These TV Shows Did So Well That They Got Box Office Spin-Offs

Mr. Bean

Rowan Atkinson created a sitcom about his beloved alter ego, Mr. Bean, that ran in 1990. It had just a 15-episode run, and the plot focuses on "a child in a grown man's body," and the blunders he faces trying to get through a normal day. Atkinson was inspired by physical comedy from the silent film era.

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The More You Know

  • Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
  • Tom Hanks helped pay for ‘Forrest Gump’
  • Paul Schrader wrote Taxi Driver in five days. It is rumoured he had a loaded gun by his desk for “inspiration and motivation”.
  • The Titanic film runs for as long as the ship sunk.
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