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This is a list of television series that have been adapted from theatrical films, either as a straight adaptation (i.e. a "remake"), or as a sequel or prequel.
These television series follow the events of the original theatrical film, so they can be considered sequels of it, or take place before the events of the original theatrical film and are set within the same universe.
Title | Precedes/Follows | Type | Notes |
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Animated | |
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | CGI animated | |
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series | All Dogs Go to Heaven | Animated | Takes place after the events of All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 |
Aladdin | Aladdin | Animated | Set between The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves . |
Alienators: Evolution Continues | Evolution | Animated | Takes place after the events of the movie |
Alien Nation | Alien Nation | Live-action | |
American Gigolo | American Gigolo | Live-action | Set 15 years after the events of the film |
Ash vs. Evil Dead | The Evil Dead films | Live-action | Set 30 years after Army of Darkness |
Baahubali: Before the Beginning | Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Live-action | |
Baahubali: The Lost Legends | Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Animated | |
Back at the Barnyard | Barnyard | CGI animated | |
Bates Motel | Psycho | Live-action | Follows a young Norman Bates, but is set in the modern day. |
Back to the Future: The Animated Series | Back to the Future | Animated | Takes place after Back to the Future Part III , Christopher Lloyd reprises his role of Doc Brown in live-action wraparounds; while Tom Wilson and Mary Steenburgen reprise their characters in animated form. |
Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince | Benji | Live-action | |
Beetlejuice | Beetlejuice | Animated | |
Beyond Westworld | Westworld | Live-action | |
Big Hero 6: The Series Baymax! | Big Hero 6 | Animated | Take place after the events of the film. |
Black Dynamite | Black Dynamite | Animated | |
Blade: The Series | Blade | Live-action | Takes place after Blade: Trinity |
Blade Runner: Black Lotus | Blade Runner | CGI animated | Set between Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 |
Blue Thunder | Blue Thunder | Live-action | Series used footage from the film to cut costs. |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Live-action | Set one year after the film, though the film is not considered canon. |
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Toy Story | Animated | A kind of prequel to the CG movies as it is the series on which the Buzz Lightyear toy that features in Toy Story is based. Andy Davis is seen watching an episode of this in the first film. |
Casablanca Casablanca | Casablanca | Live-action | There were two separate series in 1955 and 1983; both taking place before the film.[ citation needed ] |
Clerks: The Animated Series | Clerks | Animated | A live-action series pilot was also made, without any of the cast or crew involved. |
Chucky | Child’s Play films | Live-action | Serves as a sequel to Cult of Chucky |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Animated | Takes place before the events of the film. |
Cobra Kai | The Karate Kid | Live-action | Continuation of the film series. |
Code Black | Code Black | Live-action | |
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | The Crow | Live-action | |
Damien | The Omen | Live-action | Set years after The Omen . |
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | The Dark Crystal | Live-action/ puppetry | Set years before The Dark Crystal |
Dawn of the Croods The Croods: Family Tree | The Croods films | Flash animated CGI animated | Dawn of the Croods is set before the events of The Croods. Family Tree takes place following the events of A New Age |
Delta House | Animal House | Live-action | Two other sit-coms were also based loosely on Animal House, one called Brothers and Sisters in 1979 and another called Co-Ed Fever , also 1979. |
Dominion | Legion | Live-action | Set 25 years after the film |
DreamWorks Dragons | How to Train Your Dragon | CGI animated | Set between the first film and the sequels. |
Dumb & Dumber: Animated | Dumb and Dumber | Animated | |
Dumbo's Circus | Dumbo | Live-Action | |
The Emperor's New School | The Emperor's New Groove and Kronk's New Groove | Animated | Set possibly after of The Emperor's New Groove and before Kronk's New Groove . |
The Exorcist | The Exorcist | Live-action | Set 40 years after The Exorcist [1] – events in the film are referenced in the television series. |
Fargo | Fargo | Live-action | The 10-episode first season was set in the same universe as the feature film, though took place years later. [2] Future seasons have followed an anthology format with each season being set in a different era along with a different story, cast and set of characters, in the same universe as the movie. Bruce Campbell reprises his role as Ronald Reagan in the second season. [3] |
Fast & Furious: Spy Racers | Fast & Furious films | CGI animated | |
Fievel's American Tails | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Animated | |
Friday: The Animated Series | Friday , Next Friday and Friday After Next | Animated | |
From Dusk till Dawn: The Series | From Dusk till Dawn | Live-action | Takes place in the same world as the film. |
Godzilla: The Series | Godzilla (1998 film) | Animated | Takes place after the film. |
Heartbreak High | The Heartbreak Kid | Live-action | |
Hercules: The Animated Series | Hercules | Animated | Series is a prequel to the 1997 movie. |
Highlander: The Series Highlander: The Raven Highlander: The Animated Series | Highlander | Live-action/animated | The series set few years after the first film. |
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Live-action | Takes place before Honey, I Blew Up The Kid . |
Hotel Transylvania: The Series | Hotel Transylvania | Animated | Prequel to the movie. |
J Bole Toh Jadoo | Koi... Mil Gaya | Live-action/animated | |
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Jurassic World: Chaos Theory | Jurassic World | CGI animated | Camp Cretaceous takes place before, during and after the events of Jurassic World and after the opening of Fallen Kingdom. Chaos Theory takes place between Fallen Kingdom and Dominion |
The Karate Kid | The Karate Kid | Animated | |
Kirikou découvre les animaux d'Afrique | Kirikou and the Sorceress and Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages | Live-action/animated | Educational series using footage from both films along with original animated and live-action documentary footage. |
Kong: The Animated Series | King Kong | Animated | Set after the events from the 1933 film. |
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Kung Fu Panda | CGI animated | Legends of Awesomeness takes place between the first two films. The Paws of Destiny and The Dragon Knight take place after the third film. |
The Land Before Time | The Land Before Time | Animated | Takes place after The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends |
A League of Their Own | A League of Their Own | Live action | Takes place after the events of the movie |
The Legend of Tarzan | Tarzan | Animated | Set one year after the events of the film. |
The Librarians | The Librarian | Live-action | Spin-off of the film series. |
Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Lilo & Stitch and Stitch! The Movie | Animated | Begins about one year after the events of the original film (and a few months after the separately-produced Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch ); Stitch! The Movie is the pilot to Lilo & Stitch: The Series. |
Limitless | Limitless | Live-action | Set four years after the events the film. |
The Lion Guard | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Animated | Takes place during the time-gap between the films. |
The Little Mermaid | The Little Mermaid | Animated | Takes place one year before the movie. |
The Little Rascals | Our Gang/The Little Rascals | Animated | |
Lock, Stock...The Series | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Live-action | |
The Mask: Animated Series | The Mask | Animated | |
Men in Black: The Series | Men in Black | Animated | Takes place after the original film but contains conflicts with the continuity (one notable one is the main character Agent K defected in the film but still works for MIB in the animated series). |
Mike Bassett: Manager | Mike Bassett: England Manager | Live-action | Set several years after the film |
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | Godzilla (2014 film) | Live-action | Takes place after the film. |
Minority Report | Minority Report | Live-action | Set eleven years after the events from the film. |
Monsters at Work | Monsters, Inc. | CGI animated | Set following the events of Monsters, Inc. |
Monsters vs. Aliens | Monsters vs. Aliens | CGI animated | |
Mortal Kombat: Konquest Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | Mortal Kombat | Live-action/animated | Konquest series is a prequel to the film. Defenders of the Realm is alternative sequel to the film. |
Mr. Belvedere | Sitting Pretty | Live-action | |
The Mummy: The Animated Series | The Mummy series | Animated | The Mummy series is alternative sequel to the films The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns . |
My Big Fat Greek Life | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Live-action | |
Napoleon Dynamite | Napoleon Dynamite | Animated | |
National Treasure: Edge of History | National Treasure films | Live-action | |
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action film and its two sequels | Live-action | Set some time after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III and introduces a female turtle. |
Ozzy & Drix | Osmosis Jones | Animated | Set a year after the events in the movie. |
Patlabor: The TV Series | Patlabor: The Movie | Animated | Alternative canon |
The Pink Panther | The Pink Panther | Animated | The 1963 film featured an animated opening sequence. The star of the sequence, the eponymous Pink Panther, was so popular that it was awarded its own animated series. The series also featured an animated version of the films' main character, Inspector Clouseau. |
Planet of the Apes Return to the Planet of the Apes | Planet of the Apes | Live-action/animated | Set in the same universe but before the film. |
Police Academy: Animated Police Academy: The Series | Police Academy | Live-action/animated | There were two separate series: the animated one in 1988 and a live-action one in 1997. |
Power Rangers Turbo | Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie | Live-action | A bridge between the shows Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo |
Problem Child | Problem Child | Animated | |
Rambo and the Forces of Freedom | Rambo | Animated | Set some time after Rambo: First Blood Part II . |
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | Tangled | Animated | Set between the end of Tangled and the events of its short film, Tangled Ever After . |
The Real Ghostbusters Extreme Ghostbusters | Ghostbusters | Animated | Both series are non-canon, although it did mention some events from the films. |
RoboCop: The Animated Series RoboCop: The Series RoboCop: Alpha Commando RoboCop: Prime Directives | RoboCop | Animated/live-action | |
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles | Starship Troopers | CGI animated | |
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Animated | |
Serpico [ dubious – discuss ] | Serpico | Live-action | |
Shaft | Shaft | Live-action | |
Bandit Goes Country Bandit Bandit Beauty and the Bandit Bandit's Silver Angel | Smokey and the Bandit films | Live-action | Takes place before the events of the movies, and is thus a prequel. |
Spaceballs: The Animated Series | Spaceballs | Animated | |
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper | Casper | Animated | Takes place after the events of the film. |
Starman | Starman | Live-action | Takes place fifteen years after the film. |
Stargate SG-1 Stargate Atlantis Stargate Universe Stargate Infinity | Stargate | Live-action | Set one year after the film (SG-1). Infinity is non-canon and wasn't worked on by the writers of other Stargate series |
Star Wars: Droids Ewoks Star Wars: Clone Wars Star Wars: The Clone Wars Star Wars Rebels Star Wars Resistance Star Wars: The Bad Batch The Mandalorian The Book of Boba Fett Star Wars: Visions Obi-Wan Kenobi Andor Star Wars: Tales Ahsoka The Acolyte Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | The Star Wars films | Animated/CGI/live-action | The Clone Wars, Rebels, Resistance, The Bad Batch, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, Tales, Ahsoka, The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew are considered to be canon. |
Street Fighter | Street Fighter | Animated | |
Stitch! Stitch & Ai | Lilo & Stitch films | Animated | Both series take place after the events of Leroy & Stitch (the finale to Lilo & Stitch: The Series), with both series featuring recreated flashbacks of Lilo & Stitch, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch , and The Origin of Stitch short film. However, both series are on separate timelines, as the Chinese series Stitch & Ai was produced without consideration towards the Stitch! anime. The canonicity of either series have not been established by Disney. Stitch! takes place approximately two decades after the events of Leroy & Stitch per Lilo's appearance as an adult with a daughter who looks identical to her as a child in a third-season episode. |
Stuart Little: The Animated Series | Stuart Little | Animated | |
Taken | Taken films | Live-action | Effectively a prequel to the Taken film series, though set in the present day. [4] |
Ted | Ted films | Live-action | Set in between the opening and main plot of the first film |
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Terminator films | Live-action | Set after Terminator 2: Judgment Day , mostly ignoring the four other installments' continuity. |
Timon & Pumbaa The Lion Guard | The Lion King | Animated | This series features supporting characters. Lion Guard is set in between The Lion King and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. |
Training Day | Training Day | Live-action | Set 15 years after the events of the film. |
Tremors | Tremors | Live-action | Takes place right after Tremors 3: Back to Perfection . |
Tron: Uprising | Tron: Legacy | Live-action/animated | Set between Tron and Tron: Legacy |
Uncle Buck (1990) Uncle Buck (2016) | Uncle Buck | Live-action | Set sometime after the film; when his brother and sister-in-law die in a car accident, Buck is named as the guardian of Tia, Miles, and Maizy. |
Venus et Apollon | Venus Beauté | French | |
War of the Worlds | The War of the Worlds | Live-action | Set 35 years later. |
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later | Wet Hot American Summer | Live-action | The first miniseries is a prequel to the 2001 film with the second being set ten years after. |
Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down | films of Jerry Lewis | Animated | |
Willow | Willow | Live-action | Set over twenty years after the events of the film.[ citation needed ] |
Wolf Creek | Wolf Creek film and its sequel | Live-action | A continuation of the Wolf Creek film and its sequel, Wolf Creek 2 [5] – events in the first film are referenced in the television series. |
Yamaleela.. Aa Tarvata | Yamaleela | Live-action | Based on the characters of the film [6] |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | The Indiana Jones films | Live-action | Series is a prequel to the films, depicting the life of the young Indiana Jones. |
These television series are adaptations of the original theatrical film, but are neither prequels nor sequels:
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