The 11 Best and 10 Worst TV Shows Based on Movies

The 11 Best and 10 Worst TV Shows Based on Movies

On Jan. 16, Syfy will attempt to accomplish the (almost) impossible: turning a great movie into an equally great TV series. The film in question is Terry Gilliam's 1995 time-travel classic, 12 Monkeys, which remains not only one of the director's best movies but also a highlight in Bruce Willis's extensive filmography. Fortunately, a nine-minute sneak peek at the series, which stars Aaron Stanford as Willis's virus-destroying time-skipper, makes the TV version appear very promising.

Still, history isn't necessarily on 12 Monkeys' side. For every successful film-to-TV translation, such as M*A*S*H and Friday Night Lights, there's an epic fail, such as Clueless and The FirmClick the photo above or HERE to see our picks for the best and worst TV adaptations of good (and bad) movies and sound off with your own selections (any Highlander fans out there?) in the comments.