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->''"TheNineties saw [[TheBardOnBoard a wave of middle-brow adaptations]] of [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare The Bard's plays]], often taking them to new and interesting territory. There was Theatre/HenryIV [[Film/MyOwnPrivateIdaho with rent boys]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_%281995_film%29 a Fascist]] Theatre/RichardIII, Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew [[Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou in High School]], Theatre/{{Hamlet}} [[Disney/TheLionKing with lions]], Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet [[WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet with seizures]]..."''

* ''TheDeparted'' is ''InfernalAffairs'' [-IN SOUTH BOSTON!-]

* ''WebVideo/NothingMuchToDo'' is ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' [-IN A NEW ZEALAND HIGH SCHOOL-]

* While [[Manga/HunterxHunter Hunter x Hunter]] isn't set any discernable time period (since it's a fantasy series), the 2011 remake features updated technology. Flip-phones are changed to smartphones, and VHS tapes are changed to DVDs.

* ''Film/{{Accepted}}'' is pretty much ''CampNowhere'' [-IN COLLEGE!-]

* The new Creator/{{NBC}} series ''{{Kings}}'' is basically the [[Literature/TheBible biblical]] story of King Saul and David [-IN SOME SORT OF PARALLEL UNIVERSE CLOSELY RESEMBLING MODERN AMERICA!-]

* ''Pan'', a play, was pretty much ''PeterPan'' [-IN THE MODERN DAY, IN NIGHTCLUBS, [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs ON NUMEROUS ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES!]]-] And it was performed in an abandoned power station.

* Shakespeare pulled one himself, ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' is basically [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amleth Amleth]] [-WITH HAMLET AS A PRINCE INSTEAD OF A GOVERNOR'S SON!-]

** Compared to the manga and original [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]]'s 1992 setting, it features updated tech. Though a cellphone is seen in Act 1, it's much more noticeable in Act 2, where the computers are much more modern than those in the manga and 90s anime (in particular, Usagi has a pink laptop with a bunny decal on it). ''Crystal'' does retain the original [[VideoArcade Game Center Crown]], (2003's [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon tokusatsu version]] updated it to a karaoke bar) but though the industry is [[http://kotaku.com/what-could-kill-japanese-arcades-1552675093 contracting]], arcades remain relatively popular in Japan, unlike the west.

** ''Toxic Memes'' mentions a 2042 remake of ''Mr Smith Goes To Washington'', in which Smith expresses the opinion that [[DemocracyIsFlawed democracy is all a big con]], and a 2097 remake of the German silent film ''Alraune'' under the title ''Mandrake'', with the ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow updated from artificial insemination to computer generated genomes.

** ''Toxic Memes'' mentions a 2042 remake of ''Mr Smith Goes To Washington'', in which Smith expresses the opinion that democracy is all a big con, and a 2097 remake of the German silent film ''Alraune'' under the title ''Mandrake'', with the ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow updated from artificial insemination to computer generated genomes.

** In ''Teralogos News'' where a review of a new production of ''Theatre/TheTempest'' says "Over the last few years, Shakespeare's final complete play has suffered the most tragic fate which can overtake a classic text; it has become relevant. I swear, if I see one more [=InVid=] staging which transmutes Prospero's island into an L-5 station, with Ariel as an infomorph and Caliban as an experimental bioroid, I'll claw out my implant." Doesn't count as RecycledInSpace, because it's the present day from the perspective of the reviewer.

* InUniverse example in a ''TranshumanSpace'' sourcebook, where a review of a new production of ''Theatre/TheTempest'' says "Over the last few years, Shakespeare's final complete play has suffered the most tragic fate which can overtake a classic text; it has become relevant. I swear, if I see one more [=InVid=] staging which transmutes Prospero's island into an L-5 station, with Ariel as an infomorph and Caliban as an experimental bioroid, I'll claw out my implant." Doesn't count as RecycledInSpace, because it's the present day from the perspective of the reviewer.

* ''KoutetsuSangokushi'' is [[spoiler: (loosely)]] ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' [-WITH {{BISHONEN}} / {{HOYAY}}!-]

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' is {{Manga/Naruto}} [-IN THE 21ST Century!-]

* ''Anime/StarDriver'' is ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' in a modern highschool.
* MyNeighborTotoro is ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' [-IN 1950's JAPAN!-]
* SpiritedAway is ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' [-IN JAPAN!-]

* An early example: ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' was ''Film/SevenSamurai'' [-IN THE OLD WEST!-]

* ''Uncle Varick'' by Scottish playwright John Byrne (the one who did ''Series/TuttiFrutti'', not ''Comicbook/XMen'') is ''Theatre/UncleVanya'' [-IN SCOTLAND IN THE 1960s-]

** Akira Kurosawa's ''Film/ThroneOfBlood'' was ''Macbeth'' [-WITH SAMURAI!-]

** Akira Kurosawa's ''TheBadSleepWell'' was ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' [-IN MODERN DAY JAPAN!-]

** Earlier MarvelAdventures comics (formerly known as Marvel Age) were the same thing, only child-friendly, and they directly adapted older Marvel comics.

* ''OBrotherWhereArtThou?'' is Homer's ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' [-IN THE [[DeepSouth SOUTHERN UNITED STATES]] DURING TheGreatDepression!-]
* ''TheWiz'' is ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' [-IN TWENTIETH CENTURY HARLEM!-]
* Creator/WilliamShakespeare gets this treatment a lot[[note]]Though this may be {{Justified|Trope}} as Shakepeare's plays were written to be modern; what is now period dress would have been modern at the time, and several shakespeare scholars have supported this line of thinking.[[/note]]:

* ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' is particularly prone to this in adaptations, with the [[Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds 1938 radio play]], the [[Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds1953 1953 film]], the [[Series/WarOfTheWorlds 1980s]] [=TV=] series, and two of the three [[Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds 2005 films]] moving the setting to the present day from the novel's 1902. JeffWayne's RockOpera [[Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds adaptation]] (and the [[VideoGame/JeffWaynesWarOfTheWorlds PC game]] based on it), along with the third of the 2005 releases, are the only ones that ''keep'' the original setting.

* ''{{Smallville}}'' is the original ''{{Superboy}}'' comics with a HotterAndSexier tone and the setting changed from the 1950's to the TurnOfTheMillennium.

* ''NightHood'' is ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' [-IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD-]

* ''Series/MonarchOfTheGlen'' is Sir Compton Mackenzie's ''Highland Novels'' [-IN 21ST CENTURY SCOTLAND-]!

* ITV's 2000 ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' is ''A Christmas Carol [-WITH ROSS KEMP AS A LondonGangster Scrooge!-]

* ''PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'' still takes place in Tokyo, but in 2004 rather than 1992 like in the original [[SailorMoon manga]]. As such, the technology and fashion are updated accordingly, with the Senshi using cellphones to transform rather than pens.

* This used to be commonplace for Franchise/SherlockHolmes movies. For instance, only the first two of the Rathbone/Bruce series in the 1930's-1940's took place in the Victorian era. Nowadays the world is different enough that setting them in the present day would drastically affect the concept, which is probably why it's no longer done as often. (That said, guess what StevenMoffat's latest project is...)

* ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst'' and ''Film/KamenRiderTheNext'' are remakes of ''Series/KamenRider'' and ''Series/KamenRiderV3'', but with the setting changed from the 1970's to the TurnOfTheMillenium.

* ''{{Smallville}}'' is the original ''{{Superboy}}'' comics with a HotterAndSexier tone and the setting changed from the 1950's to the TurnOfTheMillenium.

** Ditto for ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', which one-ups ''Sherlock'' by moving the action to [[TheBigApplesauce New York]] and making Watson an [[RaceLift Asian]] [[GenderFlip woman]].

* ''{{Smallville}} is the original ''{{Superboy}}'' comics [-IN THE TURNOFTHEMILLENIUM!-]