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Browse - Most popular shows featuring: adaptation of a moviex
Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer is set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, and the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival are questioned in this riveting television adaptation.
What We Do in the Shadows
Based on the feature of the same name, the half-hour comedy will be written by Clement and directed by Waititi.
Limitless
The show based on 2011 Bradley Cooper thriller, picks up where the movie left off and follows Brian Sinclair as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug NZT, and is coerced into using his newfound drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI.
Lethal Weapon
When Texas cop and former Navy SEAL Martin Riggs suffers the loss of his wife and baby, he moves to Los Angeles to start anew. There, he gets partnered with LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh, who, having recently suffered a "minor" heart attack, must avoid any stress in his life.
12 Monkeys
A tv series adaptation of Terry Gilliam's 1995 feature film of the same name. The movie starred Bruce Willis as James Cole, a convicted criminal in a post-apocalyptic future where the Earth's population is forced to live underground after a deadly virus. In a bid to earn a pardon, Cole uses the imperfect science of time travel to help collect information on the virus released by the Army of the Twelve Monkeys.
National Treasure: Edge of History
Jess is Latinx and a DREAMer. She's brilliant, with a resourceful mind, a natural knack for puzzles and a love for a good mystery.
In search of answers about her family, she winds up embarking on an adventure that will see her uncover the truth about her parents and her own buried history and save a lost Pan-American treasure.
Series based on the "National Treasure" movies.
Condor
Inspired by Three Days of the Condor, Sydney Pollack's 1975 political thriller, Condor follows young CIA analyst Joe Turner, whose idealism is tested when he stumbles onto a terrible but brilliant plan that threatens the lives of millions.
Taken (2017)
In this series, Bryan Mills, the character played by Neeson in the movies, is a young man with no wife and kids. The series' premise pays an homage to the movies as it references one of the films' most popular quotes, part of Mill's famous speech to one of the thugs suspected in the kidnapping of his daughter, "What I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career; skills that make me a nightmare for people like you." The series shows how Mills acquires his "very particular set of skills" and becomes the character we all know. The series bends time as it is set in modern day, not decades in the past.
The Purge
The Purge is a series based on movie franchise with the same name. One day each year all laws are suspended for 12 hours and anything that could happen, usually does.
Minority Report
This series is envisioned as a sequel to the movie. It is set 10 years after the end of Precrime in DC. One of the three Precogs struggles to lead a "normal" human life, but remains haunted by visions the future, when he meets a detective haunted by her past who just may help him find a purpose to his gift.
The Exorcist
The Exorcist is described as a modern reinvention of the book, previously adapted into William Friedkin's classic horror movie. It is a propulsive, serialized psychological thriller following two very different men - Father Tomas Ortega (Herrera) and Father Marcus Lang (Daniels) - tackling one family's case of horrifying demonic possession and confronting the face of true evil.
Scream
TV series adaptation of the hit horror film franchise, Scream.
Fatal Attraction (2023)
A deep-dive reimagining of the classic psychosexual thriller and '80s cultural touchstone, the new series will explore fatal attraction and the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity, through the lens of modern attitudes towards strong women, personality disorders and coercive control.
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
Based on the thrill-ride film, this series is a supernatural crime saga centered around bank robber and his violent, unpredictable brother, who are wanted by the FBI and the Texas Rangers after a bank heist left several people dead. While on the run to Mexico, Seth and Richie encounter former minister Jacob Fuller (Patrick) and his family, whom they take hostage. Using the family RV to cross the border, chaos ensues when the group detours to a strip club that is populated by vampires. They are forced to fight until dawn in order to get out alive. The series deepens the tone of the film, adds new characters and backstories and expands the Mesoamerican mythology behind the creatures inside the club.
Let the Right One In (2022)
Inspired by the best-selling 2004 novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist and its 2008 Swedish film adaptation, the series revolves around Mark (Bichir) and his 12-year-old daughter, whose lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life, able to go out only at night, while her father does his best to provide her with the minimal amount of human blood she needs to stay alive.
Parenthood
Based on the 1980 film of the same name, "Parenthood" is an hour long comedy-drama. The show addresses the modern challenges of raising kids in this post-technological world, addressing issues that effect both kids and parents.
Training Day
A small screen take on Antoine Fuqua's 2001 feature about a rookie LAPD cop who goes on a day-long training course with a rogue detective from narcotics.
Love, Victor
"Love, Victor" follows Victor, a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school.
Inspired by and set in the same world as the 2018 film "Love, Simon".
Turner and Hooch
Turner and Hooch follows an ambitious, buttoned-up U.S. Marshall Scott Turner who suddenly inherits a big unruly dog, soon realizing the pet he didn't want may be the partner he needs.
Pacific Rim: The Black
Pacific Rim returns to the epic battle of Kaiju and Jaegers, expanding upon the story of the first two live-action movies, and follows two siblings - an idealistic teenage boy and his naïve younger sister - who are forced to pilot an abandoned Jaeger across a hostile landscape in a desperate attempt to find their missing parents.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four American friends reunite for a fabulous London wedding. But after a bombshell at the altar throws their lives into turmoil, they must weather a tumultuous year of romance and heartbreak. Relationships are forged and broken, political scandals exposed, London social life lampooned, love affairs ignited and doused, and of course there are four weddings... and a funeral.
Outsourced
Based on an independent film of the same name, this NBC comedy project follows a novelty company manager when he is sent to India to supervise and train a group of customer service reps.
Boiling Point (2023)
Picking up six months on from where the film left off, Boiling Point will see Sous Chef Carly (Vinette Robinson) as Head Chef at her own restaurant, with many of the film's original cast reprising their roles alongside her - including Stephen Graham as Andy and Hannah Walters as Emily.
Blindspotting (2021)
The series will take place after the events of the film, and will accompany the character who moves with her partner's mother and her half sister.
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
In honor of the sci-fi franchise's 55th anniversary this year and produced by The Nacelle Company, the project will feature interviews with cast, crew and experts as it explores pivotal moments in the franchise's history, from its inception at Lucille Ball's production company Desilu to recent film and television adaptations.
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