List of modernized adaptations of old works

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Sometimes, an author will write a story that is consciously based on an older story (typically in the public domain) but with a modernized setting and characters. Sometimes the original work is still copyrighted, but the writer includes the minimum quota of differences to avoid being a direct plagiarism while using an immediately recognizable story template.

Film

Television and TV-movies

Web series

Literature

Theatre

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Clueless and 8 Other Top 1990s Movies Actually Based on Classic Literature. E Online. 4 November 2015
  2. Sheri Linden (2014-07-17). "Review: ‘Affluenza’ tries for ‘Great Gatsby,’ comes up shortchanged". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-affluenza-movie-review-20140718-story.html. Retrieved 2020-04-02. "'Affluenza,' director Kevin Asch’s look at excess in Great Neck, N.Y., abounds in the usual drugs, booze, sex and angst. As witnessed and experienced by a middle-class protagonist — the requisite sensitive artist — the moneyed setting is convincing. But 'The Great Gatsby' Lite screenplay by Antonio Macia hasn’t the sharpness of satire or the momentousness of an American tragedy, veering instead toward middling melodrama." 
  3. Zach Gass (2020-03-29). "When They Release Them Digitally". https://screenrant.com/hidden-disney-digital-release-changes/. Retrieved 2020-04-02. "Aladdin's opener, "Arabian Nights" lost a verse, the one that says " where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face," was deemed too graphic and offensive to Arabian audiences." 
  4. http://articles.latimes.com/1991-06-14/entertainment/ca-449_1_american-summer
  5. "United Artists plans re-release of 'Apocalypse Now'". The Gainesville Sun. August 26, 1987. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19870826&id=LT9WAAAAIBAJ&pg=5107,2930822&hl=en. Retrieved May 18, 2015. 
  6. Elizabeth Wietzmann (2008-06-03). "'August Rush' is an orphan tale offering a sugary twist on Charles Dickens". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914182939/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/august-rush-orphan-tale-offering-sugary-twist-charles-dickens-article-1.259232. Retrieved 2020-04-02. 
  7. Shweta Patokar (2020-03-06). "Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Female Centric Films That Are A Must-watch; See The List". Republic World (Mumbai). https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/aishwarya-rai-bachchan-female-centric-films-that-are-a-must-watch.html. Retrieved 2020-04-02. "Bride and Prejudice is the modern adaptation of the popular Jane Austen novel, Pride and Prejudice." 
  8. Megan Elliott (2020-03-06). "The Best Jane Austen Adaptations You Can Stream on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-best-jane-austen-adaptations-you-can-stream-on-netflix-hulu-and-amazon-prime.html/. Retrieved 2020-04-02. "The 2005 version of P&P with Keira Knightly as Elizabeth and Matthew Macfadyen as Darcy is available on Hulu with the Starz add-on. There’s also a 1980 television adaption on Amazon Prime, as well as a 2003 film that shifts the story into the present day (it’s on Amazon Prime and Tubi). Firth also stars alongside Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones’s Diary, which was loosely based on Austen’s book. It’s on Hulu." 
  9. Jones, Kenneth; Lefkowitz, David (August 12, 1999). "Die! Mommy! Die! Slays 'Em in L.A., Busch Parody Extends to Sept. 26". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/article/die-mommy-die-slays-em-in-la-busch-parody-extends-to-sept-26-com-83600. Retrieved March 30, 2016. 
  10. Hofler, Robert (July 22, 1999). "Review: Die! Mommy! Die!". Variety. https://variety.com/1999/legit/reviews/die-mommy-die-1117749997/. Retrieved March 30, 2016. 
  11. "'The Truth About Cats & Dogs' (PG-13)". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/truthaboutcatsdogs.htm. 
  12. Chavez, Ed. "Crime and Punishment". http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Manga/News1/Crime-and-Punishment-1266.aspx. Retrieved 21 December 2016. 
  13. 13.0 13.1 {{cite news | url = https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0624/1057230-pride-and-prejudice-and-social-media/ | title = Telling the story of Pride & Prejudice on social media | work = [[Radio Ireland | author = | date = 2019-06-24 | page = | location = | isbn = | language = | trans-title = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2020-04-02 | url-status = live | quote = The messages and the video were part of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, an updated adaptation of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice told through social media sites such as YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook. }}
  14. Emily Jones (2020-03-16). "A Stress-Free Streaming Guide For Coronavirus Isolation". Georgia Public Broadcasting. https://www.gpbnews.org/post/stress-free-streaming-guide-coronavirus-isolation. Retrieved 2020-04-02. "For Austen fans, there’s also Death Comes to Pemberley (Passport), the miniseries adaptation of P.D. James’s Pride and Prejudice sequel. Spoiler alert: Wickham is still a scoundrel."