History DuelingWorks / CrossMedium

** '''Implementation:''' One is a French film due to release in June 2024, the other is an Italian miniseries due to release in December 2024.

* ''Film/{{The Count of Monte Cristo'' Cristo|2024}}'' (2024) / ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (2024)

** '''Implementation:''' ''Wish'' is a PaintedCGI FairyTale telling the backstory of the Wishing Star from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon films ''WesternAnimation/Pinocchio1940'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' (and the studio's VanityPlate), although it is not the quirky protagonist (that would be the PluckyGirl Asha), and features references to many other Disney films. ''Wonka'' is a live-action prequel to ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' drawing heavily upon [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory the imagery and songs of the 1971 film adaptation]] to tell the backstory of chocolatier Willy Wonka.

** '''Implementation:''' ''Thieves in Time'' stars a trio of adopted brothers who reunite over a disaster, while ''Frozen'' is about two sisters estranged after a disaster. Both have a morally ambitious female character[[labelnote:*]]Penelope and Elsa[[/labelnote]] disappear on her own terms, with locating her a major goal[[labelnote:result]]Elsa makes amends with Anna, while Penelope turns out to be ''[[DistaffCounterpart the]]'' female Prince Hans, the BigBad of ''Frozen'', and she ends up hated and ditched by the Cooper Gang for [[FalseSoulmate the same reasons]] as him.[[/labelnote]]

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' A musical fantasy OriginsEpisode for a character from a classic story. An idealistic, quirky protagonist enlists the help of a racially diverse group of friends to stop a powerful, ruthless villain(s) who deceitfully hoards something valuable from an unknowing public who sees no reason to mistrust them. The protagonist has a sidekick of sorts with a comically deep voice and mannerisms, and is inspired by the memory of a deceased parent. Both films also prominently excerpt at least one famous song from another movie in their underscores and have numerous {{Call Forward}}s and/or {{Easter Egg}}s to the classic story, and both protagonists at one point must swim back to the city to hatch their plan to defeat the villain!

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' A musical fantasy OriginsEpisode for a character from a classic story. An idealistic, quirky protagonist enlists the help of a racially diverse group of friends to stop a powerful, ruthless villain(s) who deceitfully hoards something valuable from an unknowing public who sees no reason to mistrust them. The protagonist has a sidekick of sorts with a comically deep voice and mannerisms, and is inspired by the memory of a deceased parent. Both films also prominently excerpt at least one famous song from another movie in their underscores and have numerous [[Call Forward]]s and/or [[Easter Egg]]s to the classic story, and both protagonists at one point must swim back to the city to hatch their plan to defeat the villain!

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' A musical fantasy OriginsEpisode for a character from a classic story. An idealistic, quirky protagonist enlists the help of a racially diverse group of friends to stop a powerful, ruthless villain(s) who deceitfully hoards something valuable from an unknowing public who sees no reason to mistrust them. The protagonist has a sidekick of sorts with a comically deep voice and mannerisms, and is inspired by the memory of a deceased parent. Both films also prominently excerpt at least one famous song from another movie in their underscores and have numerous [[CallForward]]s and/or [[EasterEgg]]s to the classic story, and both protagonists at one point must swim back to the city to hatch their plan to defeat the villain!

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:"' A musical fantasy OriginsEpisode for a character from a classic story. An idealistic, quirky protagonist enlists the help of a racially diverse group of friends to stop a powerful, ruthless villain(s) who deceitfully hoards something valuable from an unknowing public who sees no reason to mistrust them. The protagonist has a sidekick of sorts with a comically deep voice and mannerisms, and is inspired by the memory of a deceased parent. Both films also prominently excerpt at least one famous song from another movie in their underscores and have numerous [[CallForward]]s and/or [[EasterEgg]]s to the classic story, and both protagonists at one point must swim back to the city to hatch their plan to defeat the villain!

** '''Implementation:''' ''Onimusha'' is a CG anime series based on Creator/{{Capcom}}'s game series [[VideoGame/OniMusha of the same name]], though as a sequel and not based on one chapter in particular, and featuring UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi as main character. As the title implies, it features plenty of demons and supernatural occurrences. ''Blue Eye Samurai'' is a Franco/American CG-animated cartoon featuring original characters in an alternate history Japan and, despite some borderline-supernatural feats, does not have any fantastical elements.

** '''Implementation:''' ''[=GameStop=]: Rise of the Players'' is a documentary film tells the incident from the perspective of the original perpetrators whose actions would lead to the short squeeze, while ''Gaming Wall Street'' is a two-part [[Creator/HBOMax HBO Max]] docuseries that tells the short squeeze from the perspective of the people who have been on the r/wallstreetbets subreddit before the incident. The former also focuses solely on the [=GameStop=] short squeeze incident, while the latter focuses on both the incident and the dark side of Wall Street hedge funds.

* ''[[Franchise/{{Anpanman}} Soreike! Anpanman]]'' (1988) / ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' (2013)