A detailed look at Hollywood’s latest trend: turning feature films into television series.
Making a TV pilot is undoubtedly frustrating.
That sounds like hell.
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Maybe thats why it seems much easier to adapt other works for TV.
Well continue to update the list with new information as it becomes available.
What We Do in the Shadows
FXsWhat We Do in the ShadowsTV show is coming soon!
Both are onboard as executive producers.
Find out everything it’s crucial that you know about the What We Do In the Shadows series here!
Read everything it’s crucial that you know about the Watchmen series here!
Production is set to begin in 2019.
A League of Their Own
The Rockford Peaches could be making a comeback.
The half-hour comedy is currently in development with a writers room working on scripts.
The Lost Boys
The Lost BoysTV series has been ruminating at The CW since 2016.
Not too shabby for a group of long undead vampires.
Theres no word if he will remain on as showrunner.
The pilot script will be penned by Heather Mitchell (Scandal).
Learn more about the projecthere.
Evans added thatThe SandlotTV reboot will reunite all the original members of the cast.
The series is still early in the development phase.
The Bone Collector
The Bone Collectoris about to be collected by NBC.
No director has been named as of yet.
Read more about the projecthere.
Chucky
Wedpreviously heard rumblings of a Chucky TV show, but now its official!
He is on board to write and executive produce the TV adaptation.
Syfys TV series will be namedChucky.
Find out more about theChuckyserieshere!
Clive Barker and Josh Stolberg are now developing aNightbreedTV series for Syfy.
Snowpiercer
Snowpiercerwas an odd success story from the start.
Plus,Doctor Strangehelmer Scott Derrickson directed the pilot (while, sans upcoming reshoots).
Read more about the projecthere.
The Mighty Ducks
Disney is reportedly developing a television series based onThe Mighty Ducks.
The project comes from ABC Signature Studios, which focused on ABC cable and streaming productions.
Steven Brill, the screenwriter for allMighty Ducksthree films, approached the studio to dust off the hockey property.
Theres no script written, so well have to see what formThe Mighty Duckswill take on the small screen.
Read more about the upcoming serieshere.
John Wick
How far can a delightful joke be stretched?
Kolstad is also the screenwriting mastermind on the films.
Ian McShane may even be returning as hotel manager Winston.
Well keep you posted!
Fox has a script commitment with Michael Diliberti (30 Minutes or Less) writing.
20th Century Fox TV will produce alongside Silver Pictures Television and Lionsgate TV.
The 1981 Bill Murray-Harold Ramis film has a TV remake in development courtesy of CBS.
Ivan Reitman, who directed the original, will helm and executive produce the newStripesvia his Montecito Picture Company.
Were ready to report for duty for this one!
Warner Bros. is working with Amazon to develop aLord of the RingsTV series.
TV Linereportsthat the series will explore new storylines preceedingThe Fellowship of the Ring.
This is a smart move.
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Harper is working on the script for the new series.
The third of Ellroys L.A. Quartet book series,L.A.
With original producer Milchan steering the ship, the newL.A.
Confidentialwill take a stab at match the prestige of the previous adaptation.
Well keep you updated as more details on the project become available.
McG is set to direct the hour-length pilot, which will be written by Guggenheim.
Theyll be joined on the project by executive producer James Cameron.
More info on theWhite Men Cant Jumpproject here.
We have more details on the project here.
The Departed
Do you smell a rat?
CauseThe Departedis coming to TV.
A timetable for release is unknown.
Now FX is in talks to adapt the graphic novel turned movie once more for TV.
Gail Katz, who served as one of the films producers, will produce.
Sounds good to us!
It sounds like a complete departure from the source material, but well have to keep watch.
Universal Television is backing the project, withMy Boyscreator Betsy Thomas to serve as showrunner.
Galaxy Quest
A movie about a sci-fi TV show is becoming a sci-fi TV show for Amazon.
Friday the 13th
Jason cant stay dead.
The character always returns to stalk teenagers whether in sequels, reboots, or TV series.
Brett Ratner was reportedly on board to direct with Nzingha Stewart (For Colored Girls) writing the script.
Sparks will executive produce the show under is Nicholas Sparks Productions banner in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Todd Graf will handle scripting duties.
I bet its ordered right to series!
A procedural where the lead characters boss is actually evil incarnate sounds like it could be a hit.
Lehane is penning the pilot episode and Scorsese will direct the series.
Theres been little talk about this one, so it could be stuck in between dimensions in development hell.
Fatal Attraction
$300 million and six Oscar nominations cant lie.
Sounds like a lot of sitcoms, right?
Well, inexplicably, the project is being touted as loosely inspired by the 2005 Jennifer Lopez vehicleMonster-In-Law.
The show is coming from30 Rocks John Riggi and theCarrie Dairies Amy B. Harris.
BIG
Plug in the Zoltar machine and dust off your giant piano, Fox is planning somethingBig.
The 1988 classic starring Tom Hanks is coming to television as a half-hour comedy.
Its much different than Edward Nortons role inThe Illusionist, but intriguing nonetheless.
Tate Taylor (The Help) will be writting and directing the new adaptation.
Problem Child
NBC will take all of your family-friendly big screen hits, thanks.
The original saw Ritter and his wife adopting a redheaded menace who destroys the lives of everyone he touches.
Ok, its not that dramatic, but still, the kid really is a nuisance.
The film actually isnt as bad as Grace estimates, and CBS seems to think so too.
CBS is planning for the series to be a hybrid of single and multi-camera sitcoms, whatever that means.
Im thrilled…on remaking it into a television series.
Hitch
Fox cant keep its hands off these movie adaptations.
Smith and his wife,Gothams Jada Pinkett Smith, are executive producing.
