Top ten prequels

In the beginning there was...

1. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (1966)

(Original: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, 1847)

2. The Godfather Part II, Dir: Francis Ford Coppola (1974)

(Original: The Godfather, Dir: Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) 

3. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire (1995)
(Original: The Wizard of Oz, Dir: Victor Fleming, 1939)

4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Dir: Gareth Edwards (2016)
(Original: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, 
Dir: George Lucas, 1977)

5. Twin Peaks: Fire Come Walk With Me,
Dir: David Lynch (1992)
(Original: Twin Peaks, Creators: David Lynch/Mark Frost, 1990-1991)

6. Star Trek, Dir: J. J. Abrams (2009)
(Original: Star Trek, Creator: Gene Roddenberry, 1966-1967)

7. Monsters University, Dir: Dan Scanlon (2013)

(Original: Monsters, Inc., Dir: Pete Docter, 2001)

 

8. Skagboys by Irvine Walsh (2012)

(Original: Trainspotting by Irvine Walsh, 1993)

 

9. Havisham by Ronald Frame (2004)

(Original: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, 1861)

 

10. Finn by Jon Clinch (2007)

(Original: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, 1884)