List of television programs based on films


This is a list of television series that have been adapted from theatrical films, either as a straight adaptation, or as a sequel or prequel.

Follow-ups and prequels

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.
TitlePrecedes/FollowsTypeNotes
Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveAce Ventura: Pet DetectiveAnimated
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy GeniusJimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusCGI animated
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The SeriesAll Dogs Go to HeavenAnimatedTakes place after the events of All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
AladdinAladdinAnimatedSet between The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
Alienators: Evolution ContinuesEvolutionAnimatedTakes place after the events of the movie
Alien NationAlien NationLive-action
American GigoloAmerican GigoloLive-actionSet 15 years after the events of the film
Ash vs. Evil DeadThe Evil Dead filmsLive-actionSet 30 years after The Evil Dead trilogy
Baahubali: Before the BeginningBaahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali 2: The ConclusionLive-action
Baahubali: The Lost LegendsBaahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali 2: The ConclusionAnimated
Back at the BarnyardBarnyardCGI animated
Bates MotelPsychoLive-actionFollows a young Norman Bates, but is set in the modern day.
Back to the Future: The Animated SeriesBack to the FutureAnimatedTakes 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 PrinceBenjiLive-action
BeetlejuiceBeetlejuiceAnimated
Beyond WestworldWestworldLive-action
Big Hero 6: The Series
Baymax!		Big Hero 6AnimatedTake place after the events of the film.
Black DynamiteBlack DynamiteAnimated
Blade: The SeriesBladeLive-actionTakes place after Blade: Trinity
Blade Runner: Black LotusBlade RunnerCGI animatedSet between Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049
Blue ThunderBlue ThunderLive-actionSeries used footage from the film to cut costs.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel		Buffy the Vampire SlayerLive-actionSet one year after the film, though the film is not considered canon.
Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandToy StoryAnimatedA 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		CasablancaLive-actionThere were two separate series in 1955 and 1983; both taking place before the film.
Clerks: The Animated SeriesClerksAnimatedA live-action series pilot was also made, without any of the cast or crew involved.
ChuckyChild’s Play filmsLive-actionServes as a sequel to Cult of Chucky
Cloudy with a Chance of MeatballsCloudy with a Chance of MeatballsAnimatedTakes place before the events of the film.
Cobra KaiThe Karate KidLive-actionContinuation of the film series.
The Continental: From the World of John WickJohn Wick filmsLive-action
Code BlackCode BlackLive-action
The Creep TapesCreep filmsLive-action
The Crow: Stairway to HeavenThe CrowLive-action
DamienThe OmenLive-actionSet years after The Omen.
The Dark Crystal: Age of ResistanceThe Dark CrystalLive-action/ puppetrySet years before The Dark Crystal
Dawn of the Croods
The Croods: Family Tree		The Croods filmsFlash 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 HouseAnimal HouseLive-actionTwo 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.
DominionLegionLive-actionSet 25 years after the film
DreamWorks DragonsHow to Train Your DragonCGI animatedSet between the first film and the sequels.
Dumb & Dumber: AnimatedDumb and DumberAnimated
Dumbo's CircusDumboLive-Action
The Emperor's New SchoolThe Emperor's New Groove and Kronk's New GrooveAnimatedSet possibly after of The Emperor's New Groove and before Kronk's New Groove.
The ExorcistThe ExorcistLive-actionSet 40 years after The Exorcist – events in the film are referenced in the television series.
FargoFargoLive-actionThe 10-episode first season was set in the same universe as the feature film, though took place years later. 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.
Fast & Furious: Spy RacersFast & Furious filmsCGI animated
Fievel's American TailsAn American Tail: Fievel Goes WestAnimated
Friday: The Animated SeriesFriday, Next Friday and Friday After NextAnimated
From Dusk till Dawn: The SeriesFrom Dusk till DawnLive-actionTakes place in the same world as the film.
Godzilla: The SeriesGodzilla AnimatedTakes place after the film.
Heartbreak HighThe Heartbreak KidLive-action
Herbie, the Love BugHerbie Goes BananasLive-actionTakes place a few years after Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, but does not directly reference the events of Herbie Goes Bananas
Hercules: The Animated SeriesHerculesAnimatedSeries is a prequel to the 1997 movie.
Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Raven
Highlander: The Animated Series		HighlanderLive-action/animatedThe series set few years after the first film.
History of the World, Part IIHistory of the World, Part ILive-action
Honey, I Shrunk the KidsHoney, I Shrunk the KidsLive-actionTakes place before Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.
Hotel Transylvania: The SeriesHotel TransylvaniaAnimatedPrequel to the movie.
It: Welcome to DerryItLive-actionPrequel to It and It Chapter Two
J Bole Toh JadooKoi... Mil GayaLive-action/animated
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory		Jurassic WorldCGI animatedCamp 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 KidThe Karate KidAnimated
Kirikou découvre les animaux d'AfriqueKirikou and the Sorceress and Kirikou et les bêtes sauvagesLive-action/animatedEducational series using footage from both films along with original animated and live-action documentary footage.
Kong: The Animated SeriesKing KongAnimatedSet 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 PandaCGI animatedLegends 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 TimeThe Land Before TimeAnimatedTakes place after The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
A League of Their OwnA League of Their OwnLive actionTakes place after the events of the movie
The Legend of TarzanTarzanAnimatedSet one year after the events of the film.
The LibrariansThe LibrarianLive-actionSpin-off of the film series.
Lilo & Stitch: The SeriesLilo & Stitch and Stitch! The MovieAnimatedBegins about one year after the events of the original film ; Stitch! The Movie is the pilot to Lilo & Stitch: The Series.
LimitlessLimitlessLive-actionSet four years after the events the film.
The Lion GuardThe Lion King II: Simba's PrideAnimatedTakes place during the time-gap between the films.
The Little MermaidThe Little MermaidAnimatedTakes place one year before the movie.
The Little RascalsOur Gang/The Little RascalsAnimated
Lock, Stock...The SeriesLock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsLive-action
The Mask: Animated SeriesThe MaskAnimated
Men in Black: The SeriesMen in BlackAnimatedTakes place after the original film but contains conflicts with the continuity.
Mike Bassett: ManagerMike Bassett: England ManagerLive-actionSet several years after the film
Monarch: Legacy of MonstersGodzilla Live-actionTakes place after the film.
Minority ReportMinority ReportLive-actionSet eleven years after the events from the film.
Monsters at WorkMonsters, Inc.CGI animatedSet following the events of Monsters, Inc.
Monsters vs. AliensMonsters vs. AliensCGI animated
Mortal Kombat: Konquest
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm		Mortal KombatLive-action/animatedKonquest series is a prequel to the film. Defenders of the Realm is alternative sequel to the film.
Mr. BelvedereSitting PrettyLive-action
The Mummy: The Animated SeriesThe Mummy seriesAnimatedThe Mummy series is alternative sequel to the films The Mummy and The Mummy Returns.
My Big Fat Greek LifeMy Big Fat Greek WeddingLive-action
Napoleon DynamiteNapoleon DynamiteAnimated
National Treasure: Edge of HistoryNational Treasure filmsLive-action
Ninja Turtles: The Next MutationTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action film and its two sequelsLive-actionSet some time after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III and introduces a female turtle.
Open Season: Call of NatureOpen Season filmsAnimated
Ozzy & DrixOsmosis JonesAnimatedSet a year after the events in the movie.
Patlabor: The TV SeriesPatlabor: The MovieAnimatedAlternative canon
The Pink PantherThe Pink PantherAnimatedThe 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 ApesLive-action/animatedSet in the same universe but before the film.
Police Academy: Animated
Police Academy: The Series		Police AcademyLive-action/animatedThere were two separate series: the animated one in 1988 and a live-action one in 1997.
Power Rangers TurboTurbo: A Power Rangers MovieLive-actionA bridge between the shows Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo
Problem ChildProblem ChildAnimated
The PurgeThe Purge filmsLive-actionSet between The Purge: Anarchy and The Purge: Election Year
Rambo and the Forces of FreedomRamboAnimatedSet some time after Rambo: First Blood Part II.
Rapunzel's Tangled AdventureTangledAnimatedSet between the end of Tangled and the events of its short film, Tangled Ever After.
Ratu Ratu Queens: The SeriesAli & Ratu Ratu QueensLive-actionServes as the prequel of the film.
The Real Ghostbusters
Extreme Ghostbusters		GhostbustersAnimatedBoth 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		RoboCopAnimated/live-action
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers ChroniclesStarship TroopersCGI animated
Scott Pilgrim Takes OffScott Pilgrim vs. the WorldAnimated
SerpicoSerpicoLive-action
ShaftShaftLive-action
Bandit Goes Country
Bandit Bandit
Beauty and the Bandit
Bandit's Silver Angel		Smokey and the Bandit filmsLive-actionTakes place before the events of the movies, and is thus a prequel.
Spaceballs: The Animated SeriesSpaceballsAnimated
The Spooktacular New Adventures of CasperCasperAnimatedTakes place after the events of the film.
StarmanStarmanLive-actionTakes place fifteen years after the film.
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Universe
Stargate Infinity		StargateLive-actionSet one year after the film. 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 filmsAnimated/CGI/live-actionThe 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 FighterStreet FighterAnimated
Stitch!
Stitch & Ai		Lilo & Stitch filmsAnimatedBoth series take place after the events of Leroy & Stitch, 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.

Stitch & Ai takes place in 2016 at the latest per a calendar appearing in the episode "Dragon Parade". How many years have passed since Leroy & Stitch is not specified, however, although Captain Gantu appears as part of the Galactic Council again after being reinstated to his post in Leroy & Stitch, and Cobra Bubbles appears without looking any different from his previous appearance in the Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode "Shush".
Stuart Little: The Animated SeriesStuart LittleAnimated
TakenTaken filmsLive-actionEffectively a prequel to the Taken film series, though set in the present day.
TedTed filmsLive-actionSet in between the opening and main plot of the first film
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Terminator Zero		Terminator filmsLive-action
Animated
Timon & Pumbaa
The Lion Guard		The Lion KingAnimatedThis series features supporting characters. The Lion Guard is set in between The Lion King and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.
Training DayTraining DayLive-actionSet 15 years after the events of the film.
TremorsTremors filmsLive-actionTakes place right after Tremors 3: Back to Perfection.
Tron: UprisingTron: LegacyLive-action/animatedSet between Tron and Tron: Legacy
Uncle Buck (1990)
Uncle Buck (2016)		Uncle BuckLive-actionSet 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 ApollonVenus BeautéFrench
War of the WorldsThe War of the WorldsLive-actionSet 35 years later.
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later		Wet Hot American SummerLive-actionThe first miniseries is a prequel to the 2001 film with the second being set ten years after.
Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Downfilms of Jerry LewisAnimated
WillowWillowLive-actionSet over twenty years after the events of the film.
Wolf CreekWolf Creek film and its sequelLive-actionA continuation of the Wolf Creek film and its sequel, Wolf Creek 2 – events in the first film are referenced in the television series.
Yamaleela.. Aa TarvataYamaleelaLive-actionBased on the characters of the film.
The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesThe Indiana Jones filmsLive-actionSeries is a prequel to the films, depicting the life of the young Indiana Jones.

Adaptations

These television series are adaptations of the original theatrical film, but are neither prequels nor sequels: