I was just reading on Bloodydisgusting.com that Peter Jackson's The frighteners was originally FIVE hours long. I shouldn't be too surprised there were a lot of subplots and character histories that weren't fully explained (past lives of Judge, Afro ghost etc.). A TV show produced by Jackson, Zemeckis and co. would be cool.
Also, I hear they are making a V for vendetta TV series. Hopefully this will be more like the graphic novel and focus on some of the minor characters such as the wife of a policeman V killed who has to resort to desperate measures to get by..
and YOUR Movie -to-TV ideas?