Small-screen remakes don’t always make big box office

21 Jump Street is the latest TV show reworked for cinema, but trading on nostalgia has a history of mixed success, says Paula Burns

Never go back with an ex, goes the old adage, because you broke up for a reason. The moguls in Hollywood should take this approach to remakes.

Then, the cinemas wouldn’t be flooded with poor versions of TV shows, ruining the memories of our youth. Us kids of the 80s are the prime targets now, it seems.