Television has been home to many successful movie spin-offs and adaptations. From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Westworld to Fargo, telly has transformed the big-screen experience of much-loved (and some not so much) films into a small-screen experience.
Occasionally, however, the TV version of a cinematic outing doesn't quite work out, whether for reasons of creative differences, contracts or quality. And, as you'll see below, some are just so bad, they didn't even get aired.
Here are 12 of those times when the silver screen failed to translate.
1. Cruel Intentions
The spin-off of the 1999 flick starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair made big news when touted by NBC back in 2015.
Gellar was attached with a full cast announced in a pilot set 16 years after the original. Sadly, despite months of talks and contract extensions, the plans were binned off.
2. Mr & Mrs Smith
Grey's Anatomy's Martin Henderson and Fast & Furious' Jordana Brewster took on the lead roles portrayed by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in the 2005 action romp for ABC in 2007.
The film's director, Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) was back to helm with Oscar nominee Simon Kinberg (The Martian) on writing duties.
The latter described it as "Married with Children with guns," but, after poor early reviews, ABC dumped the show.
3. Say Anything
Within 24 hours of announcing a television version of the much-loved 1989 John Cusack vehicle, NBC had to backtrack when original director Cameron Crowe very publicly denounced the notion with Cusack on Twitter.
That escalated quickly.
They tried to stop it, and did. But to be fair to Crowe, he did once say of Say Anything: "It's probably my favourite thing I've ever done."
4. Fatal Attraction
In 2015, Fox began developing an adaptation of the 1987 thriller originally starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close.
Mad Men writers Maria and Andre Jacquemetton were rumoured to be on board as was Megan Fox but the death knell on the project was sounded last year.
5. Hitch
A TV version of the hit 2005 Will Smith comedy had been mooted since 2010 but in 2014 word got out on the show, which was intended to be half-hour, single-camera episodes in "a workplace comedy that explores dating and sexual politics".
Jada Pinkett Smith was attached to exec produce with her hubby but nothing has been heard of the sitcom since then. It seems production met an, erm, hitch.
6. Ghost
The adaptation of the 1990 weepie, which starred Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, had Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) and writer Jeff Pinkner (Alias, Lost, Fringe) in tow with Paramount producing.
However, since this initial flurry of activity in early 2014, it seems everyone has ghosted this particular project.
At the same time, the same production company were also looking to adapt...
7. The Truman Show
But, like the previous entry, this adaptation of the 1998 Jim Carrey classic has been posted "Missing, presumed canned."
8. Darkman
Just two years after its 1990 cinema release, the Sam Raimi superhero film was actually remade, sort of, as a thirty-minute pilot with a view to airing on Fox. We won't comment on its quality but the fact that the pilot never made it to television might tell you all you need to know.
9. Clerks
Before the animated version of the Kevin Smith cult classic appeared, a live-action pilot was shot bearing little-to-no resemblance to the 1994 film. None of the original cast or characters were involved and Smith branded it "terrible".
Watch the above and you'll see very quickly why it died an instant death.
10. The Money Pit
The 1986 comedy starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long may seem like an odd choice for a small screen adaptation but, back in 2014, TV execs were obviously a bit desperate.
A pilot was ordered by NBC with The Office (US) writer Justin Spitzer attached. Just months later, it was shelved, citing issues casting the leads.
