From CobraKai to Clueless, what dictates if an adaptation for TV is going to work?
Invariably, a movie will come along that a television executive sees and thinks, “hey, we can make a TV adaptation of that!” Then, after decisions are made about that series – does it continue the story from the film, is it a prequel to the film, is it true to the material, is it off on its own tangent – millions of dollars are poured into production, and then comes the moment of truth. The season premiere.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY RELATED: Ralph Macchio on the Future of 'Cobra Kai' and Revisiting 'The Karate Kid's Biggest Moments in His New Book 'Waxing On' Some share an element where they take the premise of the film but put a different spin on it that separates it from the source material. Buffy the Vampire Slayer began life as a 1992 film starring Kristy Swanson as cheerleader Buffy Summers, who learns that she is the Slayer, destined to save the world from vampires. It is a fun, if largely forgettable, film, but to say the switch to television worked out seriously undermines the impact of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series.
Clueless, based on the film of the same name, failed primarily because it took the wrong bits and pieces from the film as story fodder. A number of the characters reprised their roles from the film, but the show placed more focus on the looks and lingo of the world in the film and not enough on the relationships and heart of it and Josh entirely).
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