Film Spin-Offs
Spin-off in films derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work (e.g. a particular topic, character, or event).
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- DirectorCarol ReedStarsMargaret LockwoodRex HarrisonPaul HenreidAfter Germany invades Czechoslovakia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), inventor of a new type of armor-plating.A spin-off of 1938's The Lady Vanishes.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsPeter SellersElke SommerGeorge SandersInspector Clouseau falls in love with a murder suspect and tries to clear her name.A spin-off of 1963's The Pink Panther.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsHelen SlaterFaye DunawayPeter O'TooleAfter losing a powerful orb, Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.A superhero spin-off from Superman film series which starred Christopher Reeve. This movie also featured Marc McClure reprising his role as Jimmy Olsen from the Superman films.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsEric WalkerWarwick DavisFionnula FlanaganWicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.The first of two spin-off TV movies featuring Ewoks from Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi (1983).
- DirectorJim WheatKen WheatStarsWilford BrimleyWarwick DavisAubree MillerMarauders raid the Ewok village and steal a power supply they believe to be magical. Wicket helps Cindel escape the evil witch Charal, and they befriend a hermit who may help them save the village.A sequel and spin-off TV movie featuring Ewoks from Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi (1983).
- DirectorBill BaggsStarsJon PertweePeter DavisonSylvester McCoyIn a future London suffering from toxic air pollution, a reporter, his mentor, a weatherman and an environmental activist discover they are connected and set out to expose the corrupt Airzone Corporation.
- DirectorStanley TongStarsMichelle YeohRongguang YuEmil ChauAs a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call on Jessica Yang, a rising star in their ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves.A spin-off of Jackie Chan's Police Story film series involving Michelle Yeoh as Interpol Inspector Jessica Yang Jian Wa portrayed in Police Story 3: SuperCop (1992). Although Jackie Chan only has a cameo appearance in this film.
- DirectorBill BaggsStarsCaroline JohnJon PertweeSylvester McCoyFormer UNIT scientist Liz Shaw investigates a series of bizarre murders near a soon-to-be closed psychiatric hospital. When the hospital is suddenly saved by a wealthy businessman events seem to run out of Liz's control.
- DirectorBill BaggsStarsCaroline JohnLouise JamesonTerry MolloyP.R.O.B.E. are summoned to investigate a series of strange events linked to a private school. Liz Shaw comes under increasing pressure to solve the case as P.R.O.B.E. is threatened with closure just when it may be most needed.
- DirectorBill BaggsStarsCaroline JohnLouise JamesonCharles KayA series of gruesome and bizarre murders leads P.R.O.B.E. to investigate a secret government project from the seventies.
- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesBrent SpinerThe Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.Spin-off of 1994's Star Trek: Generations.
- DirectorBill BaggsStarsReece ShearsmithDaniel MatthewsDavid HankinsonWhen the body of a victim from the Winterborne case goes missing and a black magic grimoire is stolen from a local museum Liz Shaw teams up with the disgraced former headmaster of Winterborne school, Gavin Purcell to fight it.
- DirectorNicholas BriggsStarsMichael WadeBryonie PritchardGeorge TelferIn a top-secret UNIT warehouse Dr Sally Arnold is studying a Nestene energy unit with little success. Until she subjects it to cosmic signals that activate it and it awakens several dormant Autons stored in the facility.Spin-off productions based on the long running BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who.
- DirectorAndrew KnightStarsPaige O'HaraRobby BensonJerry OrbachAstonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.A Walt Disney direct-to-video spin-off sequel to 1991's Beauty and the Beast.
- DirectorNicholas BriggsStarsMichael WadeGeorge TelferJo CastletonTwo years after the incident at the UNIT warehouse a lorry transporting Autons from there to another UNIT facility is hijacked by it's cargo. Lockwood and another psychic, Natasha, trace the Autons to Sentinel Island.Spin-off productions based on the long running BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who.
- DirectorStuart BairdStarsTommy Lee JonesWesley SnipesRobert Downey Jr.U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard and his team of Marshals are assigned to track down Sheridan, who has been accused of a double-murder.A half spin-off/sequel to the 1993 motion picture The Fugitive with the actors from the previous film who portrayed Deputy marshals, reprise their roles in this film.
- DirectorBill BaggsPatricia MerrickStarsMichael WadeJo CastletonGeorge TelferLockwood and Natasha have returned to the mainland from Sentinel Island but find that the population of the town of Millhampton have vanished. The pair discover that the nearby hospital is the Nestene base of operations.Spin-off productions based on the long running BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who.
- DirectorHiroyuki MoritaStarsChizuru IkewakiYoshihiko HakamadaAki MaedaAfter helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.A spin-off of Studio Ghibli's 1995 Japanese animated film, Whisper of the Heart.
- DirectorChuck RussellStarsDwayne JohnsonSteven BrandMichael Clarke DuncanA desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy's key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert and prepares for a final showdown.A spin-off prequel of The Mummy Returns with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as the title character.
- DirectorNick MarckStarsKate SimmonsJake ThomasRandy QuaidA holiday to the South Pacific goes awry when Cousin Eddie's family and a tour guide are shipwrecked on an island.A spin-off of the National Lampoon's Vacation film series with Randy Quaid and Miriam Flynn reprising their roles as Cousin Eddie and Catherine.
- DirectorDavid TwohyStarsVin DieselJudi DenchColm FeoreThe wanted criminal Richard Bruno Riddick arrives on a planet called Helion Prime and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers, an army that plans to convert or kill all humans in the universe.A spin-off sequel of the 2000's Pitch Black with Vin Diesel as the dangerous criminal Richard B. Riddick.
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsJennifer GarnerGoran VisnjicWill Yun LeeElektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.A spin-off from the 2003 film Daredevil.
- DirectorSteve RashStarsEugene LevyTad HilgenbrinkArielle KebbelMatt Stifler wants to be just like his big bro, making porn movies and having a good time in college. After sabotaging the school band, he gets sent to band camp where he really doesn't like it at first but then learns how to deal with the bandeez.A spin-off from the American Pie series.
- DirectorBille WoodruffStarsQueen LatifahAlicia SilverstoneDjimon HounsouA determined hairstylist (Queen Latifah) competes with her former boss (Kevin Bacon) after opening her own business in Atlanta.Spin-off to the Barbershop film franchise.
- DirectorRich ThorneStarsKristen WilsonTara WilsonKyla PrattMaya Doolittle can't fit in at school because of her special gift of being able to talk to animals, so her mother sends her to a ranch to find herself, but at first all she can find is lots of hard work.A spin-off of the 1998 remake Dr. Dolittle series that does not star Eddie Murphy and Raven-Symoné. It stars Kyla Pratt, the original daughter in the remake series, as Maya.