Editing Tom Swift (section)

== Other media ==
[[Parker Brothers]] produced a Tom Swift board game in 1966,<ref>Erardi (2008).</ref> although it was never widely distributed, and the character has appeared in one television show. Various Tom Swift radio programs, television series, and movies were planned and even written, but were either never produced or not released.

=== Film and television ===
==== Cancelled films ====
As early as 1914, Edward Stratemeyer proposed making a Tom Swift movie, but no such movie was made.<ref name="Keeline"/> A Tom Swift radio series was proposed in 1946. Two scripts were written, but, for unknown reasons, the series was never produced.<ref name="Keeline"/>  [[Twentieth Century Fox]] planned a Tom Swift feature movie in 1968, to be directed by [[Gene Kelly]]. A script was written and approved, and filming was to have begun during 1969. However, the project was canceled owing to the poor reception of the movies ''[[Doctor Dolittle (film)|Doctor Dolittle]]'' and ''[[Star! (film)|Star!]]'';<ref name="Prager"/> a $500,000 airship that had been built as a prop was rumored to have been sold to a midwest amusement park.<ref name="Keeline"/> Yet another movie was planned in 1974, but, again, was cancelled.<ref name="Keeline"/>

==== Television ====
{{Main|Tom Swift (TV series)}}
Scripts were written for a proposed television series involving both Tom Swift Jr. and his father, the hero of the original book series. A television pilot show for a series to be called ''The Adventures of Tom Swift'' was filmed in 1958, featuring [[Gary Vinson]]. However, legal problems prevented the pilot's distribution, and it was never broadcast; no copies of the pilot are known to exist, though the pilot script is available.<ref name="Keeline"/> In 1977, [[Glen A. Larson]] wrote an unproduced television pilot show entitled "TS, I Love You: The Further Adventures of Tom Swift".<ref>Keeline (2012).</ref> This series was to be combined with a [[Nancy Drew]] series, a [[Hardy Boys]] series, and a [[Dana Girls]] series. Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys were eventually combined into a one-hour program ''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]'' with alternating episodes.

A Tom Swift media project finally came to fruition in 1983 when [[Willie Aames]] appeared as Tom Swift along with [[Lori Loughlin]] as Linda Craig in a television special, ''The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour'', which was broadcast on July 3. It was a ratings failure.<ref name="Keeline"/> In 2007, digital studio Worldwide Biggies acquired movie rights to Tom Swift<ref name="Hayes">Hayes (2007)</ref> and announced plans to release a feature film and video game, followed by a television series. As of 2015, these plans had not come to fruition.

Tom Swift appeared in the episode "The Celestial Visitor" from the second season of [[The CW]]'s ''[[Nancy Drew (2019 TV series)|Nancy Drew]]'' with Tian Richards  portraying the character as a black, gay, billionaire inventor. The episode is a [[backdoor pilot]] for a spin-off project titled ''[[Tom Swift (TV series)|Tom Swift]]'', in development at The CW.<ref>{{cite web|first=Will|last=Thorne|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/nancy-drew-spinoff-tom-swift-development-cw-1234818058/|title='Nancy Drew' Spinoff Series 'Tom Swift' in Development at CW|date=October 28, 2020|website=Variety|access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/tian-richards-cast-tom-swift-lead-nancy-drew-spinoff-the-cw-backdoor-pilot-1234681014/|title=Tian Richards Cast As Lead Tom Swift In 'Nancy Drew' Spinoff On the CW|date=January 26, 2021|website=Variety|access-date=February 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/tian-richards-cast-tom-swift-lead-nancy-drew-spinoff-the-cw-backdoor-pilot-1234681014/|title=Ruben Garcia To Direct 'Tom Swift' Planted Spinoff Episode Of 'Nancy Drew'|date=February 8, 2021|website=Variety|access-date=February 10, 2021}}</ref> In August 2021, ''Tom Swift'' was ordered straight-to-series and premiered on May 31, 2022 on The CW.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/tom-swift/listings/|title=Shows A-Z : ''Tom Swift'' on The CW|website=[[The Futon Critic]]|access-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/nancy-drew-spinoff-tom-swift-series-the-cw-1235052120/|title='Nancy Drew' Spinoff 'Tom Swift' Ordered to Series at The CW|website=Variety|first=Joe|last=Otterson|date=August 30, 2021|access-date=August 30, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> In February 2022, [[Ashleigh Murray]] joined the cast as Zenzi Fullington.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=Ashleigh Murray To Star In 'Tom Swift', Joining Tian Richards In the CW's 'Nancy Drew' Spinoff |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/tom-swift-ashleigh-murray-nancy-drew-spinoff-the-cw-tian-richards-1234928016/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> Due to poor ratings, the series was cancelled on June 30 that year.<ref>{{cite web |author= Lynette Rice & Nellie Andreeva|title='Tom Swift' Canceled By CW After One Season
|url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/tom-swift-canceled-by-cw-one-season-1235055092/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 30, 2022}}</ref>