The Truth Is Out There: TV Adaptations Don’t Always Succeed

By Lauren Barbato
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/distribution/article/the_x_files_tv_film_adaptations_20080723/
For years, studio executives have followed a simple formula to cash in on certain franchises: Take a widely acclaimed television show, modernize and condense it into a 90-minute script and out comes an instant crowd-pleaser. Though a handful of TV adaptations have triumphed and achieved critical acclaim, many television-to-film adaptations fail miserably, ultimately revealing that oftentimes the jokes, drama and supernatural should be left to the small screen.