Movies and series that modernized famous stories and moved them to our time (11 photos)

There are many literary works that regularly screened. For example, in every generation it is necessary to shoot a new "Sherlock Holmes". But it's too early to look at the same adventures late can get boring. Therefore, some directors and screenwriters modernize well-known stories, and transfer them to our time. Such experiments often have tremendous success. An example would be that the very "Sherlock" - a series from the BBC, which gave Benedict Cumberbatch world fame. Let's see what other movies and series have been made on the same principle.

Romeo + Juliet (1996)





Acts of the legendary original William Shakespeare 1594-1595 originated in 16th century Italy. The events of the film are moved to the 1990s.

War of the Worlds (2005)



The 1897 novel by H. G. Wells takes place in Victorian England in the early 20th century. Steven Spielberg film events Tom Cruise transferred to our time.

Ivan Vasilyevich changes profession (1973)





The action of the play by Mikhail Bulgakov, based on which the film was made, takes place in the 1930s. The events of the film by Leonid Gaidai are transferred to early 1970s.

Coriolanus (2011)



The action of the original of the same name by William Shakespeare 1605-1608 takes place in ancient Rome. The events of the film version are transferred to the modern entourage, and the characters in the picture still speak Shakespearean syllable.

The directorial debut of Ralph Fiennes, who played one of the roles.

Scarface (1983)



The original 1932 film is set in the 1920s, and the events of the famous remake of Brian De Palma with Al Pacino - in 1980s

Sherlock (2010-2017)



The series took Arthur Conan Doyle's characters from the late 19th century to the present day.

King Lear (2018)



The characters of the play of the same name by William Shakespeare are transferred from the 10th century BC to modern but militaristic and dictatorial Britain from an alternate universe.

Casino Royale (2006)



The film adaptation of Ian Fleming's very first James Bond novel takes the action of the original from the 1950s to the zero.

The novel was already filmed in 1967, Peter played Bond there. Sellers. However, that film is not an official part of Bond.

I Am Legend (2007)



Richard Matheson's 1954 novel of the same name takes place in the future, namely in 1976. The events of the same movie with Will Smith carried over to the present day.

Until 2007, the novel had already been filmed in 1964, the film was called The Last Man on Earth.

Bates Motel (2013-2017)



The serial prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's legendary Psycho takes characters from the early 1960s to the present day.

Bonus: Apocalypse Now (1979)



The film is based on the 1902 novel "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. the events of which in the film were transferred from the beginning of the century and Central Africa in the 1960s during the Vietnam War.