10 Movies You Didn't Know Are Becoming TV Shows

10. The Beach

Alex Garland's critically acclaimed novel, The Beach, caused quite a stir upon its first release; both a thrilling adventure and a scathing criticism of backpacker culture, it was later made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Danny Boyle, the acclaimed filmmaker behind movies such as Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire.

The movie adaptation was met with mixed reviews, though, and is generally regarded as something of a misfire and a wasted opportunity (it missed the point of the book and Leonardo DiCaprio proved to be near on insufferable as protagonist Richard).

Fox announced plans to adapt The Beach as a TV series back in 2012, then, and though not much else has been heard about it since, it's assumed to still be in development. Andrew Miller, who penned the supernatural drama The Secret Circle, is set to write the adaptation.

Is It A Good Idea? There's no harm in trying, and the premise - a bunch of people try to build a new society on a tropical island - seems ripe for the television format. Kind of like a less confusing Lost.