10 Movies That Must Return As A TV Series

4. The Truman Show

Jim Carrey's charming portrayal of a unknowing 24 hour TV star was so well executed that, even today, it still feels like a great new concept. In a primetime schedule that's taken its interest in reality from mildly curious to flat-out obsessed, there's huge scope for producers to return to the film that preempted it all some 17 years ago.

Television producers have been looking for a smart way to poke fun at the explosion of reality television for years now, and The Truman Show's groundbreaking exploration of the effect having your life watched by millions of strangers can have is still the lightning rod of satire in that field. Whether it was revisiting the world of Truman Burbank as he slowly discovers his entire life is a fabricated lie, or even following a new character who merely thinks he's the subject of a similar show, it would appeal equally to those who love and loathe reality TV.

Jim Carrey being able to reprise a role so long after he originally played it is open to debate, but the themes and questions the movie raised go for beyond that of his character. If all else fails, then what about a real-life version of the show, where one unsuspecting member of the public is forced to live in a entirely manufactured reality where the events around him are scripted for your entertainment? Nowhere near as implausible now as it would have been in '98.