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Vincent
Published date05 April 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
Irish actor Andrew Scott stars as anti-hero Tom Ripley in a new eight-part Netflix version of arguably writer's Patricia Highsmith's most famous and celebrated work, The Talented Mr Ripley. Matt Damon (pictured below) played Tom in the 1999 movie with a cast that included Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law

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The success of director Alan Parker's 1980 film Fame led to a TV series of the same name, which began in 1982. It followed the fortunes of students and staff of New York City High School for the Performing Arts and won nine Emmy Awards.

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The Planet of the Apes movies were so popular in the 1960s and 1970s that a TV series landed in 1974. Roddy McDowell put on the chimp costume and make-up once more to play Galen, who befriends two astronauts (played by Ron Harper and James Naughton, pictured with McDowell) trapped in a world ruled by apes. The action took place in 3085.

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The 1992 film version of Buffy The Vampire Slayer was not a huge blockbuster, but the US TV series with Sarah Michelle Gellar in the title role became a cult favourite. David Boreanaz as vampire Angel (pictured with Gellar) went on to star in his own spin-off series.

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Black comedy film What We Do In The Shadows offered a new twist on vampires with a spoof mockumentary in 2014 about the lives of a group of bloodsuckers. It led to BBC series in 2019 with Kayvan Novak (right), Matt Berry and Natasia Demetriou playing the undead.

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Yul Brynner starred as the cowboy robot who goes on a killing spree in a theme park in the 1973 movie Westworld. The story was adapted for TV by HBO in 2016 with Sir Anthony Hopkins as Dr Robert...

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