vedderstapp

Just a bit of fun chaps.

Was talking in my office and someone suggested that their favourite movie, The Breakfast Club, was one they'd love to see made into an edgier TV series, and this got us talking about what shows we'd like to see get made into a show.

Personally, i'd like to see

'Casino'
as an 'Hannibal'-style drama series about Vegas and gangsters.

'Major League'
As a 'Friday Night Lights' meets 'The League' style show about a team of baseball misfits

what about yours?

Damfino

First thing that comes to mind for me would be Zero Effect

I enjoyed the movied so much I was hoping for a sequel, but that never happened.

Alan Smithee

Deep Throat- The Sitcom.

wm lopez

THE WARRIORS.
A different gang to fight every week.

JeffTheAlpaca

Watching the Warriors a 2nd time was painful so don't know how it would hold up as a series.

Scarface if he lived he could have fought different drug dealers and the government.

JimRochester

Next - not a great movie but I think a great premise for a 60 minute sci-fi/fantasy adventure every week

robin2099

I always thought a series based on The Punisher(if done well) would be pretty great.

Goat3001

Memento - it would be a procedural. Every week Leonard thinks he's tracking down his wife's killer but he is instead doing personal favors for people he thought he could trust. He's essentially a hitman that forgets everything every 10 minutes.

MrSmearkase

Jumper

VERY flawed movie, but could have been a decent series.

JuryDuty

That's a great idea.

Shannon Nutt

INCEPTION would probably make a pretty good weekly series.

movieguru

Star Trek, Superman, Sherlock Holmes, Blade, G.I. Joe

Match

Lethal Weapon
Cast Jason O'Mara as Martin Riggs

JimRochester

Animal House - oh wait, they tried that for about 3 episodes

Michael Corvin

Could even have a 5-10 minutes dedicated to an overall arc where he does get clues on his wife's murder.

DJariya

I know they tried it in the late 80's on ABC, but I think Mission: Impossible could work again as a weekly action TV series. Put it on cable like TNT or USA.

Also don't laugh at me for suggesting this, but I also think Burlesque (the movie with Christina Aguilera) could make a decent weekly serial drama with music like Smash or Glee.

There was some talk last year that Lionsgate might be interested in adapting The Expendables as a weekly series. But nothing really materialized. I can't imagine they would want to do it while the film franchise is still a money maker.

DJariya

Nah, it will get cancelled like Vegas, Terra Nova, Life on Mars, Men in Trees, In Justice, The Agency (sensing a theme here?)

Traxan

Waterworld: set it after the movie, with the ocean levels falling and land starting to emerge but the Mariner still wandering from land to land. Could have potential.

Master & Commander: What the hell, there were 20 books.

Minority Report: nuff said

Traxan

Waterworld: set it after the movie, with the ocean levels falling and land starting to emerge but the Mariner still wandering from land to land. Could have potential.

Master & Commander: What the hell, there were 20 books.

Minority Report: nuff said

Xiroteus

A lot of films would make good ongoing series or mostly a mini or maxi series as you need more then a couple hours to tell the story yet not season after season, maybe not even an entire season. Same with some book series that could use a half season (based on 22 episodes) to tell their story. Not sure why that is not done more often, some stories do not need to go on for years.

dvd-4-life

Outland

stvn1974

I would like a TV series that jumps off of the first Matrix and pretends the second and third film never happened.

wm lopez

Here's one. The Hammer films Dr. Frankenstein. He's always on the run.

Match

How about Galaxy Quest?

mhg83

World War Z. But actually base it on the book.