Franchisography

After the lukewarm reception of RoboCop 2 at the box office, Orion decided that the blame should fall on its R-rating. They believed that kids really wanted to see the film, and had they been able to buy a ticket, … Continue reading →

Orion wanted a RoboCop sequel immediately. After a few false starts and a writer’s strike, Orion turned to non-union comic book writer/artist Frank Miller to write a sequel to a movie he had only seen once. To direct, the turned … Continue reading →

When writer Edward Neumeier met writer Michael Miner he realized that they were both working on remarkably similar ideas. Rather than be in competition with each other, the two decided to collaborate on an original script about the future of … Continue reading →

It’s a Betweenisode! Join Nick and Scott as they wrap up The Hunger Games (for now) with lots of talk about where the franchise could go in the future. Is this the first time our hosts have had identical rankings?? … Continue reading →

Despite the underwhelming response the two Mockingjay movies received from critics and moviegoers, Lionsgate and series producer Nina Jacobson eagerly awaited the next Hunger Games novel from author Suzanne Collins alongside a still ravenous army of readers. But they were … Continue reading →

We continue to interrupt your regularly scheduled mini-series with the third and final BONUS FEATURE episode focused on a new release films that is part of a past franchise! Spider-Man is BACK! And this time, he has NOTHING. No friends, … Continue reading →

We continue to interrupt your regularly scheduled mini-series with the second of 3 BONUS FEATURE episodes focused on new release films that part of past franchises! The deadites return and they’re meaner than ever in the latest installment of the … Continue reading →

We interrupt your regularly scheduled mini-series with the first of 3 BONUS FEATURE episodes focused on new release films that part of past franchises! First up, Christopher Nolan returns with his follow-up to 2023’s Oppenheimer, an epic film that spans … Continue reading →

The decision to divide Suzanne Collins’s third Hunger Games novel into two movies is largely remembered as a cash grab by fans of the series, but nevertheless, Francis Lawrence and company were determined to bring the epic finale of Katniss … Continue reading →

The spark has been lit and revolution is coming in this third film of the Hunger Games franchise! Author Suzanne Collins managed to conclude the tale of Katniss Everdeen in a single book, but Lionsgate would decide to follow in … Continue reading →

When The Hunger Games hit theaters in 2012, it proved to be an even bigger hit than Lionsgate anticipated, meaning a sequel couldn’t come soon enough. Unfortunately, director and co-writer Gary Ross found the tight turn around between films to … Continue reading →

FRANCHISOGRAPHY takes a look back at the generation-defining series that made Jennifer Lawrence a superstar and young adult dystopias big at the box office. Author Suzanne Collins was already a success in the world of children’s literature when the first … Continue reading →

It’s a Betweenisode! Join Nick & Scott as they rank the Nolan’s original films, discuss what genres we’d love to see him take on in the future (and which ones we absolutely do not), and announced our next franchise! FRANCHISE … Continue reading →

After the disastrous mishandling of Tenet’s release and the announcement of WB’s “project popcorn”, Nolan left behind the hollowed halls of Warner Brothers for a new studio partnership. After a bidding war between multiple studios, Nolan’s next project landed across … Continue reading →

The image of a bullet hole in concrete being reassembled as the bullet pulls itself from a wall and back into the barrel of a gun has been a cinematic itch that Nolan has had since university, and it was … Continue reading →

A sailing trip through the path of a historical event in his youth lead Nolan to proposing a “Fury Road”-ified war movie that would depict the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II. To keep up a relentless pace while making … Continue reading →

With a story that began with a blind date between a producer and a physicist, then evolved into a Steven Spielberg movie written by Jonathan Nolan, and eventually became a Christopher Nolan film about missing his kids that spanned the … Continue reading →

Starting it’s inception as a horror film about “dream thieves”, Nolan would write and rewrite the screenplay for his dream heist film dozens of times over the course of a decade until a vacation with his family would inspire the … Continue reading →

After taking on a studio film (2002’s Insomnia) and reinventing the superhero film (2005’s Batman Begins), Christopher Nolan finally had enough clout to fund the adaptation of a Christopher Priest novel that he had PLEDGED to be his next project … Continue reading →

Season 4 of FRANCHISOGRAPHY begins with a look at the original feature films of Christopher Nolan, the filmmaker who became a franchise. And it all started with the breakout success of his second feature, 2000’s MEMENTO. Originally pitched to him … Continue reading →