TMC
11-03-2020, 04:59 AM
https://screenrant.com/action-movie-spinoff-tv-shows-worked-didnt/
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Didn't Work: Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon is one of the defining action movies of the 1980s, arguably the single greatest buddy cop caper ever made and for a lot of people, if it wasn't Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, then it wasn't Riggs and Murtaugh. The small screen spinoff had to overcome that stigma from the outset, but there was also a severe lack of originality in a standard procedural that just happened to have a recognizable title.
Matters weren't helped when star Clayne Crawford was dismissed for his behind the scenes behavior, leading Seann William Scott to join the cast as the new co-lead alongside Damon Wayans. Lethal Weapon spluttered along for the third and final season before being canceled, and not a lot of people mourned the loss, especially when there's already a fair amount of much better procedurals out there.
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Didn't Work: Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon is one of the defining action movies of the 1980s, arguably the single greatest buddy cop caper ever made and for a lot of people, if it wasn't Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, then it wasn't Riggs and Murtaugh. The small screen spinoff had to overcome that stigma from the outset, but there was also a severe lack of originality in a standard procedural that just happened to have a recognizable title.
Matters weren't helped when star Clayne Crawford was dismissed for his behind the scenes behavior, leading Seann William Scott to join the cast as the new co-lead alongside Damon Wayans. Lethal Weapon spluttered along for the third and final season before being canceled, and not a lot of people mourned the loss, especially when there's already a fair amount of much better procedurals out there.