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Old 11-06-12, 03:38 PM
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Movies that spawned TV shows?
In another thread, a bunch of 80's cartoons came up that were based on movies.

Rambo, Karate Kid, and Robocop were some of them.

What other movies spawned TV shows? Cartoons or live action?

Feel free to post the intros from YouTube.
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Old 11-06-12, 03:39 PM
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
Ghostbusters (the Real Ghostbusters)
Godzilla (the Broderick one, though the original Godzilla movies did spawn a cartoon as well, with Godzooki)
For a while there pretty much every Disney animated movie (I think it started in the 90s) had a cartoon series sequel: Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Lilo and Stitch, etc. (the only reason I remembered is because Disney is showing some of these on weekends)
Star Trek
Star Wars Clone Wars (two different series)
Clerks
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

I have vague recollections of a Spaceballs cartoon.
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Old 11-06-12, 03:39 PM
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
Stargate is an obvious example.

RoboCop was also a live-action series in 1994 (coincidentally the year Stargate came out)

Another obvious example is Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
Ferris Bueller and 9 to 5 had short-lived sitcom adaptations. There was a pilot for an L.A. Confidential series.
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Was Friday Night Lights (TV) from the book or a retelling of the movie? I know a few actors basically reprised their roles from the film (I guess that's similar to Dash in Clueless).
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Shaft
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
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Crash (was originally planned as a show as well)
Jumanji
Bill & Ted
Dumb and Dumber
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
A League of Their Own
Animal House
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Uncle Buck
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Casablanca

(with David Soul as Rick!)
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James Bond Jr

[edit]Back to the Future
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
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Star Trek
You've got the cart before the horse there, I think.
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
Darkman got a pilot, but never went to series.
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Police Academy cartoon
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
The Odd Couple, MASH, Operation Petticoat, Barefoot in the Park, Alien Nation, Planet of the Apes, Tremors, Blue Thunder, and a metric buttload of cartoons. Going way back - Mr. Lucky, The Third Man, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Alice is one of those that people forget was based on a film.
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
Originally Posted by Preterite
You've got the cart before the horse there, I think.
Argh! I was thinking of live action stuff turning to cartoons, but yeah, obviously that all came from the tv show, not the movies. Urgh.
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
Totall Recall

It was weird because it had nothing in common with the movie other than being set in the future.
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
Originally Posted by Thrush
Totall Recall

It was weird because it had nothing in common with the movie other than being set in the future.
Neither did Friday The 13th: The Series.
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Old 11-06-12, 05:13 PM
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Private Benjamin
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Logan's Run

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Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
Not that they got past pilot stage, but Blazing Saddles and L.A. Confidential were both planned to get a series.
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Re: Movies that spawned TV shows?
The Crow
Madagascar
Poltergeist
Kung Fu Panda
Tron
Beetlejuice
Peter Pan
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
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Toxic Avenger
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
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