History Main / DisownedAdaptation

* ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown]]'' Charles M. Schulz regretted giving permission to show the Little Red-Haired Girl and giving her a name (Heather) as he had wanted her to remain TheGhost in order to show Charlie Brown's hopelessness in longing for her. He subsequently declared that the [[CreatorBacklash TV specials weren't canon]] and only the comic strip counted (he would still continue to help write the TV specials until his death in 2000).

* ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown]]'' upset Charles Schulz by showing the Little Red-Haired Girl and giving her a name (Heather) as he had wanted her to remain TheGhost. He subsequently declared that the TV specials weren't canon and only the comic strip counted (not that that stopped him from continuing to help write the TV specials until his death in 2000).

* Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}}, who has been the voice actor of Creator/{{Disney}}'s Franchise/WinnieThePooh and Tigger since 1988 and 1989, respectively, has stated in [[https://youtu.be/bgba1c4MAoA an interview]] that he finds the horror parody, ''Film/WinnieThePoohBloodAndHoney'', to be "disgusting", and makes it abundantly clear that anyone who decides to put his voice in the film will be in big trouble.

* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin ''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20100201173301/https://www.ursulakleguin.com/Earthsea.html loathed]]'' the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci Fi Channel]]'s ''Series/{{Earthsea}}'' miniseries, purportedly based on her ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' novels. She particularly hated that they {{Race Lift}}ed the brown Ged into a fairly generic white ActionHero. That the producers had essentially baited her into sign over the filming rights with false promises that she would have a great amount of control over the adaptation, only to gradually cut her completely out of the creative process and straight up ignore her repeated attempts to point her concerns over the script. She was especially angered by the TV creators' false claims that she approved of the adaptation. Calling one of the genre's staunchest feminists "Miss Le Guin" didn't help, either.

* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin ''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20100201173301/https://www.ursulakleguin.com/Earthsea.html loathed]]'' the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci Fi Channel]]'s ''Series/{{Earthsea}}'' miniseries, purportedly based on her ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' novels. She was particularly angered by the TV creators' false claims that she approved of the adaptation. Calling one of the genre's staunchest feminists "Miss Le Guin" didn't help, either.

** Director Creator/ChrisColumbus was also only worked on the first two movies[[note]]He was involved in the concept stages of ''3'', but Macaulay Culkin retired from acting. Other members of the main cast left soon after to pursue different projects. Columbus balked, unable to work with a new cast.[[/note]]. When asked for his thoughts on ''Film/HomeSweetHomeAlone'', Columbus expressed displeasure with Disney trying to recapture the success of the original films. In general, Columbus has been highly critical of the numerous reboots and remakes Hollywood has made.

* Creator/NaokoTakeuchi eventually became dissatisfied with TheNineties anime adaptation of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' due to Creator/ToeiAnimation changing some elements of her original stories. She was especially displeased with how the Sailor Starlights, who were only minor characters in the manga, were [[AscendedExtra given major roles]], along with them being turned from women who cross-dressed as men into {{Sex Shifter}}s since she believed it undermined her rule that only women can be Sailor Guardians. She was also disappointed that Sailor Cosmos and the Sailor Guardians' final uniforms were AdaptedOut.

** Director Creator/ChrisColumbus was also only involved with the first two movies[[note]]He turned down ''3'' because he didn't want to work with a new cast[[/note]]. When asked for his thoughts on ''Film/HomeSweetHomeAlone'', Columbus expressed displeasure with Disney trying to recapture the success of the original films. In general, Columbus has been highly critical of the numerous reboots and remakes Hollywood has made.

* ''Film/{{Challenger}}'' is a 1990 [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] made-for-television film depicting the events leading up to the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster. The families of the astronauts all objected to the film's broadcast, as they had not been properly informed of its production or consulted beforehand. In particular, Jane Smith, wife of pilot Mike Smith, was deeply offended by the finale, claiming it trivialized and exploited the circumstances of her husband's death, while Lorna Onizuka said that the film made a mockery of her husband Ellison's life and the sacrifices he made for his country.

* ''Film/{{Challenger}}'' is a 1990 [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] made-for-television film depicting the events leading up to the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster. The families of the astronauts all objected to the film's broadcast, as they had not been properly informed of its production or consulted beforehand.

* Creator/DonRosa has a complicated relationship with ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. He has said he thinks it's a good show on its own merits, but it's a poor adaptation of Creator/CarlBarks' characters. He politely refuses to draw ''[=DuckTales=]'' material at cons. According to members of the show's production, Barks approved many aspects of the show initially, but wasn't fond of some of the retools from Season 2 onward. Rosa, however, outright somewhat dislikes ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', [[https://imgur.com/a/KdSn0gB looking at it as having nothing in common with the comics]] and partially due to being annoyed by people continually asking him questions about the show.

* Creator/DonRosa has a complicated relationship with ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. He has said he thinks it's a good show on its own merits, but it's a poor adaptation of Creator/CarlBarks' characters. He politely refuses to draw ''[=DuckTales=]'' material at cons. According to members of the show's production, Barks approved many aspects of the show initially, but wasn't fond of some of the retools from Season 2 onward. Rosa, however, outright dislikes ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', [[https://imgur.com/a/KdSn0gB looking at it as having nothing in common with the comics]].

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Various Creator/SonicTeam members have decried the [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog multiple]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM western]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground Sonic]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom cartoons]] for having been developed with little or no input from them. Most notably, Sonic co-creator Creator/YujiNaka has gone on record to criticize them for [[AdaptationalDecay getting Sonic wrong in his eyes]]. A particular source of contempt of his was ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' [[CanonForeigner giving him siblings]]. It's likely that this was one of the reasons why the ''Sonic'' franchise was forced to follow the Japanese game canon worldwide come ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''. Similarly, current head Takashi Iizuka publicly apologized for the ''Sonic Boom'' franchise and went on to say that he deeply regretted not having a greater say in its development and design. The only exception was Sonic's original designer, Naoto Ohshima, who was a fan of ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' despite that show never [[NoExportForYou reaching Japan airwaves]], even receiving an [[https://mobile.twitter.com/SatamHistorian/status/1544473398855729152 art cel from the crew.]]

* Creator/JuliaSawalha, who voiced Ginger in ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', was not happy when her role was recast for ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRunDawnOfTheNugget''. She was told that she was "too old" for the role and later said the decision was ageist.

** It's not outright disowned, but Lucas is known for having a fairly neutral opinion of Franchise/StarWarsLegends, choosing to treat it as an AlternativeContinuity to his own films (which it ended up becoming). That said, a few elements did make their way over, such as Aayla Secura appearing in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones,'' and his own pitch for the sequel trilogy featured [[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy Darth Talon]] as TheDragon to Darth Maul's BigBad. He has also been very consistent in his approval for it doing stories he himself wouldn't be able to do and has on many occasions made clear that while it isn't his, it is still valid Star Wars.

* Riyoko Ikeda disowned the ending of the animated adaptation of ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' for having Alain [[CallToAgriculture leave the army to become a farmer]]. To drive home the point, the sequel ''Eroica'' starts with Alain having been discharged for political reasons but still in Paris, and he rejoins the army early in the story after impressing UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte himself.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' creator Tom Reugger publicly stated his displeasure at not being involved with ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020''. ** According to [[https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/animaniacs-hulu-revival-review-creator-interview-1088188/ this article]], original ''Animaniacs'' co-creator Tom Ruegger is dissatisfied with the revival thus far (its greater use of topical humor especially), along with how neither he nor many of the show's original staff were given the chance to work on it, and the absence of most of the recurring cast other than the cameos in "Good Warner Hunting". Both him and Sherri Stoner also particularly disliked the fact that the original show's characters are shown as dead hunting trophies in the aforementioned episode. To be fair, according to [[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/arts/television/animaniacs-hulu.html another article]], he ''was'' later offered a chance to write a script for the reboot, but declined because "basically it would be like an audition and I just didn’t feel comfortable auditioning for a show that I created."

** Director Creator/ChrisColumbus was also only involved with the first two movies[[note]]He turned down ''3'' because he didn't want to work with a new cast[[/note]]. In general, Columbus has been highly critical of the numerous reboots and remakes Hollywood has made. When asked for his thoughts on ''Film/HomeSweetHomeAlone'', Columbus expressed displeasure with Disney trying to recapture the success of the original films.

** Marcia Lucas, the editor of ''A New Hope'', criticized the sequel trilogy and called out both J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy for not understanding the series (she especially took issue with [[spoiler: killing Han Solo]]). She also previously expressed dislike for ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''; reportedly breaking down in tears during her first viewing of the film.

** Creator/HideoKojima, who was not involved in the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem version of the original ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear|1}}'', doesn't like it due to the many changes that were made from the redesigned stages (such as the addition of a jungle area at the beginning) to the omission of the actual Metal Gear mecha.
--->''I really don't like saying this, but (the NES version of ''Metal Gear'') really wasn't up to my standards. The care that I put in the original (UsefulNotes/{{MSX2}} version) wasn't there. The NES version was a more difficult game. In the very beginning, when you go from the entrance into the fortress, for example, there are dogs there. In the NES version, the dogs just come after you and you get killed. It was too difficult to get into the fortress. The fun stealth element was not there, and the actual Metal Gear, the robot, doesn't appear in the game.'' -- '''[[http://www.kojimaproductions.net/features/interviews/hideo-kojima-game-guru-movie-maniac/ Hideo Kojima]]'''

* Henk Rogers, co-founder of The Tetris Company, regrets lending the ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' name to ''Tetris Attack'', which was actually a [[DolledUpInstallment modified North American version]] of the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]] puzzle game ''VideoGame/PanelDePon''. Rogers actually liked ''Panel de Pon'', and part of the reason why he came to dislike using the ''Tetris'' brand was because it didn't allow the game to stand under its own merits. Localizations of later versions dropped the ''Tetris'' name completely and were released under the title of ''Puzzle League'' instead.

* Tomonobu Itagaki, the outspoken director of the 2004 UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} reboot of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'', disowns the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version (''Ninja Gaiden Sigma'') that Team Ninja later produced without his involvement. He has vocally disapproved of the port, even while he was still employed by Creator/{{Tecmo}}, and has reportedly refused to autograph any copy of the game. Specifically, he criticized ''Sigma'' for being more or less a straight port of his original Xbox version and not taking advantage of the superior hardware specs of the [=PS3=].

* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' producer Koji Igarashi wasn't very fond of the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn port of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', which was developed by a different team (Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya), as noted in the June 2007 issue of ''Play Magazine'':

** He apologized for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy ''VideoGame/MegaManII'', which was not done by Minakuchi Engineering, who worked on ''[[VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge Dr. Wily's Revenge]]'', feeling that the new company that made it (Japan System House) didn't "get" Mega Man. Minakuchi Engineering would return to work on the remaining Game Boy ''Mega Man'' games (''[[VideoGame/MegaManIII III]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MegaManIV IV]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManV V]]''), as well as ''[[CompilationRerelease The Wily Wars]]'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis.
* Yoshihisa Kishimoto, creator of the ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' series, disliked the [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]] port of the first game published by Creator/{{Sega}} in his French biography ''Enter the Double Dragon'', claiming that the developers (later revealed to be Creator/ArcSystemWorks working under a contractual basis) focused too much on trying to faithfully reproduce the arcade version's level designs, moves and enemy characters on a less capable hardware at the expense of the game's playability and visuals. He prefers [[ReformulatedGame the approach]] his team took with the NES version, where they remade the game to fit with the hardware's specifications and argues that's the approach they should've taken with the SMS version. Ironically, Arc System Works would end up becoming the copyrights owners to all of Technos Japan's former [=IPs=] from previous copyright holder (Million Corp.), which ended up with [[http://www.famitsu.com/news/201510/09086051.html Minoru Kidooka]] (ASW's founder and CEO) apologizing on his company's behalf to the former Technos staff members in an interview.

** They have done everything in their power to forget the three ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Legend of Zelda]]'' [[UsefulNotes/PhilipsCDi CD-i]] games, ''Faces of Evil'', ''Wand of Gamelon'', and ''Zelda's Adventure'', ever existed. The games weren't even made by the creators of the series, and have been excommunicated from the official timelines. The same goes for the other Nintendo-licensed CD-i game, ''VideoGame/HotelMario''.

* popcornpr1nce, creator of the popular Undertale alternate universe "Underswap", disliked the way that fans of the AU treated the characters so much, that he ended up abandoning Underswap all together.

** Director Creator/ChrisColumbus was also only involved with the first two movies[[note]]He turned down ''3'' because he didn't want to work with a new cast[[/note]]. In general, Columbus has been highly critical of the numerous reboots and remakes Hollywood has made. When asked for his thoughts on ''Film/HomeSweetAlone'', Columbus expressed displeasure with Disney trying to recapture the success of the original films.

* Daniel Stern played Marv in the first two ''Film/HomeAlone'' movies. He was approached to reprise his role in ''Film/HomeAlone4TakingBackTheHouse''. He refused, and Creator/FrenchStewart [[TheOtherDarrin was cast in his stead]]. Stern was later quoted as saying ''Taking Back the House'' was "An insult, total garbage."

* Creator/JuliaSawalha, who voiced Ginger in 'WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', was not happy when her role was recast for ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRunDawnOfTheNugget''. She was told that she was "too old" for the role and later said the decision was ageist.

* Creator/JuliaSawalha, who voiced Ginger in 'WesternAnimation/'ChickenRun'', was not happy when her role was recast for ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRunDawnOfTheNugget''. She was told that she was "too old" for the role and later said the decision was ageist.