History Main / AdaptationSequence

* ''The Thing'': ''Literature/Who Goes There'' (1938 Novella) →''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'' → ''Film/TheThing1982'' → 2002 video game sequel to the 1982 film → ''Film/TheThing2011'' → 2019 novel version of the original novella

* ''DerivativeWorks/LesMiserables'': [[Literature/LesMiserables Novel]] → [[Theatre/LesMiserables Musical]] → [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Film]]. This one is interesting, as multiple movies have been made of the book, but only in 2012 did they actually make a movie of the musical

* ''[[Franchise/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 101 Dalmatians]]'': [[Literature/TheHundredAndOneDalmatians Children's novel]] --> [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Animated film]] --> Second children's novel --> [[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 Live-action film]] --> [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries Television series]] --> [[Film/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatians Second live-action movie]] --> [[VideoGame/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatiansPuppiesToTheRescue Non-canon video game]] --> DirectToVideo [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansIIPatchsLondonAdventure sequel of animated movie]] --> [[Film/{{Cruella}} Prequel film]]
* ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily:'' Newspaper Comic --> [[Series/TheAddamsFamily TV show]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1973 Cartoon]] --> Video Game --> [[Film/TheAddamsFamily Movie]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1992 TV show loosely based on movie]] --> Video Game --> [[Film/AddamsFamilyValues Sequel to movie]] --> Broadway Musical --> [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily2019 Animated movie]] --> [[Series/{{Wednesday}} TV show focusing on a core character]]
* The Marx Brothers' ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers'': play --> what the Marxes did to the play --> movie --> play based on the movie
* The life of UsefulNotes/AnastasiaNikolaevnaRomanova, and the woman pulled out of a river in Germany who claimed to be her: Historical events --> stage play --> Ballet --> [[Film/{{Anastasia}} live-action film]] --> [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} animated film]] --> [[Theatre/{{Anastasia}} Broadway musical]]
* ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'': Film trilogy --> Video games --> [[Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide Theme park ride]] --> [[WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture Cartoon]] --> [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture Comics]] --> [[Theatre/BackToTheFutureTheMusical Musical]]
* ''Beauty and the Beast'': [[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast Fairy tale]] --> Rewritten fairy tale --> [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast1946 Film]] --> [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Animated film]] --> [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 Live-action film]]
* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': Toys --> Comics --> Web games --> Novels --> Non-canon video game --> DirectToVideo movies --> Novels based on those movies --> Another non-canon video game --> Novels --> Another DTV movie --> Web serials --> Web novel.
* ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'': Novels --> Rewritten novels --> Comic books --> [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 Movie]] --> [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian2011 Remake movie]].
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', Manga Pilot (Kagarigari) --> Manga Serialization --> Anime --> Anime Movie (Canonical) --> Stage Play --> Video Games

** ''The Detective'' (novel) --> 1968 Music/FrankSinatra movie
** ''Nothing Lasts Forever'' (sequel novel) --> ''Film/DieHard''… and [[Film/DieHard2 the]] [[Film/DieHardWithAVengeance sequels]] [[Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard that]] [[Film/AGoodDayToDieHard followed]]

** Short story --> [[Film/TheFly1958 1958 movie]] --> [[Film/ReturnOfTheFly Sequel to movie]] --> [[Film/CurseOfTheFly Second sequel]]
** Short story --> [[Film/TheFly1986 1986 movie]] --> [[Film/TheFlyII Sequel to movie]] --> Comic book continuation of sequel --> Opera adaptation of 1986 movie
* ''Literature/FreakyFriday:'' Children's novel --> [[Film/FreakyFriday1976 Movie (1976)]] --> [[Film/FreakyFriday1995 Movie (1995)]] --> [[Film/FreakyFriday2003 Movie (2003)]].
** Also: Children's novel --> Sequel --> TV show
* ''Literature/GodsAndGenerals:'' Actual Events --> Book --> Movie --> Video Game

* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy:'' Radio Serial --> Books --> TV Series --> Adventure Game --> Movie
* ''DerivativeWorks/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Novel]] --> [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 Film]] --> [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 Remake film]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Animated film]] --> [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Musical]]
* ''The King and I'': Anna Leonowens's memoirs --> ''Anna and the King of Siam'' (novel) --> [[Theatre/TheKingAndI Broadway musical]] --> Live-action film --> [[WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI Animated children's film]]
* ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles'': French stage play --> Franco-Italian movie (with two sequels) --> Broadway musical --> [[Film/TheBirdcage Americanization]]
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Video games --> [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 Cartoon]] --> [[ComicBook/TheLegendOfZelda Comic]]
* ''Little Shop of Horrors'': [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors Movie]] --> [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Stage musical]] --> [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Movie of musical]] --> [[WesternAnimation/LittleShop (Extremely) short-lived Saturday morning cartoon show]]
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': Game --> Comic Book adaptation --> KineticNovel adaptation of the Comic Book adaptation --> Movie adaptation of the KineticNovel adaptation of the Comic Book adaptation

* ''The Mighty Ducks'' : [[Film/TheMightyDucks Movie]] -> [[{{Defictionalization}} Actual hockey team]] -> [[WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries Cartoon]] -> [[Series/TheMightyDucksGameChangers Revival TV show]]
* ''DerivativeWorks/LesMiserables'': [[Literature/LesMiserables Novel]] --> [[Theatre/LesMiserables Musical]] --> [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Film]]. This one is interesting, as multiple movies have been made of the book, but only in 2012 did they actually make a movie of the musical
* The entire ''Franchise/TheMummy'' franchise: [[Film/TheMummy1932 1932 Movie]] --> [[Film/TheMummysHand 1940 semi-remake]] --> [[Film/TheMummysHand trilogy]] of sequels to the semi-remake --> [[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy comedic spoof]] --> [[Film/TheMummy1959 1959 Remake]] --> [[Film/TheCurseOfTheMummysTomb trilogy]] [[Film/TheMummysShroud of]] sequels to the Remake --> [[Film/TheMummy1999 1999 Reboot]] --> [[VideoGame/TheMummy Video Game]] --> [[Film/TheMummyReturns Sequel]] --> [[VideoGame/TheMummyReturns Video Game]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheMummyTheAnimatedSeries Animated Series]] --> [[Film/TheScorpionKing Prequel Spin-Off]] --> [[VideoGame/TheScorpionKingRiseOfTheAkkadian Video Game]] --> Prequel to spin-off --> [[Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor Sequel to Reboot sequel]] --> Sequel to original spin-off --> Interquel to original spin-off and its sequel --> [[Film/TheMummy2017 2017 Reboot]] --> Another sequel to original spin-off
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': Manga --> alternative retelling OVA --> [[Anime/NegimaSecondSeason alternative retelling anime]] --> alternative retelling Manga (which outlasted the anime its based on).

* ''Film/TheProducers: '' Movie about a musical --> Musical --> Movie adaptation of the musical
* ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'': [[Literature/FirstBlood Novel]] --> [[Film/FirstBlood Film]] --> Sequels to the film --> Novelisations of the sequels, written by the author of the original novel
* ''Franchise/RoboCop'': [[Film/RoboCop1987 1987 film]] --> 1988 animated adaptation --> [[Film/RoboCop2 Two film]] [[Film/RoboCop3 sequels]] --> Comic sequels --> [[Comicbook/RobocopVersusTheTerminator Futuristic comic crossover]] --> [[Series/RoboCopTheSeries 1994 television series]] based off the first two films only --> 1998 animated series (with no ties to the first) --> [[Series/RoboCopPrimeDirectives 2000 miniseries]] based on the first film only --> [[Film/RoboCop2014 Film reboot]]
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': [[Manga/CodeNameSailorV Manga]] --> [[Manga/SailorMoon Better known sequel]] --> [[Anime/SailorMoon Anime]] --> [[Theatre/SeraMyu Musicals]] --> [[VideoGame/SailorMoonAnotherStory Non-canon video game]] --> [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon Live-action television series]] --> [[Anime/SailorMoonCrystal Another anime]] --> [[Theatre/SeraMyu Second Set of Musicals]]
* ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'': Novel --> Play --> Many films based on the play
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles:'' Comic --> Cartoon --> Comic based on cartoon --> Movie --> Band --> ...
* The Battle of Thermopylae: Actual events --> unreliable historical document by [[Creator/{{Herodotus}} a man]] who was taking a break from writing about giant ants --> [[Film/The300Spartans Movie]] --> [[ComicBook/ThreeHundred Graphic Novel]] --> [[Film/ThreeHundred Movie]] --> [[Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire Sequel to second Movie]] --> Graphic Novel originally meant to inspire the sequel but ended up borrowing from it
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Toys --> [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel Comic]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Cartoon]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie Animated movie]] --> [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Sequel]] [[WesternAnimation/BeastMachines cartoons]] --> [[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Reboot]] [[Anime/UnicronTrilogy cartoons]] --> [[ComicBook/TransformersGenerationOne Lots]] [[ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron lots]] [[ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers more]] [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW comics]] --> [[Film/Transformers2007 Live-action 2007 movie]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Another reboot cartoon]] --> [[Franchise/TransformersTimelines Even more comics, and prose]] --> [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Second movie]] --> [[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron Video game]] --> [[Literature/TransformersExodus More prose]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Slightly video game/movie-based reboot cartoon]] --> [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Third Movie]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots Spin-off to the previous cartoon]] --> [[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction Fourth Movie]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Sequel to video game/movie-based reboot]] --> [[Film/TransformersTheLastKnight Fifth Movie]]. [[AdaptationOverdosed Whew]].

** [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 TV show]] --> [[Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie Movie]] --> [[Series/TheTwilightZone1985 TV revival]] --> [[Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror Theme park ride]] --> [[Series/TheTwilightZone2002 Second TV revival]] --> [[Series/TheTwilightZone2019 Third TV revival]]
** (Above-mentioned) Theme park ride --> [[Film/TowerOfTerror TV Movie based off the ride’s storyline only]]
* ''Literature/UncleTomsCabin'': Pre-Civil War book about the hardships and immorality of slavery --> Straight play adaptation --> Jim Crow era minstrel show about the [[ComicallyMissingThePoint perks of being subservient to white people]] --> Movie adaptation. Guess which one is [[UncleTomFoolery best remembered]].

* The entire ''Franchise/TheMummy'' franchise: [[Film/TheMummy1932 1932 Movie]] --> [[Film/TheMummysHand 1940 semi-remake]] --> [[Film/TheMummysHand trilogy]] of sequels to the semi-remake --> [[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy comedic spoof]] --> [[Film/TheMummy1959 1959 Remake]] --> [[Film/TheCurseOfTheMummysTomb trilogy]] [[Film/TheMummysShroud of]] sequels to the Remake --> [[Film/TheMummy1999 1999 Reboot]] --> [[Film/TheMummyReturns Sequel]] --> Video Game --> [[Film/TheScorpionKing Prequel Spin-Off]] --> Video Game --> Prequel to spin-off --> [[Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor Sequel to Reboot sequel]] --> Sequel to original spin-off --> Interquel to original spin-off and its sequel --> [[Film/TheMummy2017 2017 Reboot]] --> Another sequel to original spin-off

* The entire ''Franchise/TheMummy'' franchise: [[Film/TheMummy1932 1932 Movie]] --> [[Film/TheMummysHand 1940 semi-remake]] --> trilogy of sequels to the semi-remake --> [[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy comedic spoof]] --> [[Film/TheMummy1959 1959 Remake]] --> trilogy of sequels to the Remake --> [[Film/TheMummy1999 1999 Reboot]] --> [[Film/TheMummyReturns Sequel]] --> Video Game --> [[Film/TheScorpionKing Prequel Spin-Off]] --> Video Game --> Prequel to spin-off --> Sequel to Reboot sequel --> Sequel to original spin-off --> Interquel to original spin-off and its sequel --> [[Film/TheMummy2017 2017 Reboot]] --> Another sequel to original spin-off

* The entire ''Franchise/TheMummy'' franchise: [[Film/TheMummy1932 1932 Movie]] --> [[Film/TheMummysHand 1940 semi-remake]] --> trilogy of sequels to the semi-remake --> [[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy comedic spoof]] --> [[Film/TheMummy1959 1959 Remake]] --> trilogy of sequels to the Remake --> [[Film/TheMummy1999 1999 Reboot]] --> [[Film/TheMummyReturns Sequel]] --> Video Game --> [[Film/TheScorpionKing Prequel Spin-Off]] --> Video Game --> Prequel to spin-off --> Sequel to Reboot sequel --> Sequel to original spin-off --> [[Film/TheMummy2017 2017 Reboot]]

* ''Manga/OnePiece:'' Manga → Anime OVA → Anime TV series → Video games → Live-action TV series

** Novel --> 1968 Music/FrankSinatra movie
** Sequel novel --> ''Film/DieHard''… and [[Film/DieHard2 the]] [[Film/DieHardWithAVengeance sequels]] [[Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard that]] [[Film/AGoodDayToDieHard followed]]

* ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily:'' Newspaper Comic --> [[Series/TheAddamsFamily TV show]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1973 Cartoon]] --> Video Game --> [[Film/TheAddamsFamily Movie]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1992 TV show loosely based on movie]] --> Video Game --> [[Film/AddamsFamilyValues Sequel to movie]] --> Broadway Musical --> [[Series/{{Wednesday}} TV show focusing on a core character]]

* ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily:'' Newspaper Comic --> [[Series/TheAddamsFamily TV show]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1973 Cartoon]] --> Video Game --> [[Film/TheAddamsFamily Movie]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1992 TV show loosely based on movie]] --> Video Game --> [[Film/AddamsFamilyValues Sequel to movie]] --> Broadway Musical

* ''The Mighty Ducks'' : [[Film/TheMightyDucks Movie]] -> [[{{Defictionalization}} Actual hockey team]] -> [[WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries Cartoon]]

* ''Franchise/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Novel]] --> [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 Film]] --> [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 Remake film]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Animated film]] --> [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Musical]]

* The entire ''Franchise/TheMummy'' franchise: [[Film/TheMummy1932 1932 Movie]] --> [[Film/TheMummysHand 1940 semi-remake]] --> trilogy of sequels to the semi-remake --> [[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy comedic spinoff]] --> [[Film/TheMummy1959 1959 Remake]] --> trilogy of sequels to the remake --> [[Film/TheMummy1999 1999 Reboot]] --> [[Film/TheMummyReturns Sequel]] --> Video Game --> [[Film/TheScorpionKing Prequel Spin-Off]] --> Video Game --> Prequel to spin-off --> Sequel to Reboot sequel --> Sequel to original spin-off --> [[Film/TheMummy2017 2017 Reboot]]

* The entire ''Franchise/TheMummy'' franchise: [[Film/TheMummy1932 1932 Movie]] --> [[Film/TheMummy1959 1959 Remake]] --> [[Film/TheMummy1999 1999 Reboot]] --> [[Film/TheMummyReturns Sequel]] --> Video Game --> [[Film/TheScorpionKing Prequel Spin-Off]] --> Video Game --> Prequel to spin-off --> Sequel to Reboot sequel --> Sequel to original spin-off --> [[Film/TheMummy2017 2017 Reboot]]

* ''Franchise/LesMiserables'': [[Literature/LesMiserables Novel]] --> [[Theatre/LesMiserables Musical]] --> [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Film]]. This one is interesting, as multiple movies have been made of the book, but only in 2012 did they actually make a movie of the musical

* ''Franchise/BeautyAndTheBeastDisney'': [[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast Fairy tale]] --> Rewritten fairy tale --> [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast1946 Film]] --> [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Animated film]] --> [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 Live-action film]]

* ''Franchise/BeautyAndTheBeast'': [[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast Fairy tale]] --> Rewritten fairy tale --> [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast1946 Film]] --> [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Animated film]] --> [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 Live-action film]]

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Toys --> [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel Comic]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Cartoon]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie Animated movie]] --> [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Sequel]] [[WesternAnimation/BeastMachines cartoons]] --> [[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Reboot]] [[Anime/UnicronTrilogy cartoons]] --> [[ComicBook/TransformersGenerationOne Lots]] [[ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron lots]] [[ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers more]] [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW comics]] --> [[Film/{{Transformers|2007}} Live-action 2007 movie]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Another reboot cartoon]] --> [[Franchise/TransformersTimelines Even more comics, and prose]] --> [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Second movie]] --> [[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron Video game]] --> [[Literature/TransformersExodus More prose]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Slightly video game/movie-based reboot cartoon]] --> [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Third Movie]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots Spin-off to the previous cartoon]] --> [[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction Fourth Movie]] --> [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Sequel to video game/movie-based reboot]] --> [[Film/TransformersTheLastKnight Fifth Movie]]. [[AdaptationOverdosed Whew]].