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Sometimes, an author will write a story that is consciously based on an older story (typically in the public domain) but with a modernized setting and characters. Sometimes the original work is still copyrighted, but the writer includes the minimum quota of differences to avoid being a direct plagiarism while using an immediately recognizable story template. ==Film== *''10 Things I Hate About You'' – William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' re-located to modern Seattle suburbia *''20th Century Oz'' - ''The Wizard of Oz'' set in the surfing and motorcyclist cultures of Australia in the 1970s *''2001: A Space Odyssey (film)'' - often claimed to be based on ''The Odyssey'', although the similarity is tenuous. *''A.I.: Artificial Intelligence'' - self-referential update of ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' set in a post-apocalyptic North America *''Affluenza'' - ''The Great Gatsby'' in 2008 Long Island *''Aisha'' - sets Jane Austen's ''Emma'' in modern India. *''Aladdin (1992 Disney film)'' - the Aladdin legend with humorous anachronisms *''Alien From L.A.'' - very loosely inspired by ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' *''Apocalypse Now'' – Joseph Conrad's novella ''Heart of Darkness'' set during the Vietnam War *''August Rush'' - loosely based on Charles Dickens' ''Oliver Twist'' *''Bangaru Papa'' - ''Silas Marner'' set in India *''Barb Wire (film)'' - ''Casablanca (film)'' with the three main characters' genders reversed, set in a post-apocalyptic future *''Beastly (film)'' - Charles Perrault's "Beauty and the Beast" *''Bedazzled'' and its remake - the Faust legend *''Big Business (1988 film)'' - ''A Comedy of Errors'' with gender reversal *''Black Knight (film)'' - ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' with an African American Star Wars fan as the protagonist, hence the racial pun on the common term black knight *''Black Swan (film)'' - self-referential reimagining of ''Swan Lake'' partly influenced by ''The Double'' *''Bride and Prejudice'' – Jane Austen's ''Pride and Prejudice'', set in modern times, with the main locales in India *''Bridget Jones's Diary (film)'' and its sequels – tenuously based on Jane Austen's ''Pride and Prejudice'' *''Broken Lance'' - ''King Lear'' *''A Bug's Life'' - animal fable retelling of ''Seven Samurai'' which was based on true events of the 16th century *''The Castle of Cagliostro'' - the Arsene Lupin character, represented here by a supposed grandson *''Castle in the Sky'' - steampunk cartoon loosely based on the Laputa subplot from ''Gulliver's Travels'' *''A Cinderella Story'' – Cinderella in modern Los Angeles *''Carmen Jones'' – ''Carmen'' *''Clueless'' – Jane Austen's ''Emma'' as a California valley girl *''Cosi (film)'' - self-referential version of Mozart's ''Cosi fan tutte'' set in modern Melbourne, Australia *''Coriolanus'' – Shakespeare's tragedy set in modern times, using the original dialogue *''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia'' – Fyodor Dostoevsky's ''Crime and Punishment'' set in a suburban high school. *''Cruel Intentions'' – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's novel ''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' set in a New York City prep school. *''The Cutting Edge'' - Olympic figure skating movie with elements of ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and ''Much Ado About Nothing'' *''Deliver Us From Eva'' - loosely linked to ''The Taming of the Shrew'' *''Die Mommie Die'' - the legend of the House of Atreus *''Dr. Dolittle (film)'' and its sequels - Doctor John Dolittle, originally written as a white man who espoused the questionable racial views of British colonialism, is reimagined as a modern African-American. Virtually the only plot element in common with the traditional version of the character, is the Doctor's unusual ability to communicate with animals. *''Don Jon'' - Don Juan legends *''Don Juan DeMarco'' - Don Juan legends *''Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman'' - the Don Juan legend with gender reversal *''Dracula (1931 film)'' and ''Dracula's Daughter'' - The 19th century setting of ''Dracula'' was abandoned by Universal Pictures to save money, and plenty of then-cutting-edge automobiles appear in these two movies, as well as airplanes traveling across Europe in the second movie. *''Dracula 2000'' – Bram Stoker's ''Dracula'' *''Easy A'' – a self-referential adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's ''The Scarlet Letter'' set in a modern high school. *''Edward II (film)'' - ''Edward II (play)'' with Christopher Marlowe's text but an explicitly modern setting *''Ella Enchanted'' - "Cinderella" set in a world full of mythological creatures, talking animals, and a bit of steampunk *''Ever After'' – ''Cinderella'' in Renaissance France *''The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Evil Dead (2013 film)'' - spoof, amalgamating H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon series and (in the third movie only) Mark Twain's ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court''. *''Eyes Wide Shut'' - movie set in 1990s New York, based on ''Dream Story'', an Austrian novel from the 1920s *''The Fisher King (film)'' - loosely and self-referentially based on a tale from Arthurian legend *''Forbidden Planet'' – William Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'' set on the planet Altair IV in the 23rd century. *''Frankenhooker'' - ''Frankenstein'' *''Frankenstein (1931 film)'' - the 18th century setting of ''Frankenstein (novel)'' was abandoned by Universal Pictures to save money, and plenty of then-modern props appear throughout this film and its sequels *''Frankenweenie and its remake'' - ''Frankenstein'' *''Freeway'' – Modernized ''Little Red Riding Hood'' with the pun referring to "'hood," a low-income urban neighborhood. *''From Prada to Nada'' – Jane Austen's ''Sense and Sensibility'' set in modern Los Angeles. *''Frozen'' - inspired by Andersen's Snow Queen, set in a generic Scandinavian country in the late 19th century *''G (2002 film)'' - ''The Great Gatsby'' with African-American main characters *''Get Over It'' - ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' *''Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' - ''A Christmas Carol''. Although this story is frequently adapted to modern times, this adaptation is unusual for completely eliminating Christmas from the plot. *''Gnomeo and Juliet'' – a self-referential adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' wherein the main characters are enlivened statues in two adjacent garden displays in modern England *''A Good Woman (film)'' - Oscar Wilde's ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' set in the 1930s *''Great Expectations'' – Charles Dickens' ''Great Expectations'' set in modern New York *''The Great Mouse Detective'' - Sherlock Holmes as an animal fable *''Gulliver's Travels (2010 film)'' - ''Gulliver's Travels'' by Jonathan Swift. Instead of an 18th-century English doctor, Gulliver is now a 21st-century New York postal clerk who loves pop cultural fantasy and make believe; after getting lost among the Lilliputians he creates for them a religion based on himself by acting out the Star Wars movie saga which he tells them is the story of his own life. *''Hamlet'' - Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' set in Victorian times *''Hamlet'' – William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' set in modern Manhattan *''Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'' - Hansel and Gretel set in a quasi-steampunk world with clever anachronisms *''Happy, Texas'' - vaguely similar to "The Emperor's New Clothes" with two con men pretending to be great tailors *''Henry V (1989 film)'' - This adaptation of ''Henry V (play)'' cleaves to a medieval setting, except for a man called Chorus who wears a modern suit of clothes and regularly invades the scenery to make fourth wall-breaking speeches. A brief frame story at the very beginning and end of the film, shows Chorus living in a modern sound stage set. *''Hoi Polloi (1935 film)'' - ''Pygmalion'' with The Three Stooges taking the place of Eliza Doolittle *''Hollow Man (film)'' - H.G. Wells's ''The Invisible Man'' *''Hook (film)'' - ''Peter Pan'' *''The Hours'' – self-referential adaptation of ''Mrs. Dalloway'' by Virginia Woolf *''House of Strangers'' - ''King Lear'', and possibly the Book of Genesis chapters 37-50. *''Independence Day (1996 film)'' - H.G. Wells's ''War of the Worlds'' *''Journey to the Center of the Earth'', ''Journey 2: The Mysterious Island'', and a planned third film - Self-referential pastiches of Jules Verne novels, wherein modern explorers learn that the fanciful settings Verne wrote about were real, and recreate the voyages of Captain Nemo, Otto von Lidenbrock, etcetera. *''Just One of the Guys'' - ''Twelfth Night'' *''Kandukondain Kandukondain'' – Tamil adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility *''A Kid in King Arthur's Court'' - ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' *''King of California'' - ''Don Quixote'', according to an interview with the writers *''A Knight's Tale'' - loosely based on elements of ''The Canterbury Tales'' with deliberate anachronisms for humorous purposes *''Last Man Standing'' - the novel ''Red Harvest'' by way of the film ''Yojimbo'' *''Les Liaisons Dangereuses (film)'' - ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' set in 1959 *''The Libertine'' - based on writings of scandalous poet Earl John Wilmot of Rochester. A frame story has the character of Wilmot breaking the fourth wall and making anachronistic references to terms and events post dating his own death. *''Life of Brian'' - loosely based on the New Testament with some humorous anachronisms *''The Lion King'' – William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' as an animal fable *''Love at First Bite'' - ''Dracula (novel)'' set in 1970s New York *''Love's Labour's Lost'' - ''Love's Labours Lost'' set in 1939, with the characters singing popular 1930s songs *''The Magic Flute'' - based on an opera of the same name, film set in World War I *''Maleficent'' 2014 film with Angelina Jolie, based on Sleeping Beauty. *''The Manchurian Candidate'' and its remake - one subplot is a self-referential adaptation of the House of Atreus legend *''Mars Attacks!'' - H.G. Wells's ''War of the Worlds'' *''The Mask'' and ''Son of the Mask'' - ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' *''A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)'' – William Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' set around 1900 *''A Midsummer Night's Rave'' – William Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' set in the rave scene *''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' - Arthurian legend retold with deliberate anachronisms included for humorous purposes *''Moulin Rouge!'' - mashup of ''La Boheme'', ''La Traviata/The Lady of the Camellias'', the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and real life historical figures, set in 1899-1901 but with deliberate anachronisms included for humorous purposes *''The Muppet Christmas Carol'' - ''A Christmas Carol'' with humorous anachronisms and breaking the fourth wall *''Muppet Treasure Island'' - R.L. Stevenson's ''Treasure Island'' with humorous anachronisms and breaking the fourth wall *''The Musketeer'' - loosely based on ''The Three Musketeers'' with anachronistic martial arts scenes *''My Kingdom (film)'' - ''King Lear'' *''My Own Private Idaho'' – one of the movie's subplots is based on the Falstaff subplots from William Shakespeare's ''Henry IV, Part 1'', ''Henry IV, Part 2'', and ''Henry V''; another alludes to George Eliot's ''Silas Marner'' *''The Nutty Professor'' and its remake - ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' *''O'' – retelling of William Shakespeare's ''Othello'' in a private school *''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' – Homer's ''Odyssey'' adapted to 1930s Mississippi *''Oliver & Company'' - Charles Dickens's ''Oliver Twist'' as an animal fable *''Orfeu'' - the Orpheus and Eurydice myth set in Brazil *''Penelope (2006 film)'' - "Beauty and the Beast" with genders reversed, or possibly "The Wife of Bath's Tale" *''Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge'' - ''The Phantom of the Opera'' *''The Phantom of the Opera: The Motion Picture'' - ''The Phantom of the Opera'' *''Phantom of the Paradise'' - ''The Phantom of the Opera'' *''Ponyo'' - "The Little Mermaid" *''Pretty Woman'' – ''Pygmalion'' with also a self-referential bit of the Cinderella story *''Rags'' – Cinderella – Gender Inverted, Set in New York *''Ran (1985 film)'' - ''King Lear'' relocated to medieval Japan *''Red Riding Hood'' - This take on the Little Red Riding Hood tale is set in a generic medieval country which seems to be in Europe but has African soldiers in its army. Certain modern attitudes seem to be popular in this generic medieval country, including a scene where two young girls at a village fair dance suggestively as if pretending to be lesbians. *''Rent (film)'' - the opera ''La Boheme'' *''Richard III (1995 film)'' - the play's original text, but with many subplots and characters cut, and set in the 1930s *''Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' - the Robin Hood legend with much deliberate anachronism and fourth wall breaking *''Romeo + Juliet'' – William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' adapted for modern Florida; used mostly the original dialogue *''Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead'' - ''Hamlet''. Set in Elizabethan times with some steampunk and fourth wall breaks. *''Roxanne'' – Edmond Rostand's ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' *''Scotland, PA'' – William Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' set in a fast food restaurant in Scotland, Pennsylvania *''Scrooged'' – Charles Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol'' set in 1980s Manhattan. *''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' - self-referential spoof of the Rape of the Sabine Women legend from Plutarch's "Life of Romulus" from ''Parallel Lives'', set in Oregon in 1850 *''Shakespeare in Love'' - a self-referential pastiche purporting that William Shakespeare based certain plot elements of ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Twelfth Night'', and other plays, on an experience in his own life *''She's All That'' – ''Pygmalion'' *''She's the Man'' – William Shakespeare's ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' re-located to modern suburbia *''Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon'' - Sherlock Holmes, a quintessentially Victorian character, is updated to WWII, aids the French Resistance, and foils Nazi acts of sabotage. *''A Simple Twist of Fate'' – George Eliot's novel ''Silas Marner'' *''Sita Sings the Blues'' – Feminist retelling of the Indian epic ''Ramayana'' *''Spike'' – Cupid and Psyche, Hades and Persephone, Beauty and the Beast *''Start the Revolution Without Me'' - spoofs ''A Tale of Two Cities'', also ''The Corsican Brothers'' and ''The Man in the Iron Mask'' *''Sydney White'' – Snow White set in a modern university *''Tamara Drewe (film)'' - Thomas Hardy's ''Far From the Madding Crowd'' *''Tempest'' – William Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'' *''A Thousand Acres (film)'' - ''King Lear'' *''Throne of Blood''- William Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' relocated from medieval Scotland to medieval Japan *''Time After Time'' - self-referential adaptation of Wells' ''Time Machine'' combined with Jack the Ripper legends *''Time Bandits'' - derived from many sources including ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and ''The Hobbit'' *''Titus'' - ''Titus Andronicus'' set in an ambiguous alternate history where the Roman Empire exists in the 20th century *''Trading Places'' - ''The Prince and the Pauper'' and ''Pygmalion (play)'' *''Treasure Planet'' - animated film of R.L. Stevenson's ''Treasure Island'', set on other planets with much steampunk imagery *''Trishna'' – Thomas Hardy's novel ''Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' *''The Triumph of Love'' - Marivaux's play set in his time but with brief interludes of steampunk and breaking the fourth wall *''Tromeo and Juliet'' – A modern, punk adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' *''The Truth About Cats & Dogs'' – ''Cyrano de Bergerac''〔http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/truthaboutcatsdogs.htm〕 *''Twelfth Night (1996 film)'' - a Shakespeare play set in the 19th century *''Van Helsing'' - steampunk adventure based on both the Dracula and Frankenstein archetypes *''Virgin Territory'' - spoof of Giovanni Bocaccio's ''Decameron'' with humorously anachronistic speech and custom *''Warm Bodies (film)'' – William Shakespeare's ''Romeo & Juliet'' where Romeo is a zombie *''Whatever It Takes'' – ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' *''What Maisie Knew (film)'' - Henry James novel *''Where the Heart Is (1990 film)'' - ''King Lear'' *''The Wiz'' - retelling of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' with the Kansas subplot relocated to 1970s Harlem *''Young Frankenstein'' - self-referential spoof of Mary W. Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' (primarily based on previous film adaptations of that novel) set in "Transylvania" which appears to be a fictitious nation with little connection to the real Transylvania 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of modernized adaptations of old works」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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