In the era of streaming television, making thousands of television series available at audiences' fingertips, and dozens of new series coming out every couple of weeks, television executives and creatives have struggled to find ways to grab the attention of a scattered culture. Often, adaptations and spin-offs are a surefire way to grab the attention of the culture, coasting off the success of another product in order to get people on board. From series like The Last of Us and Fallout that stem from video games to remakes of classic movies like Presumed Innocent and Fatal Attraction, television has proved a ripe playground for adaptation. Now, Miramax is pushing forward with.

This follows recent trends that have begun to see hit films of the 2020s being adapted into some form of television series, trying to coast off critical acclaim and the rebounding post-COVID box office as a way to draw attention. Series like The Continental: From the World of John Wick and Dune: Prophecy have struggled to capture the fervor of the movies that came before them. But Miramax hopes to bounce back following the fall of the Weinstein brothers with this new television series.

Before directing what is already one of the most underrated movies of 2023,. Payne, who was recently reported to have been selected as the head of the jury at the Venice Film Festival later this summer, started his career with one of the most overlooked independent movies of the 1990s, Citizen Ruth, before catapulting to the forefront of critical attention with his amazing satire, Election. From there, Payne's career is articulated by a number of interesting films that span genres and tones.

Sideways, which stars future The Holdovers collaborator Paul Giamatti as a depressed middle-aged teacher who takes a vacation with his best friend before his wedding, serves as almost a prototype for the themes that are explored in his most recent film. Nebraska, a black-and-white drama about an elderly man attempting to receive a cash prize that he won, is a film that explores the dynamics between different generations, which was nominated for six Academy Awards upon its release. And Downsizing, Payne's deeply underrated satire about a world in which people can choose to be shrunk to the size of a toy in order to live supposedly more opulent lives, explores the laughable futility of the American dream. Through all of these movies, .

The Holdovers, which , is one of the best Christmas movies of the last decade, an excellent throwback to old-school dramas that use the iconography of 1970s films without being overly sentimental or saccharine. With breakout performances from relatively unheard-of stars like Dominic Sessa and for her portrayal of the school's head cook whose son recently died in the Vietnam War, the movie has already become an annual tradition for many film fans around the holidays.

A recent report from Variety details a lengthy interview with Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman, who , Harvey and Bob Weinstein. Among the ideas that he floated in the article, which include a reboot of the Scary Movie franchise and a television series based on the early-2000s Martin Scorsese crime epic Gangs of New York, was a television series modeled after The Holdovers. Though , he was sparse on further details.

A television adaptation of the film could go in a number of different directions, although the involvement of many of the film's stars in the project is called into question. The resolution of the film, where Giamatti's character is fired from the school for refusing to throw the student played by Sessa under the bus,. And Sessa himself has become a hot commodity in Hollywood, as he is set to be featured in the third movie of the Now You See Me franchise and was recently announced to be playing celebrity food personality Anthony Bourdain in an upcoming biopic.

Fans are undoubtedly excited to learn more about the TV series. Until then, The Holdovers movie is available to stream exclusively on Peacock.