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

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first American film to have a soundtrack.
  • The beer used while filming of the Hobbit was custom made by New Zealand brewers. It was a 1% dark stout called "Sobering Thought".
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger practiced with guns every day for a month to prepare for The Terminator.
  • During the filming of Snow Buddies (an ‘Air Bud’ spinoff), five puppies died.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.