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

Parenthood

The 1989 Steve Martin movie, Parenthood, starring an ensemble cast with Joaquin Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, earned a spinoff from NBC in the 2000s. Dax Shepard and Lauren Graham play two of the Braverman siblings, one of television's most beloved families.

Lion King 1 1/2

Lion King 1 1/2 was Disney's way of providing some more backstory to the side characters in The Lion King straight from the horse's - or, warthog's - mouth. Timon and Pumbaa narrate this movie, showing us what happened to them before they met Simba, and how things really went down in their paradise before Nala showed up. 

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The More You Know

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  • Beck Hansen wrote and composed the music played by the fictional band S*x Bob-omb in the movie "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World".
  • For 'Deadpool' (2016) Ryan Reynolds paid $10,000 of his own money for the right to wear a shirt with The Golden Girl’s Bea Arthur on it.
  • Because they were shooting in black and white and color didn't matter, they used chocolate syrup as blood when shooting Psycho.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.