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Movie to TV adaptations have a long and patchy history. There's been great examples of the form - the television Buffy far surpassed her cinematic roots - and some not-so-great efforts - who ever thought it was a good idea to make a TV prequel to Casablanca starring David Soul in the Bogart role?

But transforming big-screen bucks into small-screen success is an irresistible idea, it seems, with a number of broadcasters in the Us and UK hoping to turn a crop of classic films into viable television shows... but which will succeed and which will fail?

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12 Monkeys

The Scoop: Syfy have hired Terra Nova writers Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett to give 1995's mind-boggling time-travel flick a television revamp.

Hit or Flop? "Ridiculous", "dumb" - harsh words levelled at this project by 12 Monkeys director Terry Gilliam. We'd have...

The Academy Awards are defined as “recognizing the excellence of professionals in the film industry, including actors, directors and writers”. Now this may be true, and while most of the films awarded with the prestigious little golden man are indeed excellent, the adjective “best” that goes in front of each award sort of makes you think 'excellent' isn’t always enough.

Here is a list of 10 films, actors, directors and writers that won, they were (mostly) good films, but to deem the “best” that year in their respective categories is a little far-fetched...

10: No Country For Old Men (2008) – Best Adapted Screenplay

The 2008 Academy Awards saw two non-traditional Westerns go head to head: the Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood (2008). Daniel Day Lewis rightly took home the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for his role of Daniel Plainview,...