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

1960's Mission: Impossible

Before Tom Cruise took on the lead role of Ethan Hunt, the 1960s spy movie starred Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner. It ran from 1966 to 1973, and each episode began with the lead characters receiving their mission from a voice recording device that would self-destruct after concluding its message. It was pretty high-action for a program during the flower power era.

Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible

Ethan Hunt is one of Tom Cruise's most memorable roles. He works as a spy on the Impossible Missions Force and he leads an ensemble team through a mission to diffuse an impending global disaster. As with any typical Cruise movie, there's just as much romance as there is action.

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The More You Know

  • In the movie 'The Hangover', no effects or prosthetics were created for Stu's missing tooth. Actor Ed Helms never had an adult incisor grow, and his fake incisor was taken out for the parts of filming where Stu's tooth is missing.
  • The Hollywood sign once read ‘Hollywoodland’
  • In 1982, Spileberg’s kids classic stayed in the US top ten for ten months.
  • When filming Chinatown Jack Nicholson was dating Anjelica Huston, the daughter of his screen nemesis John Huston.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.