These TV Shows Did So Well That They Got Box Office Spin-Offs

Miami Vice

This was the ultimate show for a 1980s audience. A smooth cop show that takes place in the heat of summer in a ritzy Florida location? What else could you want? the 2006 film adaptation stars Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, an incredible duo.

The More You Know

Keanu Reeves used his profit from The Matrix to buy a motorcycle for all of the movie's stuntmen.
Paul Schrader wrote Taxi Driver in five days. It is rumoured he had a loaded gun by his desk for “inspiration and motivation”.
Rowan Atkinson – also known as Mr. Bean – is the voice of Zazu in The Lion King.
The Terminator script was sold for a dollar.

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