We’d rather see new, fresh, original material on TV, but since most TV execs seem to believe that’s nutsy cuckoo, here, courtesy of the Bitter Script Reader, are some excellent film adaptation suggestions:
by the Bitter Script Reader
This was a depressing TV development season for new ideas. Over 30 scripts that were bought were based on movies, all part of the latest trend of hedging bets by banking on a familiar title to grab the attention of an audience. If you’re interested in a complete accounting of all of these projects that were purchased last fall, check out thisSlashfilm ranking of the 31 properties that were being rebooted in one form or another:
A number of these just sound dubious on their face. The fact that the 1990 film Problem Child apparently has more value 25 years after its debut than a fresh idea would is just a kick in the balls to creative television. Look, I SAW Problem Child in theatres – TWICE. I was also ten, and let me tell you, you age out of that humor fast. (This is backed up by the grosses for the sequel, which only made half as much just a year later.) Buffy the Vampire Slayer will always be the rebuttal to a concern that a weak film can’t make a good TV show… but is anyone really dying to see the further adventures of Junior?