The 10 Weirdest TV Shows Based on Beloved Movies

These days, it looks like each time a film finds any kind of success on the field workplace or on streaming, we’re more likely to see a by-product or two on tv inside a few years. Peacock’s miniseries The Continental is a John Wick prequel/spinoff, Amazon’s A League of Their Own was a by-product/remake of the beloved basic film, and Disney+ has been churning out Marvel and Star Wars TV reveals because it launched. We’re tempted to say it hasn’t at all times been this manner, with tv drawing inspiration from cinema, nevertheless it form of has. Tons of your favourite reveals, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Cobra Kai, began off as films earlier than anybody noticed the potential to increase their storylines.

But it’s not at all times straightforward to translate the charms and pleasure of a characteristic movie into longform storytelling, and TV spinoffs don’t at all times work out. In truth, a lot of them don’t last more than a season (or an episode) or two, their house networks shortly realizing that perhaps their storylines match higher on the massive display. We’ve gathered a listing of ten of the oddest TV reveals primarily based on beloved cinematic classics, from the forgotten to the unloved to the utterly incomprehensible. We can’t essentially suggest that you simply instantly go watch all of those, however there are just a few hidden gems whose mere existence makes them value trying out.

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