Films like the X-files?

[JoeZhang]

The first X-files film was produced between two seasons of the TV show. I've been racking my brains and cannot think of another example where a motion picture has been produced while the show is still on the air. Sex and the city, ST:TNG films etc all occured after their series went off air*.

What other examples are there?


* Worf appears in First Contact while DS9 is still on air but that's not quite the same thing.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

Reno 911: Miami

The Simpsons (movie)

 

[Lonemagpie]

In the UK, Dad's Army, Steptoe & Son, On The Buses, Are You Being Served, and lots of other sitcoms, plus The Sweeney.

 

[Timofnine]

A Doctor Who film is reportedly in production.... if true, it will hit the silver screen whilst the television show is still running.

 

[Too Much Fun]

The Simpsons (movie)

Which probably would have been a lot better had it been done around the peak of the series like The X-Files movie was, rather than 10 years after it.

 

[Jack Bauer]

I think they did a Batman movie while the tv series was still airing.

 

[Too Much Fun]

Yes, that goes for two Batman movies. The "Batman: The Animated Series" movie "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" came out before the show ended (the movie came out in 1992, while the show ran from 1992-1995). "Batman: The Movie", based on the 1960s TV series, came out between the second and third seasons of the show.

 

[Vasquez Rocks]

The Muppet Movie