History Main / TheFilmOfTheSeries

->''"We're reviving a cancelled undercover police program from TheEighties and revamping it for modern times. You see, the guys in charge of this stuff lack creativity and are completely out of ideas, so all they do now [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs is recycle shit from the past and expect us all not to notice]]."''\\
--'''Deputy Chief Hardy''', ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet''

->''"''Another'' movie based on an old TV show?"''
-->-- '''Music/LLCoolJ'''[='s=] commenting on ''T.J. Hooker: The Movie'', and certainly not ''Film/CharliesAngels''

||''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''||1960-66||''Film/TheFlintstones''||1994||And a prequel (2000). The series was animated, the films were proof that "[[LiveActionAdaptation live action]] is no substitute for the real thing."||

||''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''||1962-71||''The Beverly Hillbillies''||1993||Buddy Ebsen, who played Jed in the original series, had a cameo as his other famous role "Barnaby Jones".||

||''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]''||1966-69||''Film/StarTrek''||2009||And a sequel (2013). [[spoiler:Leonard Nimoy reprised his role as the Spock from the main ''Star Trek'' universe, via TimeTravel.]] Further films are planned. (The previous ''Franchise/StarTrek'' films, by contrast, were straight examples of TheMovie.). Special note that this series is not exactly a reboot, but almost a spin-off in an AlternateTimeline.||

||''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet''||1987-91||''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet''||2012||Series was drama; film is played for laughs.||

->''"''Another'' movie based on an old TV show?"''\\
--'''LLCoolJ'''[='s=] commenting on ''T.J.Hooker: The Movie'', and certainly not ''Film/CharliesAngels''

||''Series/ISpy''||1965-68||''Film/ISpy''||2002|| ||
||''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''||1969-70||''Film/ScoobyDoo''||2002||And sequel (2004), prequel (2009). Series was animated, films are live action.||

||''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle''||1967||''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle''||1997||Series was animated, film is live action.||

||''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''||1983-86||''Film/InspectorGadget''||1999||And a direct-to-video sequel (2003).||

||''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''||1959-64||''The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle''||2000||Original series was animated; film was mostly live action. The title characters remained animated (and Creator/JuneForay was brought back as the voice of Rocky), but this was still a HumanFocusedAdaptation.||

||''Anime/CowboyBebop''||1998-99|| ||?||Release year currently unknown. Series is animated; film will be live action.

||''Series/TheSweeney''||1975-78||''Film/TheSweeney''||2012||||

||''Series/LupinIIIGreenJacket''||1971||''Film/StrangePsychokineticStrategy''||1974||It is hard to say if the film was based more on the Manga, or the Anime series, but either way, the film takes many liberties with the basic characters, forming a new story specific to the film, as well as serving as an OriginsEpisode for Lupin, Jigen, and Fujiko. Since ''Lupin'' tends to operate on NegativeContinuity, an AlternateContinuity is perfectly acceptable explanation of events and clothes.||

||''Series/LupinIIIGreenJacket''|| 1971||'' Film/StrangePsychokineticStrategy''||1974||It is hard to say if the film was based more on the Manga, or the Anime series, but either way, the film takes many liberties with the basic characters, forming a new story specific to the film, as well as serving as an OriginsEpisode for Lupin, Jigen, and Fujiko. Since ''Lupin'' tends to operate on NegativeContinuity, an AlternateContinuity is perfectly acceptable explanation of events and clothes. ||

||''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''||1969-74||''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent''||1972?||Basically a series of sketches from the TV series remade for cinema, with some new linking sequences. Intended to break the team into the US market.||1971||'' Film/StrangePsychokineticStrategy''||1974||It is hard to say if the film was based more on the Manga, or the Anime series, but either way, the film takes many liberties with the basic characters, forming a new story specific to the film, as well as serving as an OriginsEpisode for Lupin, Jigen, and Fujiko. Since ''Lupin'' tends to operate on NegativeContinuity, an AlternateContinuity is perfectly acceptable explanation of events and clothes. ||
||''Series/LupinIIIGreenJacket''||

||''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''||1969-74||''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent''||1972?||Basically a series of sketches from the TV series remade for cinema, with some new linking sequences. Intended to break the team into the US market.||

||''Series/TheEqualizer''||1985-89|| ||2013||(projected)||
||''Series/MacGyver''||1985-92|| ||2013||(projected; currently in DevelopmentHell due to [[AuthorExistenceFailure executive producer's death]])||

||''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''||1999||''Walking with Dinosaurs 3D''||1013||The series was a serious [[SpeculativeDocumentary speculative]] {{Mockumentary}} on dinosaurs, the film was [[ExecutiveMeddling turned in the last minute]] into a kid-oriented, comedic action-adventure movie with talking animals. In both, the animals are special effects, while the backgrounds were real-life sceneries shot on location.||

* Despite what you might think, the live action ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' films are not an example as it's not based exclusively on the original animated series, but just the latest part of a [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Transformers franchise]] that actually pre-dates the cartoon and has run continuously since then. Similarly, the 2011 ''Film/TheSmurfs'' film does not apply for these reasons, as the original [[ComicBook/TheSmurfs comics]] were around [[OlderThanTheyThink longer than]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs the cartoon]].

||''{{Thunderbirds}}''||1965-68||''Thunderbirds''||2004||Series was {{supermarionation}}; film is live action. The art direction was the only part that was a faithful adaptation.||

||''Series/CharliesAngels''||1976-81||''Film/CharliesAngels''||2000||And a sequel (2003). 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 ''Series/TJHooker'' film.||

||''Series/TheBradyBunch''||1969-74||''[[Film/TheBradyBunch The Brady Bunch Movie]]''||1995||And two sequels (1996; 2002 as a MadeForTVMovie). [[AffectionateParody Affectionate Parodies]].||

||''Series/TheBradyBunch''||1969-74||''[[Film/TheBradyBunch The Brady Bunch Movie]]''||1995||And two sequels (1996; 2002 as a MadeForTVMovie).||

||''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''||1962-71||''The Beverly Hillbillies''||1993|| Buddy Ebsen, who played Jed in the original series, had a cameo as his other famous role "BarnabyJones". ||

||''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''||1962-71||''The Beverly Hillbillies''||1993|| ||

||''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}''||1949-59||''Dragnet''||1987||Film was an AffectionateParody of the original. Harry Morgan plays his character from the 1967-70 {{Revival}} series.||

||''Series/TheBradyBunch''||1969-74||''[[Film/TheBradyBunch The Brady Bunch Movie]]''||1995||And a sequel (1996)||

||''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''||1983-86||''Film/InspectorGadget''||1999|And a direct-to-video sequel (2003).||

||''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''||1983-86||''Film/InspectorGadget''||1999||Even more proof that live action is no substitute for the original. Not helped by the fact that apart from a few names, and bionic implants, the film has absolutely nothing to do with the series.||

These were especially popular in TheNineties.

||''Series/TheWildWildWest''||1965-69||''Film/WildWildWest''||1999||Very Very loosely based on the original series.||

||''Series/TheATeam''||1983-87||''Film/TheATeam''||2010||Could almost be considered a Prequel-Reboot [[spoiler: as it finally tells the story of the crime that the team was accused of committing,]] but takes place in the modern day (as of filming).||