films being made into tv programmes

[lemmingjames]

ive noticed recently that several 'decent' movies are being turned into tv programmes, has the industry finally run out of ideas, so far ive seen;
Shooter - dont bother, not sure how they could drag that film out into 10 x 45 minute programmes and still have massive plot holes in, set-up for season 2
Training Day - set up after the film, so im wondering if the lead black actors dad was the dirty cop in the film and Bill Baxman is Ethan Hawke (i could read imbd i guess but...)

Not see but its coming to itv soon;
Lethal Weapon

Any others?

[MYOB]

Animal Kingdom - Australian film now made into a US series. Film was great but not yet seen the TV series. It's on my Kodi/Exodus collection to watch.

I gave up on TV version of Lethal Weapon.

Gotham (albeit a prequel to Batman) - I'm enjoying this.

Fargo - didn't enjoy the TV series.

Edited by MYOB on Friday 17th February 14:32

[Jonesy23]

Lethal Weapon is actually pretty good. Riggs backstory (what happened to his wife/why he went suicidal nuts) is better thought out than in the film, very nasty, and works well as something to carry forward through the story.

Exorcist TV exists.

From Dusk til Dawn TV exists.

Evil Dead TV exists.


There are a lot of these things around now, more than I can remember right now. Some like Evil Dead are a straight extension of the films with the same people involved, others are telling the same basic story but fleshed out and expanded.


Some of the older things like this (Robocop, Blade) are dross but the modern stuff is usually worth a look.

[ReallyReallyGood]

Rush Hour is a tv show now.

[Patch1875]

Lock stock was pretty good quite a few years ago sure I read it coming back or maybe another Guy Ritchie gangster film.

[eps]

Transporter... something quite facile and simple made even more facile and simple!! It doesn't actually work without Jason Statham either.

[utgjon]

I've heard Limitless is the same as the film, too

[Jonesy23]

Limitless on TV is an extension/crossover with the film, as it's set after it and includes an original character & actor.

[shakotan]

Taken is now a tv-series.

I can't imagine how it's going to work.

[Patch1875]

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.

[P-Jay]

ReallyReallyGood said:

Rush Hour is a tv show now.

Was, they put it out of it's misery after one series thankfully.

To the best of my knowledge there's been the odd TV series that's made a so-so to good film, it's usually more of a 2 hour special to end a series. I quite liked 'Entourage' but I was a big fan of the series.

Going the other way, I cant think of a decent TV series based on a film since MASH? have I missed any?

[popeyewhite]

lemmingjames said:

Not see but its coming to itv soon;
Lethal Weapon

I've seen. If you can get over the fact Mad Mel isn't in it it's not too horrendous.

[Jonesy23]

A few more I've watched:

12 Monkeys - good but a little bit different to the film, mostly because it tells a longer story.

Damien - follow up to The Omen, includes flashbacks to the films.

Dominion - related to the film Legion (Paul Bettany thing with angels)

Minority Report - quite an interesting one, set a few years after the film.

[Jonesy23]

P-Jay said:

Going the other way, I cant think of a decent TV series based on a film since MASH? have I missed any?

I like quite a few of them but Ash vs. Evil Dead is brilliant. It really is just the films carrying on through TV.

[Smollet]

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.

I enjoyed it for its quirkiness and like most US shows that show some degree of style and originality it got canned after one series.

[Halb]

Most of them are ste, watered down versions of greatness.

Ones I like


Stargate SG-1, starts off as a ropey copy, but then continues into something that is truly it's own.

Fargo - serial drama among the best, very nuanced

Jonesy23 said:

A few more I've watched:

12 Monkeys - good but a little bit different to the film, mostly because it tells a longer story.

Damien - follow up to The Omen, includes flashbacks to the films.

Dominion - related to the film Legion (Paul Bettany thing with angels)

Minority Report - quite an interesting one, set a few years after the film.

wow, not heard of any of them, but I really fancy them, the first one specially

[popeyewhite]

Halb said:

Fargo - serial drama among the best, very nuanced

Particularly S1. Really outstanding script, acting (OK, maybe not Martin Freeman, who played...Martin Freeman) and setting.

[Halb]

popeyewhite said:

Halb said:

Fargo - serial drama among the best, very nuanced

Particularly S1. Really outstanding script, acting (OK, maybe not Martin Freeman, who played...Martin Freeman) and setting.

I feel Martin Freeman is a bit Emerpror's New CLothes, I rarely see him do anything outside of his one setting that he normally turns me off a programme when I see his name pop up in the cast.
Acting in S2 was exemplary.

[popeyewhite]

Halb said:

Acting in S2 was exemplary.

I was just a bit disappointed in S2 in general. I understand there's a new series on the way sometime this year.

[FourWheelDrift]

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.