TV on the big screen
March 24, 2009 9:09 AM Subscribe
Help me compile a list of TV shows which continued in theatrical films (continued, not adapted...i.e. Star Trek counts, The Simpsons counts, but Brady Bunch which had a new cast, or Starsky and Hutch, do not count).
To go into more detail, I'm trying to find a list of television shows that had theatrical movie releases (widespread, not just a season premiere shown in theaters, etc.) which continued the narrative from the series in some way, with the same actors, same continuity, etc.
The ones I can think of:
Sex and the City
Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
South Park
Simpsons
Twin Peaks
Police Squad/Naked Gun
TV adaptations that don't count:
Beverly Hillbillies (totally new cast, story reboot)
Dukes of Hazard (same thing, new cast, reboot)
Brady Bunch (new cast, mocking attitude)
S.W.A.T
(I'd like to stick to American series if possible, but if there are foreign series that made the leap and are popular in the US then those would count as well)
To go into more detail, I'm trying to find a list of television shows that had theatrical movie releases (widespread, not just a season premiere shown in theaters, etc.) which continued the narrative from the series in some way, with the same actors, same continuity, etc.
The ones I can think of:
Sex and the City
Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
South Park
Simpsons
Twin Peaks
Police Squad/Naked Gun
TV adaptations that don't count:
Beverly Hillbillies (totally new cast, story reboot)
Dukes of Hazard (same thing, new cast, reboot)
Brady Bunch (new cast, mocking attitude)
S.W.A.T
(I'd like to stick to American series if possible, but if there are foreign series that made the leap and are popular in the US then those would count as well)
Firefly the television show became Serenity the movie.
posted by muddgirl at 9:13 AM on March 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by muddgirl at 9:13 AM on March 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Box: Did The Mod Squad have the same cast? I know there was the reboot with Claire Danes, but was there another movie of which I'm not aware?
posted by arniec at 9:14 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by arniec at 9:14 AM on March 24, 2009
Best answer: Haven't seen them, but haven't the Disney series Hannah Montana and High School Musical done this?
posted by Bella Sebastian at 9:15 AM on March 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Bella Sebastian at 9:15 AM on March 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
Ernest P. Worrell was actually a character in a commercial that continued in film.
posted by raisingsand at 9:16 AM on March 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by raisingsand at 9:16 AM on March 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
One could make a case for Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and Big Top Pee-Wee.
posted by Prospero at 9:17 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by Prospero at 9:17 AM on March 24, 2009
Best answer: Seconding the person above: The Lizzie McGuire Movie from the Lizzie McGuire show and several other Disney movies have done the same thing (maybe with Even Stevens and an Even Stevens made-for-TV movie). I suppose M.A.S.H. doesn't count, since it was the other way 'round, right--movie, then T.V. show. ?
posted by Dukat at 9:18 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by Dukat at 9:18 AM on March 24, 2009
Friday Night Lights went the opposite way. TV show followed the movie, which followed the book.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 9:18 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 9:18 AM on March 24, 2009
MST3K
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:19 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:19 AM on March 24, 2009
Best answer: As much as it kills me to say it:
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
posted by General Malaise at 9:19 AM on March 24, 2009
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
posted by General Malaise at 9:19 AM on March 24, 2009
Twilight Zone?
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 9:20 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 9:20 AM on March 24, 2009
Friday Night Lights the TV show has an entirely different cast than the movie.
posted by General Malaise at 9:20 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by General Malaise at 9:20 AM on March 24, 2009
Countless SNL skits have been made into mostly dreadful movies.
posted by Skot at 9:25 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by Skot at 9:25 AM on March 24, 2009
Trailer Park Boys
posted by sanko at 9:26 AM on March 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by sanko at 9:26 AM on March 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
There were two very popular Doctor Who films made in England in the Sixties that most Doctor Who fans in the US have probably never heard of, although they have been broadcast on US television off and on since the Seventies.
posted by Hanuman1960 at 9:26 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by Hanuman1960 at 9:26 AM on March 24, 2009
Best answer: Also, here's a list you can whiddle down to your specs.
posted by General Malaise at 9:26 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by General Malaise at 9:26 AM on March 24, 2009
On preview, here's another probably-less-useful list:
This is a Google search for ": The Movie" at IMDB. As in "Jackass: The Movie", "The Transformers: The Movie", etc.. Most aren't what you're looking for, but there some good examples and a few surprises>
posted by originalname37 at 9:40 AM on March 24, 2009
This is a Google search for ": The Movie" at IMDB. As in "Jackass: The Movie", "The Transformers: The Movie", etc.. Most aren't what you're looking for, but there some good examples and a few surprises>
posted by originalname37 at 9:40 AM on March 24, 2009
There were two very popular Doctor Who films made in England in the Sixties
Not sure these count. They were standalone films with different casts from the TV show that were essentially remakes of episodes of the show.
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 9:46 AM on March 24, 2009
Not sure these count. They were standalone films with different casts from the TV show that were essentially remakes of episodes of the show.
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 9:46 AM on March 24, 2009
Best answer: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Munsters (Do made for TV movies count?)
Get Smart (the Nude Bomb)
Police Squad (The Naked Gun movie series)
posted by Gungho at 9:47 AM on March 24, 2009
The Munsters (Do made for TV movies count?)
Get Smart (the Nude Bomb)
Police Squad (The Naked Gun movie series)
posted by Gungho at 9:47 AM on March 24, 2009
Duck Tales (woo-oo)
posted by mesh gear fox at 10:07 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by mesh gear fox at 10:07 AM on March 24, 2009
What about movies that don't keep the entire cast, but keep elements and the continuity in a generational way? Dragnet did this and I think the more recent Get Smart move did, too.
posted by cimbrog at 10:09 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by cimbrog at 10:09 AM on March 24, 2009
Note that Twin Peaks did recast one role and introduced a mess of new characters while a number of old ones disappeared, so it it is not the purest example. And Twilight Zone did not continue characters; the theatrical movie remade four episodes withe new casts and better production values (or remade three and did an original one, I can't recall).
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:12 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:12 AM on March 24, 2009
Best answer: Kids in the Hall (Brain Candy)
Strangers With Candy
Mr. Show (Run Ronnie Run)
Reno 911!
South Park
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
posted by mesh gear fox at 10:14 AM on March 24, 2009
Strangers With Candy
Mr. Show (Run Ronnie Run)
Reno 911!
South Park
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
posted by mesh gear fox at 10:14 AM on March 24, 2009
I am a moron and I see that you listed South Park and I knew that, but I typed it anyway and I'm not sure why. Please pretend it's not there.
posted by mesh gear fox at 10:28 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by mesh gear fox at 10:28 AM on March 24, 2009
Best answer: 2nding "Sesame Street." Their movie was called "Follow That Bird" and my two-year-old watches it almost every day.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 10:28 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by Pater Aletheias at 10:28 AM on March 24, 2009
Best answer: G.I. Joe (tv 1985) begat G.I. Joe the Movie (1987).
Transformers (tv 1984) begat Transformers the Move (1987).
posted by nomisxid at 10:35 AM on March 24, 2009
Transformers (tv 1984) begat Transformers the Move (1987).
posted by nomisxid at 10:35 AM on March 24, 2009
What about movies that don't keep the entire cast, but keep elements and the continuity in a generational way? Dragnet did this and I think the more recent Get Smart move did, too.
Get Smart had two movies - The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again (TV) - that were with the original cast. The most recent movie had an entirely new cast and was set in the 21st Century.
posted by radioamy at 10:45 AM on March 24, 2009
Get Smart had two movies - The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again (TV) - that were with the original cast. The most recent movie had an entirely new cast and was set in the 21st Century.
posted by radioamy at 10:45 AM on March 24, 2009
Haven't seen them, but haven't the Disney series Hannah Montana and High School Musical done this?
I am embarassed to know this, but HSM was TV-movies to begin with.
posted by radioamy at 10:47 AM on March 24, 2009
If you really want to get into rules, Star Trek: TNG is a continuation of Star Trek, even though they have different casts. It's the same mythos.
Trekkers, please don't devour me if the canon isn't exactly the same.
posted by sjuhawk31 at 11:05 AM on March 24, 2009
Trekkers, please don't devour me if the canon isn't exactly the same.
posted by sjuhawk31 at 11:05 AM on March 24, 2009
Also embarrassed, but yes, HSM was always a movie. And I can add that Hannah Montana has never been a movie (just a concert movie) but, don't worry, apparently there will be one in 2009. So that'll count soon enough.
posted by artychoke at 11:11 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by artychoke at 11:11 AM on March 24, 2009
HBO series "Tenacious D" --> the film "Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny"
posted by brain_drain at 11:53 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by brain_drain at 11:53 AM on March 24, 2009
G.I. Joe (tv 1985) begat G.I. Joe the Movie (1987).
Transformers (tv 1984) begat Transformers the Move (1987).
The Transformers movie was actually released in between seasons two and three of the TV series, and you kind of had to have seen the movie to know the set up for season three. Sorta like the X-Files movie.
But it should be noted that because that one failed at the box office, the plans for a theatrical GI Joe release were scrapped and it ended up going direct to video.
And for sake of this thread, the modern live action films should be considered (very loose) adaptations, and not continuations.
And there was "The Man Called Flintstone," and "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!" which apparently was the first animated feature based on an animated series.
Oh, and there were was "A Goofy Movie," a follow-up to the "Goof Troop" series. There was also a direct-to-video sequel.
I feel like there are a few more animated entries here that have yet to be mentioned...
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 5:35 PM on March 28, 2009
Transformers (tv 1984) begat Transformers the Move (1987).
The Transformers movie was actually released in between seasons two and three of the TV series, and you kind of had to have seen the movie to know the set up for season three. Sorta like the X-Files movie.
But it should be noted that because that one failed at the box office, the plans for a theatrical GI Joe release were scrapped and it ended up going direct to video.
And for sake of this thread, the modern live action films should be considered (very loose) adaptations, and not continuations.
And there was "The Man Called Flintstone," and "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!" which apparently was the first animated feature based on an animated series.
Oh, and there were was "A Goofy Movie," a follow-up to the "Goof Troop" series. There was also a direct-to-video sequel.
I feel like there are a few more animated entries here that have yet to be mentioned...
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 5:35 PM on March 28, 2009
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posted by aswego at 9:10 AM on March 24, 2009 [1 favorite]