Looking for something new to binge watch the rest of your summer? Look no further than your favorite movies-turned-TV shows! From horrors to dramas, these five shows, adapted from must-see movies, will give you the chance to experience your favorite films in a brand new way.
1. Scream: The TV Series
“You’ll Never See It Coming!” reads the promotional poster for Scream, the new slasher series from MTV, inspired by the 1996 thriller of the same name. Scream follows a new generation of teens trying to come to grips with a classmate’s death. It starts to get eerie when it’s revealed that a local serial killer from many years ago may be the perp.
2. Minority Report
Minority Report is an up-and-coming sci-fi drama that is scheduled to premiere this fall on FOX. Originally adapted from a short story by Phillip K. Dick, it was turned into a film in 2002 with Tom Cruise in the lead. In Minority Report, one can be arrested for “future crime,” an illegal act which the police know you will commit, but haven’t yet committed. The technology in the movie was so advanced that Steve Jobs was said to have based his design of the iPhone gestures on it. Steven Spielberg, who directed the film, will be returning as an executive producer for the show. With Spielberg in support of the adaptation, we can’t wait to see how the show will develop with time.
3. 12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys is a new sci-fi drama that premiered this past April on the SyFy channel. The show was inspired by the film of the same name that was shot in 1995 and stars Bruce Willis as the lead, supported by Brad Pitt and Madeleine Stowe. In the television series, Aaron Stanford plays a time-traveler who is sent back into the past to stop the spreading of a virus that has the potential to wipe out the entire human population. The second season of the show has a release date of January 16.
4. Bates Motel
Bates Motel is a kind of prequel to the film Psycho, but set in modern times. In the television series, we get to see the development of a young Norman Bates, played by Freddie Highmore, into a psycho killer. This past June, Bates Motel was renewed for its fourth and fifth seasons, which will air in 2016 and 2017, respectively, on A&E.
5. Nikita
Nikita was an action and crime drama that ran from 2010 to 2013. The show is based on a French film, La Femme Nikita. In the American version, Maggie Q plays Nikita, a highly-trained assassin who has plans to destroy the organization that enlisted her to fight as a young girl.
Happy watching, collegiettes!