Over the last few years, many have begun to ask, "Has Hollywood run out of original ideas?" Television is about to test that theory with more than 50 reboots, spinoffs or adaptations in the works or set to premiere in 2016.
Audiences will welcome back Mulder and Scully on the Fox reboot of "The X-Files" and the Tanner family will reunite on Netflix's "Fuller House," a spinoff of the ABC sitcom, "Full House." Netflix will also introduce a new generation of viewers to the Canadians teenagers attending Degrassi Community School in "Degrassi: Next Class."
Small screen adaptations of literary classics "Beowulf" and "War and Peace" as well as young adult novels "The Shannara Chronicles" and "Shadowhunters" will also join an already crowded TV landscape.
Other projects are still in the works like a "Xena: Warrior Princess" reboot, a "Cruel Intentions" TV spinoff and a modern-day "MacGyver."
Scroll below to see where and when your favorite movies, TV shows and books will have a second (or perhaps third) life on television.
"11.22.63" (February 15)
James Franco stars in Hulu's original miniseries based on the Stephen King novel, which imagines a man sent back in time to stop the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
"The A-Team"
20th Century Fox is working to bring "The A-Team" back to television. The original NBC series ran for five seasons in the '80s and was adapted for the big screen in 2010 with Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper starring.
"Adventures in Babysitting" (2016)
Sabrina Carpenter ("Girl Meets World") and Sofia Carson ("Descendants") will star in Disney Channel's original movie reboot of the '80s favorite.
"Behind Enemy Lines" (TBA)
Fox has give a put pilot commitment to a drama series inspired by the 2001 movie starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman. Deadline described the show as a "high-octane military thriller about an American flight crew that is shot down while on a secret mission over the jungles of Latin America, their commanding officer aboard an aircraft carrier fighting to bring them home, and a female CIA officer in Washington who stumbles into a sprawling conspiracy that unites them all."
"Beowulf" (January 23)
Esquire continues to expand its original programming with an adaptation of the Old English epic poem. Kieran Bew, William Hurt and Joanne Whalley star.
"Cat's Cradle" (TBA)
"Fargo" creator Noah Hawley is adapting Kurt Vonnegut's 1963 novel, "Cat's Cradle," for a limited series on FX.
"Cruel Intentions" (TBA)
In their brief time together, Sebastian Valmont and Annette Hargrove of "Cruel Intentions" managed to conceive a child, Bash Casey, who is now 16 years old and the focus of a new reboot series based on the 1999 film. NBC has given a script plus penalty commitment to the film's director-writer Roger Kumble, who will write the pilot script with Lindsey Rosin and Jordan Ross, who staged "The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Cruel Intentions."
"Damage Control" (TBA)
Marvel is adding some more humor to their next small screen venture. ABC has given a put-pilot commitment to a half-hour comedy based on the Marvel Comics books, "Damage Control," from Ben Karlin, the former producer of "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report."
"DC's Legends of Tomorrow" (January 21)
The CW adds to their superhero lineup with a ragtag team led by a time-traveler who needs them to prevent an apocalyptic event putting Earth and all of time in jeopardy. Many of the characters have been introduced on The CW's "Arrow" and "The Flash."
"Degrassi: Next Class" (January 15)
Netflix revived the popular Canadian teen drama for a new standalone series. Like its predecessors, "Next Class" will highlight teenage struggles including cyberbullying, mental illness and drug use.
"Fuller House" (February 26)
Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber will reprise their "Full House" characters for the Netflix spinoff that finds the ladies all grown up and with kids of their own. Their former co-stars will also make guest appearances, except for a particular set of twins.
"Gilmore Girls" (TBA)
Alex Kurtzman will usher in a new era of "Star Trek" on the small screen. The co-writer and producer of the two recent feature films will oversee a new "Star Trek" series that will premiere on CBS All Access, the network's digital streaming service, in 2017.
"Training Day" (TBA)
CBS has given a pilot production commitment to an adaptation of Antoine Fuqua's 2001 film, which starred Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. Fugua would direct the pilot, written by Will Beall, that is set 15 years after the movie, focusing again on two cops in the Los Angeles Police Department.
"Tremors" (TBA)
Kevin Bacon is rebooting his 1990 cult classic film. He will reprise his role as Valentine McKee and serve as an executive producer on the revival series about giant killer worms.
"Twin Peaks" (2017)
David Lynch and Showtime have made up and the reboot of the cult classic is back on track to premiere in 2017. The mystery drama originally aired for two seasons on ABC in the early '90s.
"War and Peace" (January 18)
A+E Networks (Lifetime, History and A&E) will air a four-night special based on the epic novel by Russian Author Leo Tolstoy. The series will run first in the U.K. on BBC One.
"Watchmen" (TBA)
HBO is in "preliminary discussions" to adapt the DC Comics series "Watchmen." Zack Snyder, the director of the 2009 "Watchmen" movie, has taken meetings with the premium cable network for possible development.
"The X-Files" (January 25)
Fox has revived it's sci-fi mystery series that last aired in 2002. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson return as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.
"X-Men" (TBA)
Fox hopes to launch a live-action TV series based on the "X-Men" comics. As of August, 20th Century Fox was still in negotiations with Marvel to secure the rights to characters from the "X-Men" universe.
"Xena: Warrior Princess"
NBC is working with original executive producers Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi for a "modern reboot" of the '90s syndicated series. Producers want the new Xena to have the same "charm and charisma" as the original Xena, played by Lucy Lawless, and the smarts of a character like Katniss Everdeen from "The Hunger Games." The network has tapped Javier Grillo-Marxuach ("Lost") to write the script.
