Starsky & Hutch scored several episodes; Alan Silvestri also worked on the series, scoring three episodes. A theatrical film produced by Weed Road Pictures and Red Hour Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Dimension Films was released in theatres on March 5, 2004. The film stars Ben Stiller as Starsky, Owen Wilson as Hutch and Snoop Dogg as Huggy Bear, as they attempt to stop a drug kingpin played by Vince Vaughn. The film grossed $170,268,750 worldwide. A video game based on the series was developed by Mind's Eye Productions and published by Empire Interactive for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube,
To Live and Die in L.A. (film) hath no wrath like a studio executive with bad grosses. Then again, perhaps it's unfair to hold this overheated and recklessly violent movie to the high standard established by "Starsky and Hutch"". Jay Scott, in his review for "The Globe and Mail", wrote, "Pity poor Los Angeles: first the San Andreas fault and now this. The thing about it is, "To Live and Die in L.A.", for all its amorality and downright immorality, is a cracker-jack thriller, tense and exciting and unpredictable, and more grimy fun than any moralist will want it to be". "Time" criticized its "brutal, bloated car-chase