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A series of Hollywood movies in the 1930s were produced, starring an actress who subsequently legally changed her name to Anne Shirley.

Arguably the most famous and popular adaptation is the franchise established by Canadian producer Kevin Sullivan in the mid 1980s, primarily involving a trilogy of two-part movies starring Megan Follows as Anne. Only the first, ''Anne of Green Gables'', is actually a close adaptation of a Montgomery book. The second, ''Anne of ~~Green Gables: The Sequel~~'' (aired in some countries as ''Anne of ~~Avonlea~~'') was as noted above constructed from various elements of the later Anne novels. The third, ''Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story'', which followed more than a decade after the second chapter, was a completely original story set during World War I.

Arguably the most famous and popular adaptation is the franchise established by Canadian producer Kevin Sullivan in the mid 1980s, primarily involving a trilogy of two-part movies starring [[Megan Follows]] as Anne. Only the first, ''Anne of Green Gables'', is actually a close adaptation of a Montgomery book. The second, ''Anne of Avonlea'' (aired in some countries as ''Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel'') was as noted above constructed from various elements of the later Anne novels. The third, ''Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story'', which followed more than a decade after the second chapter, was a completely original story set during World War I.

At this point, Sullivan was also deep into production on a long-running and hugely popular TV series. ''[[Road to Avonlea]]'' transposed characters from one of Montgomery's non-Anne books, ''The Story Girl'', into the Avonlea setting and mentioned Anne herself in passing. ''The Continuing Story'' sparked fandom wrath against Sullivan not only for his decision to create an original story, but because that story actually contradicted major continuity points in ''Road to Avonlea'' (specifically involving Anne and Gilbert's marriage).

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In 2008, Sullivan produced a fourth film, ''Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning'', which is a combination prequel and sequel to the trilogy of films, featuring Barbara Hershey as a middle-aged Anne during [[World War II]] looking back at her life before the events of the first film (with young Anne played by Hannah Endicott-Douglas). Sullivan has made a cottage industry out of the Anne franchise, as in 2002, he produced an animated series for [[PBS]], which led to the release of an animated retelling of the original story, ''Anne: Journey to Green Gables''.

The most recent TV adaptation is ''[[Anne with an E]]'', which aired between 2017 and 2019 on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] in Canada and [[Netflix]] elsewhere, which [[Darker and Edgier|develops the trauma subtext of the books]] that was usually not explored in other adaptations.

The most recent TV adaptation is ''[[Anne with an E]]'', which aired between 2017 and 2019 on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] in its home country Canada and on [[Netflix]] elsewhere, which [[Darker and Edgier|develops the trauma subtext of the books]] that was usually not explored in other adaptations.

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