Hannibal films / Hannibal
Indiana Jones films / Loosely: Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
Logan's Run / Logan's Run
Planet of the Apes / Planet of the Apes series
Pyscho / Bates Motel
Terminator films / Sarah Connor Chronicles
Westworld / Westworld
Probably more if you think about it.
Logans Run the series was very good.Film / TV Series
Alien Nation / Alien Nation
Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Blue Thunder / Blue Thunder
From Dusk till Dawn / From Dusk till Dawn the series
Hannibal films / Hannibal
Indiana Jones films / Loosely: Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
Logan's Run / Logan's Run
Planet of the Apes / Planet of the Apes series
Pyscho / Bates Motel
Terminator films / Sarah Connor Chronicles
Westworld / Westworld
Probably more if you think about it.
But why did they ditch The Sarah Connor Chronicles? Why? Why?
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