Here's a round up of movies being turned into TV shows for the upcoming season. On one hand, name brand recognition is a way to play it safe and hopefully appeal to an existing audience. On the other hand, if the TV show turns out to be bad and alienates the fanbase of the movie, you get Rush Hour and Minority Report.
Frequency (The CW)
In this reimagining of the 2000 New Line film, Peyton List stars as a female police detective who in 2016 discovers she is able to speak via a ham radio with her estranged father (Riley Smith), whose also was a detective but died in 1996. They forge a new relationship while working together on an unresolved murder case, but unintended consequences of the ‘butterfly effect’ wreak havoc in the present day.
Training Day (CBS)
A crime thriller that begins 15 years after the events of the feature film left, about an idealistic young police officer (Justin Cornwell) who is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with a seasoned, morally ambiguous detective (Bill Paxton).
The Exorcist (FOX)
Father Tomas Ortega (Alfonso Herrera) is the new face of the Catholic Church: progressive, ambitious and compassionate. On the other side of the world, the relentless and abrasive father Marcus Brennan (Ben Daniels) is a modern-day Templar Knight, an orphan raised since childhood by the Vatican to wage war against its enemies. Caught in the middle is the normal suburban Rance family who are members of Tomas' parish - the father (Alan Ruck) is slowly but surely losing his mind, the two girls (Hannah Kasulka, Brianne Howey) are hearing noises, and the mother (Geena Davis) has been plagued by recurring nightmares. Angela begs Father Tomas for help, unwittingly setting the naïve young priest on a collision course with Father Marcus.
Lethal Weapon (FOX)
Grief-stricken after the loss of his wife and unborn child, ex-Navy SEAL-turned-detective Martin Riggs (Clayne Crawford) tries to start over at the LAPD where he's paired up with Roger Murtaugh (Damon Wayans, Sr.) who's just coming back to the job after a near-fatal heart attack. Riggs' penchant for diving headfirst into the line of fire immediately clashes with Murtaugh's prudent, by-the-book technique. It's clear from the moment they meet, this partnership could be lethal. but both come to realise they may have found something worth living for.
Time After Time (ABC)
Based on the novel and movie “Time After Time,” executive producer/writer Kevin Williamson (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Scream” franchise, “Dawson’s Creek”) delivers a fantastical cat and mouse adventure through time when famed science fiction writer H.G. Wells is transported to modern day Manhattan in pursuit of Jack the Ripper. Once H.G. arrives in New York City, he finds a world he never thought possible and a young woman who captivates him.
Frequency (The CW)
In this reimagining of the 2000 New Line film, Peyton List stars as a female police detective who in 2016 discovers she is able to speak via a ham radio with her estranged father (Riley Smith), whose also was a detective but died in 1996. They forge a new relationship while working together on an unresolved murder case, but unintended consequences of the ‘butterfly effect’ wreak havoc in the present day.
Training Day (CBS)
A crime thriller that begins 15 years after the events of the feature film left, about an idealistic young police officer (Justin Cornwell) who is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with a seasoned, morally ambiguous detective (Bill Paxton).
The Exorcist (FOX)
Father Tomas Ortega (Alfonso Herrera) is the new face of the Catholic Church: progressive, ambitious and compassionate. On the other side of the world, the relentless and abrasive father Marcus Brennan (Ben Daniels) is a modern-day Templar Knight, an orphan raised since childhood by the Vatican to wage war against its enemies. Caught in the middle is the normal suburban Rance family who are members of Tomas' parish - the father (Alan Ruck) is slowly but surely losing his mind, the two girls (Hannah Kasulka, Brianne Howey) are hearing noises, and the mother (Geena Davis) has been plagued by recurring nightmares. Angela begs Father Tomas for help, unwittingly setting the naïve young priest on a collision course with Father Marcus.
Lethal Weapon (FOX)
Grief-stricken after the loss of his wife and unborn child, ex-Navy SEAL-turned-detective Martin Riggs (Clayne Crawford) tries to start over at the LAPD where he's paired up with Roger Murtaugh (Damon Wayans, Sr.) who's just coming back to the job after a near-fatal heart attack. Riggs' penchant for diving headfirst into the line of fire immediately clashes with Murtaugh's prudent, by-the-book technique. It's clear from the moment they meet, this partnership could be lethal. but both come to realise they may have found something worth living for.
Time After Time (ABC)
Based on the novel and movie “Time After Time,” executive producer/writer Kevin Williamson (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Scream” franchise, “Dawson’s Creek”) delivers a fantastical cat and mouse adventure through time when famed science fiction writer H.G. Wells is transported to modern day Manhattan in pursuit of Jack the Ripper. Once H.G. arrives in New York City, he finds a world he never thought possible and a young woman who captivates him.
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