Editing M (1931 film) (section)

===Remakes and adaptations===
A Hollywood remake of [[M (1951 film)|the same title]] was released in 1951, shifting the action from Berlin to Los Angeles. Nero Films head Seymour Nebenzal and his son Harold produced the film for [[Columbia Pictures]]. Lang had once told a reporter: "People ask me why I do not remake ''M'' in English. I have no reason to do that. I said all I had to say about that subject in the picture. Now, I have other things to say."<ref name="Jensen. p. 94"/> The remake was directed by [[Joseph Losey]] and starred [[David Wayne]] in Lorre's role. Losey stated that he had seen ''M'' in the early 1930s and watched it again shortly before shooting the remake, but that he "never referred to it. I only consciously repeated one shot. There may have been unconscious repetitions in terms of the atmosphere, of certain sequences."<ref name="Jensen. p. 94"/> Lang later said that when the remake was released, he "had the best reviews of [his] life".<ref name="Wakeman. p. 615"/>

Argentine noir classic "[[The Black Vampire]]", released in 1953 and directed by [[Román Viñoly Barreto]], is based on Lang's original script. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/cine/a-50-anos-de-el-vampiro-negro-nid528032/ |title=A 50 años de "El vampiro negro" |date=17 September 2003 }} </ref>

In 2003, ''M'' was adapted for radio by [[Peter Straughan]] and broadcast on [[BBC Radio 3]] on 2 February, later re-broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] on 8 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007fqv4|title=Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou – M |publisher=BBC Radio 4 Extra|access-date=21 October 2016}}</ref> Directed by [[Toby Swift]], this drama won the Prix Italia for Adapted Drama in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prix Italia: Past Editions – Winners 1949–2009 |url=http://www.prixitalia.rai.it/2010/pdf/WINNERS_1949-2009.pdf |website=Wayback Machine |publisher=Prix Italia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194401/http://www.prixitalia.rai.it/2010/pdf/WINNERS_1949-2009.pdf |access-date=15 January 2020|archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref>

Writer [[Jon J. Muth]] adapted the screenplay into a four-part comic book series in 1990, which was reissued as a graphic novel in 2008.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8109-9522-2|title=Fiction Book Review: M: A Graphic Novel by Jon J. Muth, Author, Thea Von Harbou, Screenplay by, Fritz Lang, Adapted by Abrams (189 p)|date=April 2008 |publisher=Harry N. Abrams |isbn=978-0810995222}}</ref>

In 2015, [[Joseph D. Kucan]] adapted the screenplay into a theatrical stageplay entitled ''A Summons from the Tinker to Assemble the Membership in Secret at the Usual Place'' for production by the Las Vegas-based theatre company A Public Fit. The play is environmental in nature, transforming its audience into the members of the criminal underground who have captured - and will judge - the elusive serial child murderer. The play is primarily a courtroom drama, presented with no fourth wall, and utilizes flashback sequences to tell the story of the man's detection, capture and confession. A brief segment of the play is dedicated to improvised audience debate and deliberation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/lasvegas/lv1.html | title=A Summons from the Tinker to Assemble the Membership in Secret at the Usual Place | author=Mary LaFrance | website=TALKIN' BROADWAY}}</ref>

In 2019, a six-episode Austrian-German miniseries adaptation of the film was released, entitled ''M — A City Hunts a Murderer''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7028444/ |title=M – A City Hunts a Murderer|publisher=IMDB.com|access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref>