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* In the ''Comicbook/SuicideSquad'' comics, Jotunheim was located in the fictional Middle Eastern nation of {{Qurac}}. In the [[Film/TheSuicideSquad 2021 film adaptation]], it's instead in the (also fictional) BananaRepublic of Corto Maltese.
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* ''Literature/HighFidelity'':
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* Most film adaptations of ''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds'' take place in the United States in a contemporary setting, rather than Britain in the Victorian period.
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* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', the American modern-day adaptation of Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Franchise/SherlockHolmes detective stories, is set in New York City instead of London. [[spoiler:Sherlock and Joan do eventually move to the iconic 221b Baker Street home in London at the end of Season 6, only to return to New York at the start of Season 7 after the show's surprise renewal]].
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* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', the American modern-day adaptation of Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Franchise/SherlockHolmes Literature//SherlockHolmes detective stories, is set in New York City instead of London. [[spoiler:Sherlock and Joan do eventually move to the iconic 221b Baker Street home in London at the end of Season 6, only to return to New York at the start of Season 7 after the show's surprise renewal]].
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* ''Toys/PollyPocket'': The unnamed community from the 2000s specials was named Pollyville for the 2010s web series. Then when the brand was [[WesternAnimation/PollyPocket rebooted for 2018]], the town's name was changed to Littleton.
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* The original ''Series/{{Dynasty}}'' was set in Denver, Colorado ([[CaliforniaDoubling but filmed in Los Angeles]]), whilst the [[Series/Dynasty2017 2017 reboot]] is set and filmed in Atlanta, Georgia.
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* The original ''Series/{{Dynasty}}'' ''Series/{{Dynasty|1981}}'' was set in Denver, Colorado ([[CaliforniaDoubling but filmed in Los Angeles]]), whilst the [[Series/Dynasty2017 2017 reboot]] is set and filmed in Atlanta, Georgia.
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* The 1961 and 1998 versions of ''[[Film/TheParentTrap1961 The]]'' ''[[Film/TheParentTrap1998 Parent Trap]]'' are set in the United States, as opposed to Austria from the films' original source material ''Literature/LottieAndLisa''.
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* The 1961 and 1998 versions of ''[[Film/TheParentTrap1961 The]]'' ''[[Film/TheParentTrap1998 Parent Trap]]'' are set in the United States, as opposed to Germany and Austria from ''Literature/LottieAndLisa'', the films' original source material ''Literature/LottieAndLisa''.novel that inspired the films.
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* The 1961 and 1998 versions of ''[[Film/TheParentTrap1961 The]]'' ''[[Film/TheParentTrap1998 Parent Trap]]'' are set in the United States, as opposed to Germany Austria from the films' original source material ''Literature/LottieAndLisa''.
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A SuperTrope of to ForeignRemake (when the setting change is the whole point of the adaptation), SettingUpdate (when the setting and/or time period is changed in the adaptation) and ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange (where the changes in the setting are largely cosmetic). A subtrope of AdaptationDeviation.
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* The short-lived series ''Series/BeowulfReturnToTheShieldlands'' changed the setting from viking age Northern Europe to a fictional land called The Shieldlands. This is only the first of many major deviations from the original tale.
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''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinCorruption'': Week 4 in the original ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' took place on a highway at sunset, while Week 4 in the mod takes place in an unknown, foggy area. {{Justified|Trope}}, as ''Corruption'' Week 4 takes place after the canon Week 4.
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* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinCorruption'': Week 4 in the original ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' took place on a highway at sunset, while Week 4 in the mod takes place in an unknown, foggy area. {{Justified|Trope}}, as ''Corruption'' Week 4 takes place after the canon Week 4.
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* ''Theatre/TheMatchmaker'' by Creator/ThorntonWilder, set in the United States, is inspired by ''Einen Jux will er sich machen'' by Johann Nestroy, set in Austria, which in turn is inspired by ''A Day Well Spent'' by John Oxenford, set in England.
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* In the original ''Rescuers'' books the Prisoner's Aid Society is headquartered in Paris. In both [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuers Disney]] [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder movies]], the Rescue Aid Society is headquartered in New York City.
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* ''Theatre/TheCaucasianChalkCircle'' by Creator/BertholtBrecht is inspired by an old Chinese tale called "The Chalk Circle", but moves the setting from China to UsefulNotes/TheCaucasus.
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Sometimes, when writers and producers adapt a novel, comic book, or video game into a TV show or film, or remake an old TV series or movie, they decide to change the adaptation's setting. This is to reflect the location that that it's being filmed in, often due to weather or political reasons.
Depending on the work, it can change the feel quite a bit, and is often influenced by CaliforniaDoubling and related tropes.
Related to TransatlanticEquivalent--when the setting change is the whole point of the adaptation--and SettingUpdate. Subtrope of AdaptationDeviation. A SuperTrope to ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange.
Depending on the work, it can change the feel quite a bit, and is often influenced by CaliforniaDoubling and related tropes.
Related to TransatlanticEquivalent--when the setting change is the whole point of the adaptation--and SettingUpdate. Subtrope of AdaptationDeviation. A SuperTrope to ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange.
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Sometimes, when writers and producers adapt a novel, comic book, or video game into a TV show or film, or remake an old TV series or movie, they decide to change the adaptation's setting. This is to reflect the location that that it's being filmed in, often due to weather or political reasons.
Depending on the work, it can change the feel quite abit, bit and is often influenced by CaliforniaDoubling and related tropes.
Related toTransatlanticEquivalent--when TransatlanticEquivalent (when the setting change is the whole point of the adaptation--and adaptation) and SettingUpdate. Subtrope of AdaptationDeviation. A SuperTrope to ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange.
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* ''Film/EyesWideShut'' was set in contemporary New York City, while the book it was based off of (''Traumnovelle'') was set in turn-of-the-century Vienna.
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* In ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'', the expeditionary team is from Hamburg, Germany but in the 1959 film adaptation they're from Edinburgh, Scotland.
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* The original ''Series/{{Dynasty}}'' was set in Denver, Colorado ([[CaliforniaDoubling but filmed in Los Angeles]]), whilst the [[Series/Dynasty2017 2017 reboot]] is set and filmed in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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* The events of ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' fanfic ''Fanfic/QuarterLifeHalfwayToDestruction'' are set in [[UsefulNotes/DFWMetroplex Dallas]] instead of Black Mesa or City 17 because the [[AuthorAppeal author's friend lives there]].
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', Hogwarts, the magical school, is in Scotland. In its fanfiction ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', it's in England.
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Sometimes, when writers and producers adapt a novel, comic book, or video game into a TV show or film, or remake an old TV series or movie, they decide to change the adaptation's setting. This is to reflect the location that that it's being filmed in, often due to weather or political reasons.
Depending on the work, it can change the feel quite a bit, and is often influenced by CaliforniaDoubling and related tropes.
Related to TransatlanticEquivalent--when the setting change is the whole point of the adaptation--and SettingUpdate. Subtrope of AdaptationDeviation. A SuperTrope to ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange.
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', Hogwarts, the magical school, is in Scotland. In its fanfiction ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', it's in England.
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* The Disney movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' changes the location from China to the Middle East, in the fictional country of Agrabah. This also leads to RaceLift.
* Because the titular character was changed [[AdaptationalSpeciesChange from a roe deer to a white-tailed deer]] in Walt Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', the setting was also changed from somewhere in Europe (presumably Austria) to Maine.
* The [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} movie version]] of ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'' takes place in the United States instead of England.
* In the original ''Rescuers'' books the Prisoner's Aid Society is headquartered in Paris. In both [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuers Disney]] [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder movies]], the Rescue Aid Society is headquartered in New York City.
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* ''Film/BlackButler'': The live-action film changes both the location and the time period from the original manga; the location is changed from England to an unnamed Asian country, and the time period is changed from the Victorian Era to 2020.
* ''Film/BladeRunner'' and its sequel take place primarily in Los Angeles, but the book they're based on, ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' is set in San Francisco.
* ''Film/Carrie1976'': The novel is set in Castle Rock, Maine. The 1976 adaptation was filmed in Los Angeles, but it's implied to be somewhere in the South if Carrie and Margaret White's accents are any indication.
* The book ''Literature/{{Christine}}'' was set in Pennsylvania, while its 1983 film adaptation was set in California.
* ''Film/{{Cracks}}'' is based on a book that was originally set in South Africa. The film changes the setting to Great Britain.
* ''Film/DeathNote2017'' takes place in Seattle, Washington rather than [[Manga/DeathNote in Japan]]. This also led to the cast's [[RaceLift Race Lifts]] to accommodate.
* ''Film/EyesWideShut'' was set in contemporary New York City, while the book it was based off of (''Traumnovelle'') was set in turn-of-the-century Vienna.
* ''Literature/TheGirlOnTheTrain'': The novel is set in England, specifically the London suburbs. While Rachel is English, the movie is set in the suburbs of New York City.
* The play ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss'' was set in Chicago, but the film was filmed in New York and the final location was ambiguous; while visually there was a strong New York look to the scenes, dialogue mentioned things like Chicago locations and implied that Wisconsin was in driving distance.
* ExecutiveMeddling nearly ensured the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films were set in the U.S. with American protagonists.
* In ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'', the expeditionary team is from Hamburg, Germany but in the 1959 film adaptation they're from Edinburgh, Scotland.
* The book ''Literature/LottieAndLisa'' was originally set in Austria and Germany but the film adaptations, ''Film/TheParentTrap1961'' and ''Film/TheParentTrap1998'', were both set in America, with the latter also featuring Britain.
* The Creator/ShawBrothers ''wuxia'' film, ''Film/TheMagnificentTrio'' is pretty much a ShotForShotRemake of Hideo Gosha's ''Three Outlaw Samurai'', but with the movie being made in another country, the setting was relocated from Feudal Japan to Ming Dynasty China.
* The 2004 adaptation of ''Film/ManOnFire'' shifts the plot from 1980s Italy to present-day Mexico complete with a RaceLift for almost all of the main cast.
* [[TheFilmOfTheBook The 1996 film adaptation]] of ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' changes the setting from Dahl's Britain to an unidentified town in America (likely located in New Jersey given that Creator/DannyDeVito and Jersey Films made the movie).
* The original ''Manga/{{Oldboy}}'' manga was set in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. The [[Film/Oldboy2003 2003 film adaptation]] moves the setting to UsefulNotes/SouthKorea, the home country of director Creator/ParkChanWook.
** The same thing happened with [[Film/Oldboy2013 the 2013 American remake]] by Creator/SpikeLee, which is firmly set in the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates.
* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' is [[EarthAllAlong set on Earth]] while the [[Literature/PlanetOfTheApes original novel]] actually takes place on another planet. [[spoiler:The novel's protagonist does return to Earth eventually, resulting in an ending similar to the movie where it's revealed that apes also took over the planet]], the scene takes place in Paris, however, instead of New York City.
* ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' is set in San Francisco and included quite a bit of on-location footage, while the [[Literature/ThePrincessDiaries original book series]] was set in New York City.
* In the comics, ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'s traditional hometown is Fawcett City, located in the Midwestern United States. [[Film/Shazam2019 The DCEU film of the same name]] instead has UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} as the stomping grounds for the Red Cyclone.
* Both Creator/HGWells' 1895 novel ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' and its [[Film/TheTimeMachine1960 1960 film adaptation]] were set in London. The [[Film/TheTimeMachine2002 2002 version]], however, is set in New York City instead.
* The play ''Theatre/TwelveAngryMen'' was set in Chicago, but the 1957 and 1997 film adaptations took place in New York.
* Most film adaptations of ''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds'' take place in the United States in a contemporary setting, rather than southern England in the Victorian Era.
* ''Film/YouveGotMail'' is set in modern-day New York City. The play it is adapted from, ''Parfumerie'', was set in 1930's Budapest.
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* The short-lived series ''Series/BeowulfReturnToTheShieldlands'' changed the setting from viking age Northern Europe to a fictional land called The Shieldlands. This is only the first of many major deviations from the original tale.
* In the comics, ComicBook/BlackLightning operates in the Suicide Slum section of [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Metropolis]]. ''Series/BlackLightning2018'' places Black Lightning in the fictional city of Freeland, a location completely unconnected to Metropolis.
* ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' takes place in America (Seattle in season 1, Montana in season 2), while [[Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency the book it's based on]] takes place in England.
* The original ''Series/{{Dynasty}}'' was set in Denver, Colorado ([[CaliforniaDoubling but filmed in Los Angeles]]), whilst the [[Series/Dynasty2017 2017 reboot]] is set and filmed in Salt Lake City, Utah.
* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', the American modern-day adaptation of Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Franchise/SherlockHolmes detective stories, is set in New York City instead of London. [[spoiler:Sherlock and Joan do eventually move to the iconic 221b Baker Street home in London at the end of Season 6, only to return to New York at the start of Season 7 after the show's surprise renewal]].
* ''Series/TheEndOfTheFuckingWorld'' takes place in the UK, despite the original comic series being in America.
* ''Series/LesPetitsMeurtresDAgathaChristie'' is setting Creator/AgathaChristie's stories in the Northern France.
* ''Series/NancyDrew2019'' is set in the fictional seaside town of Horseshoe Bay, Maine, whereas [[Franchise/NancyDrew the character]] is normally depicted as living in the fictional Midwestern city of River Heights, Illinois.
* The original ''Series/PartyOfFive'' was set in San Francisco. [[Series/PartyOfFive2020 The reboot]] was set in Los Angeles.
* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' is set in the fictional Boston suburb of Westbridge, but the [[ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch comic book it was based on]] was set in Greendale, a neighboring town of Riverdale.
* In ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'', Supergirl operates out of National City, a new location that was created for the series. In the comics, her base of operations has been DependingOnTheWriter.
* The American adaptation of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', titled ''Series/UltramanTheUltimateHero'', rehashes much of the plot of the original series, but switches locations all the way from Japan to the States. For instance, the original series' two-part episode featuring the kaiju Gomora which is set mostly in Osaka (prominently featuring Osaka's Himeji Castle) is now set in Los Angeles instead.
* ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' is a SpinOff of ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' that takes the same Vampire {{mockumentary}} concept of the original film and applies it to a new cast of characters in Staten Island, New York rather than Wellington, New Zealand.
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* ''Theatre/TheCaucasianChalkCircle'' by Creator/BertholtBrecht is inspired by an old Chinese tale called "The Chalk Circle", but moves the setting from China to UsefulNotes/TheCaucasus.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', the main characters live in a town called Coolsville, but in the reboot ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', they live in a different town called Crystal Cove.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' and ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' both take place on the fictional Island Of Sodor. However, while in the books Sodor is located off Britain near the Island of Man, the show does away with that, setting Sodor in some unspecified ocean (with Misty Island nearby).
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* The events of ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' fanfic ''Fanfic/QuarterLifeHalfwayToDestruction'' are set in [[UsefulNotes/DFWMetroplex Dallas]] instead of Black Mesa or City 17 because the [[AuthorAppeal author's friend lives there]].
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', Hogwarts, the magical school, is in Scotland. In its fanfiction ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', it's in England.
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Sometimes, when writers and producers adapt a novel, comic book, or video game into a TV show or film, or remake an old TV series or movie, they decide to change the adaptation's setting. This is to reflect the location that that it's being filmed in, often due to weather or political reasons.
Depending on the work, it can change the feel quite a bit, and is often influenced by CaliforniaDoubling and related tropes.
Related to TransatlanticEquivalent--when the setting change is the whole point of the adaptation--and SettingUpdate. Subtrope of AdaptationDeviation. A SuperTrope to ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange.
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', Hogwarts, the magical school, is in Scotland. In its fanfiction ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', it's in England.
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[[folder: Film - Animated]]
* The Disney movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' changes the location from China to the Middle East, in the fictional country of Agrabah. This also leads to RaceLift.
* Because the titular character was changed [[AdaptationalSpeciesChange from a roe deer to a white-tailed deer]] in Walt Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', the setting was also changed from somewhere in Europe (presumably Austria) to Maine.
* The [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} movie version]] of ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'' takes place in the United States instead of England.
* In the original ''Rescuers'' books the Prisoner's Aid Society is headquartered in Paris. In both [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuers Disney]] [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder movies]], the Rescue Aid Society is headquartered in New York City.
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* ''Film/BlackButler'': The live-action film changes both the location and the time period from the original manga; the location is changed from England to an unnamed Asian country, and the time period is changed from the Victorian Era to 2020.
* ''Film/BladeRunner'' and its sequel take place primarily in Los Angeles, but the book they're based on, ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' is set in San Francisco.
* ''Film/Carrie1976'': The novel is set in Castle Rock, Maine. The 1976 adaptation was filmed in Los Angeles, but it's implied to be somewhere in the South if Carrie and Margaret White's accents are any indication.
* The book ''Literature/{{Christine}}'' was set in Pennsylvania, while its 1983 film adaptation was set in California.
* ''Film/{{Cracks}}'' is based on a book that was originally set in South Africa. The film changes the setting to Great Britain.
* ''Film/DeathNote2017'' takes place in Seattle, Washington rather than [[Manga/DeathNote in Japan]]. This also led to the cast's [[RaceLift Race Lifts]] to accommodate.
* ''Film/EyesWideShut'' was set in contemporary New York City, while the book it was based off of (''Traumnovelle'') was set in turn-of-the-century Vienna.
* ''Literature/TheGirlOnTheTrain'': The novel is set in England, specifically the London suburbs. While Rachel is English, the movie is set in the suburbs of New York City.
* The play ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss'' was set in Chicago, but the film was filmed in New York and the final location was ambiguous; while visually there was a strong New York look to the scenes, dialogue mentioned things like Chicago locations and implied that Wisconsin was in driving distance.
* ExecutiveMeddling nearly ensured the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films were set in the U.S. with American protagonists.
* In ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'', the expeditionary team is from Hamburg, Germany but in the 1959 film adaptation they're from Edinburgh, Scotland.
* The book ''Literature/LottieAndLisa'' was originally set in Austria and Germany but the film adaptations, ''Film/TheParentTrap1961'' and ''Film/TheParentTrap1998'', were both set in America, with the latter also featuring Britain.
* The Creator/ShawBrothers ''wuxia'' film, ''Film/TheMagnificentTrio'' is pretty much a ShotForShotRemake of Hideo Gosha's ''Three Outlaw Samurai'', but with the movie being made in another country, the setting was relocated from Feudal Japan to Ming Dynasty China.
* The 2004 adaptation of ''Film/ManOnFire'' shifts the plot from 1980s Italy to present-day Mexico complete with a RaceLift for almost all of the main cast.
* [[TheFilmOfTheBook The 1996 film adaptation]] of ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' changes the setting from Dahl's Britain to an unidentified town in America (likely located in New Jersey given that Creator/DannyDeVito and Jersey Films made the movie).
* The original ''Manga/{{Oldboy}}'' manga was set in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. The [[Film/Oldboy2003 2003 film adaptation]] moves the setting to UsefulNotes/SouthKorea, the home country of director Creator/ParkChanWook.
** The same thing happened with [[Film/Oldboy2013 the 2013 American remake]] by Creator/SpikeLee, which is firmly set in the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates.
* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' is [[EarthAllAlong set on Earth]] while the [[Literature/PlanetOfTheApes original novel]] actually takes place on another planet. [[spoiler:The novel's protagonist does return to Earth eventually, resulting in an ending similar to the movie where it's revealed that apes also took over the planet]], the scene takes place in Paris, however, instead of New York City.
* ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' is set in San Francisco and included quite a bit of on-location footage, while the [[Literature/ThePrincessDiaries original book series]] was set in New York City.
* In the comics, ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'s traditional hometown is Fawcett City, located in the Midwestern United States. [[Film/Shazam2019 The DCEU film of the same name]] instead has UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} as the stomping grounds for the Red Cyclone.
* Both Creator/HGWells' 1895 novel ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' and its [[Film/TheTimeMachine1960 1960 film adaptation]] were set in London. The [[Film/TheTimeMachine2002 2002 version]], however, is set in New York City instead.
* The play ''Theatre/TwelveAngryMen'' was set in Chicago, but the 1957 and 1997 film adaptations took place in New York.
* Most film adaptations of ''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds'' take place in the United States in a contemporary setting, rather than southern England in the Victorian Era.
* ''Film/YouveGotMail'' is set in modern-day New York City. The play it is adapted from, ''Parfumerie'', was set in 1930's Budapest.
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* The short-lived series ''Series/BeowulfReturnToTheShieldlands'' changed the setting from viking age Northern Europe to a fictional land called The Shieldlands. This is only the first of many major deviations from the original tale.
* In the comics, ComicBook/BlackLightning operates in the Suicide Slum section of [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Metropolis]]. ''Series/BlackLightning2018'' places Black Lightning in the fictional city of Freeland, a location completely unconnected to Metropolis.
* ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' takes place in America (Seattle in season 1, Montana in season 2), while [[Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency the book it's based on]] takes place in England.
* The original ''Series/{{Dynasty}}'' was set in Denver, Colorado ([[CaliforniaDoubling but filmed in Los Angeles]]), whilst the [[Series/Dynasty2017 2017 reboot]] is set and filmed in Salt Lake City, Utah.
* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', the American modern-day adaptation of Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Franchise/SherlockHolmes detective stories, is set in New York City instead of London. [[spoiler:Sherlock and Joan do eventually move to the iconic 221b Baker Street home in London at the end of Season 6, only to return to New York at the start of Season 7 after the show's surprise renewal]].
* ''Series/TheEndOfTheFuckingWorld'' takes place in the UK, despite the original comic series being in America.
* ''Series/LesPetitsMeurtresDAgathaChristie'' is setting Creator/AgathaChristie's stories in the Northern France.
* ''Series/NancyDrew2019'' is set in the fictional seaside town of Horseshoe Bay, Maine, whereas [[Franchise/NancyDrew the character]] is normally depicted as living in the fictional Midwestern city of River Heights, Illinois.
* The original ''Series/PartyOfFive'' was set in San Francisco. [[Series/PartyOfFive2020 The reboot]] was set in Los Angeles.
* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' is set in the fictional Boston suburb of Westbridge, but the [[ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch comic book it was based on]] was set in Greendale, a neighboring town of Riverdale.
* In ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'', Supergirl operates out of National City, a new location that was created for the series. In the comics, her base of operations has been DependingOnTheWriter.
* The American adaptation of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', titled ''Series/UltramanTheUltimateHero'', rehashes much of the plot of the original series, but switches locations all the way from Japan to the States. For instance, the original series' two-part episode featuring the kaiju Gomora which is set mostly in Osaka (prominently featuring Osaka's Himeji Castle) is now set in Los Angeles instead.
* ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' is a SpinOff of ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' that takes the same Vampire {{mockumentary}} concept of the original film and applies it to a new cast of characters in Staten Island, New York rather than Wellington, New Zealand.
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* ''Theatre/TheCaucasianChalkCircle'' by Creator/BertholtBrecht is inspired by an old Chinese tale called "The Chalk Circle", but moves the setting from China to UsefulNotes/TheCaucasus.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', the main characters live in a town called Coolsville, but in the reboot ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', they live in a different town called Crystal Cove.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' and ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' both take place on the fictional Island Of Sodor. However, while in the books Sodor is located off Britain near the Island of Man, the show does away with that, setting Sodor in some unspecified ocean (with Misty Island nearby).
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* The events of ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' fanfic ''Fanfic/QuarterLifeHalfwayToDestruction'' are set in [[UsefulNotes/DFWMetroplex Dallas]] instead of Black Mesa or City 17 because the [[AuthorAppeal author's friend lives there]].
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', Hogwarts, the magical school, is in Scotland. In its fanfiction ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', it's in England.
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