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The rise in 1980s TV shows turned into movies is driven by nostalgia. Many of the current TV-to-movie remakes are based on shows from the 1980s because this is what Hollywood players and the target audience were raised on.
The problem is that nostalgia can’t carry a movie alone. Many film adaptions of cherished television shows try to update the format too much, losing everything beloved about the original. Of course, sometimes, they try too hard to recreate the show, feeling like a poor imitation of the source material.
The upcoming The Fall Guy hopes to follow in The Equalizer’s footsteps, taking a much-loved television show and updating it successfully for a modern audience.