# Sequels that exist in a different medium than their predecessors
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**Created:** [March 17, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377 "2007-03-17T23:27:49Z")
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### Author:  [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/1 "2007-03-17T23:27:49Z")
William Faulkner wrote a book called _Sanctuary_, then wrote a sequel called _Requiem for a Nun_ - but instead of another novel, the sequel was a play! The latest season of the popular television show _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ isn’t on TV at all - it’s a comic book.
What are some other examples of sequels that change medium from the original? Is there a book that’s a sequel to a movie? A movie that’s a sequel to an unfilmed book? And so on?
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### Author:  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/2 "2007-03-17T23:36:58Z")
_Great Teacher Onizuka_ was originally an animated series in Japan, but then the sequel series was live action.
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### Author:  [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/3 "2007-03-17T23:46:54Z")
_Firefly_ is a TV show with a movie sequel, _Serenity_. I imagine that happens a lot.
These days, graphic novels show up a lot in this context.
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### Author:  [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/4 "2007-03-18T00:34:09Z")
Stephen King’s [Dark Tower](http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Tower-Gunslinger-Born/dp/B000BYATVU) is set to come out as a graphic novel.
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### Author:  [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/5 "2007-03-18T01:35:48Z")
The Disney cartoon series _Gargoyles_, after languishing for years, is now being continued as a comic book.
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### Author:  [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/6 "2007-03-18T01:48:07Z")
[QUOTE=Fiveyearlurker]
Stephen King’s [Dark Tower](http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Tower-Gunslinger-Born/dp/B000BYATVU) is set to come out as a graphic novel.
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Yes, but this is an adaptation of the original story, not a continuation- the Dark Tower saga has already been completed.
Besides the original six movies, other segments of the _Star Wars_ saga have been told in books, and a television series was planned (not sure if that’s still going to be done).
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/7 "2007-03-18T01:51:01Z")
The fantasy movie _Willow_ got given literary sequels written by Chris Claremont.
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### Author:  [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/8 "2007-03-18T02:15:22Z")
The Critic went from a 30 minute animated TV show to an animated internet cartoon short.
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/9 "2007-03-18T02:22:09Z")
The sequel to the film [Tron](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/) was, appropriately enough, the video game [Tron 2.0](http://buenavistagames.go.com/product/tronPC.html).
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### Author:  [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/10 "2007-03-18T02:38:13Z")
[QUOTE=Terminus Est]
The sequel to the film [Tron](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/) was, appropriately enough, the video game [Tron 2.0](http://buenavistagames.go.com/product/tronPC.html).
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The Thing the video game was a sequel to the movie. This happens a lot I think.
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### Author:  [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/11 "2007-03-18T04:55:12Z")
George Pal tried for years to do a sequel film to his version of **The Time Machine**. Failing, he finally co-wrote (okay, the other guy probably wrote it off Pal’s notes) it with Joe Morhaim as a novel called **Time Machine II**. Though billed on the cover as a sequel to Wells’ novel, it reads more as a continuation of the film (imho).
Sir Rhosis
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### Author:  [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-exist-in-a-different-medium-than-their-predecessors/396377/12 "2007-03-18T07:15:42Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia]
_Firefly_ is a TV show with a movie sequel, _Serenity_. I imagine that happens a lot.
These days, graphic novels show up a lot in this context.
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_nitpick_ Actually, technically _Firefly_ is a TV show with comic books sequels, and then with a movie sequel, _Serenity_. The three comics cover the time period between the TV show and the movie.
[Wiki link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_%28TV_series%29#Spin-offs)