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alt title(s): Revival Movie A film based, sometimes loosely, on a television series. Like The Film Of The Book, with one subtle difference. Unlike The Movie, which occurs with the current cast of the series, these most often happen when the series that have been off the air for a while, giving them a new cast and updated sensibilities and commonly take place in an Alternate Continuity from the original. Sometimes, though, as Charlie's Angels, the movie is presented as a Sequel to the original. Members of the original cast may appear in cameo roles. In a few cases, as with the film version of Doctor Who and The Twilight Zone, they outright re-make televised episodes.
Usually, these adaptations will raise the stakes and use a more traditional "heroes saving the day" style of plot to insure that it's a Big Damn Movie. Contrast with The Movie, compare with Continuity Reboot.
Examples:
- Semi-example: The 1987 film The Untouchables was pitched as the film of the 1950s TV series, but the director and writer went back to the original historical source material, then completely ignored that history and made up a totally fictional story. Coming full circle, it was adapted into a syndicated TV series six years later.
- The Addams Family (TV series, 1964-66; first film, 1991)
- Maverick (TV series, 1957-62; film, 1994) Mel Gibson starred as Bret Maverick. James Garner, the original Bret Maverick, co-starred as a character who turned out to be Maverick's father, whom he also played in the original series as a secondary role.
- The Brady Bunch (TV series, 1969-74; first film The Brady Bunch Movie, 1995)
- Sgt Bilko (TV series The Phil Silvers Show, 1955-59; film, 1996) Steve Martin starred as Sgt. Bilko.
- Mission: Impossible (TV series, 1966-73; film, 1996)
- McHale's Navy (TV series, 1962-66; film, 1997) Tom Arnold played McHale. Ernest Borgnine returns as the original McHale, now an admiral, and Arnold is his son, but we're not told these facts until the final scene; Borgnine's McHale uses a codename.
- Lost In Space (TV series, 1965-68; film, 1998) Most of the original cast have cameos in early scenes set on Earth.
- Charlie's Angels (TV series, 1976-81; first film, 2000) John Forsythe returned to the role of Charlie. None of the original Angels had cameos in the 2000 film (Farrah Fawcett reportedly said that she'd only appear if she could be Charlie), but Jaclyn Smith had a cameo in the sequel. The trope is referred to at the start of the film as LL Cool J's character watches a TJ Hooker film.
- Bewitched (TV series, 1964-72; film, 2005) took an unexpected left turn by telling the story of a fictional remake of the original series — that starred a real witch.
- The Avengers (TV series, 1961-1969; film, 1998) Patrick Macnee played John Steed in the original series and appeared in a cameo as Invisible Jones in the film. Film was based - loosely - on the Steed/Emma Peel pairing.
- Sukeban Deka (TV series, 1985, Japan; film, 2006) The actress who played the original Sukeban Deka cameos as the mother of the new one; the movie can be interpreted as a remake or a sequel (the mother is implied to have been a Sukeban Deka, and could be the character from the original series; the coincidence in both characters being named Asamiya Saki is explained by it being a code name.) US title of remake is "Yo-yo Girl Cop".
- The Wild Wild West (TV series, 1965-1969; film, 1999)
- The Twilight Zone (Original TV series, 1959-1964; film, 1983).
- Starsky And Hutch (Original TV series, 1975-1979; film, 2004) The film was partly an Affectionate Parody of the original. The original leads make cameoes near the end.
- The Fugitive (Original TV series, 1963-1967; film, 1993) The film starred Harrison Ford as the title character and Tommy Lee Jones as the Inspector Javert, and resulted in a sequel in which Tommy Lee Jones pursues a different fugitive.
- Get Smart (Original TV series, 1965-1970; film, 2008) Steve Carrell starred as Maxwell Smart.
- Thunderbirds (Original marionette-animated TV series, 1965-1968; live-action film, 2004) The art direction was the only part that was a faithful adaptation.
- Fraggle Rock (Original TV series, 1983-1987; film planned for a 2009 release)
- The Dukes Of Hazzard (Original TV series, 1979-1985; film, 2005)
- The Honeymooners (Original TV series, 1955-1956; film, 2005)
- Speed Racer (Original animated TV series, 1967-1968; live-action film, 2008)
- Despite what you might think, the live action Transformers films are not an example as it's not based exclusively on the original series, but just the latest part of a franchise that actually pre-dates the cartoon and has run continuously since then.
- Rebuild of Evangelion series (Original series Neon Genesis Evangelion, 1995-1996; 2007, 2009, 2010 [projected])
- Dr Who and the Daleks and Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD (original TV series 1963-1989; films, 1965 and 1966) was a rare example of The Film Of The Series being made while the original is still in production. These directly adapted the first Dalek story, "The Daleks", and the second one, "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", made them Lighter And Fluffier, changed the overall premise of the series and most definitely take place in an Alternate Continuity rather than in the Whoniverse.
- My Favorite Martian (Original TV series, 1963-1966; film 1999)
- Miami Vice in 2006 with Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx based on the NBC series that premiered in 1984 which had starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas.
- Star Trek (Original TV series, 1966-1969; film, 2009) Notably the previous films based on Star Trek were straight examples of The Movie. Also notably, Leonard Nimoy reprised his role as the Spock from the main Star Trek Universe, via Time Travel.
- The Flintstones (Original TV Series 1960-1966; films starting in 1994). The Films were proof that "live action is no substitute for the real thing."
- I Spy (Original TV Series, 1965-1968; first film, 2002)
- Scooby Doo (Original TV Series 1969-1970; first film, 2002)
- Land Of The Lost (film 2009)
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