Franchisography

Prepare to open your hearts to a brand new era of FRANCHISOGRAPHY as we begin SMALL TALK & BIG KITCHENS, our mini-series on the romcoms of Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers, with the film that many credit as the greatest … Continue reading →

It’s a Betweenisode! Join Nick & Scott as they rank the Santa Clause franchise, pitch ideas for a Santa Clause reboot, and announce our next (quite lengthy) mini-series! Next week: New year, new mini-series! FRANCHISE POTENTIAL: Rise of the Guardians … Continue reading →

Carol Newman is dead. Only Mrs. Claus remains. As the confines of her new life in the North Pole begin to suffocate her, Scott Calvin breaks protocol and invites his entire blended family to the North Pole to keep Carol … Continue reading →

Scott Calvin is dead. Only Santa remains. And with the combined forces of Scott’s 90’s business know-how and good old fashioned Christmas magic, the happiness of the world’s children is up a whopping 86%, even as the world grapples with … Continue reading →

FRANCHISOGRAPHY gets into the holiday spirit with a deep dive into the beloved Santa Clause Trilogy! America’s ultimate 90’s funnyman Tim Allen stars as ultimate 90’s corporate dad, Scott Calvin, a recent divorcee struggling to find any holiday spirit when … Continue reading →

It’s a Betweenisode! Recorded less than 24 hours after the 2024 Presidential Election… Join Nick & Scott as they discuss the election results, rank the Purge franchise, pitch ideas for a Purge anthology series and what a final Purge film … Continue reading →

Purge creator James DeMonaco decided to end the series and when he realized the story would focus on immigration, he realized he needed a Latino director at the helm. After seeing his renowned work as a television director, DeMonaco turned … Continue reading →

After three films, Purge creator James DeMonaco was ready to step away from the director’s chair to focus on other projects but agreed to stay on as screenwriter. What better way to introduce a new director (Gerard McMurray, fresh off … Continue reading →

After Anarchy proved that the concept had legs, writer/director James DeMonaco wanted to push the franchise to its limits by exploring how the potential end to the Purge would affect society after more that 20 years of the annual event, … Continue reading →

While The Purge had been immensely successful, financially, the response to the film was disappointing. Audiences felt the premise had been wasted by staying inside a suburban home, turning a great idea into a generic home invasion thriller. With the … Continue reading →

This is not a test, this is FRANCHISOGRAPHY announcing the commencement of a new mini-series sanctioned by the founding fathers of the podcast. Screenwriter James DeMonaco found himself disturbed by an offhanded comment made by his wife about how great … Continue reading →

It’s a Betweenisode! Join Nick & Scott as they rank the Underworld franchise, discuss how an Underworld reboot/remake should be handled (including cast ideas), and announce our next mini-series! Next week: A new franchise begins! FRANCHISE POTENTIAL: I, Frankenstein (2014) … Continue reading →

Kate Beckinsale’s beloved leather-clad killer is lost and on the run in a new future. When an old ally tries to bring Selene in from the cold, she finds herself in a new web of coven intrigue. Who can she … Continue reading →

Underworld goes back… to the future with its fourth and most financially successful chapter. Kate Beckinsale returns as Selene as she awakens to a new world and a new war. Humans have hunted Lycans and vampires to the brink of … Continue reading →

The Underworld franchise changed direction with its third installment, traveling back to the origins of the Vampire Lycan war. Here we meet again Michael Sheen’s Lucian and Bill Nighy’s Viktor, and learn of the tragic events that led them to … Continue reading →

Even before the release of the first Underworld movie, director Len Weisman knew the original script had far too much story for just one film, so it was cut in half to fit two movies. Once the first Underworld proved … Continue reading →

After covering some of the biggest and most successful franchises in cinema history, Nick and Scott shift their focus to a much scrappier, less celebrated series of gothic action thrillers: The UNDERWORLD franchise! Our saga begins when a group of … Continue reading →

It’s a Betweenisode! Join Nick & Scott as they discuss/rank the Superman franchise, talk about next year’s Superman from director James Gunn, and announce our next mini-series! Next week: Our next franchise begins! FRANCHISE POTENTIAL: Black Adam (2022) episode now … Continue reading →

Believing they had struck gold, Warner Bros wasted no time putting JUSTICE LEAGUE into production with Zack Snyder at the helm once again for a release the following year, before Batman v Superman was even released in March of 2016. … Continue reading →

The general reaction to the destruction of Metropolis in Man of Steel made director Zack Snyder and co-writer David S. Goyer feel like a response was necessary in the sequel. As a result, they felt that there was only one … Continue reading →

After the Superman Returns failed to be the relevant reboot that Warner Bros had hoped it would be, they turned to their current cash cow Christopher Nolan, hot off of the overwhelming success of The Dark Knight, to take a … Continue reading →

After over a decade of false starts, Warner Bros was nearly ready to accept that maybe Superman would never return to the big screen. That is until Bryan Singer, fresh of the success of X2: X-Men United, pitched a concept … Continue reading →

We interrupt our regularly scheduled mini-series with a BONUS FEATURE as we return to the X-Men franchise for a look at the latest film from Marvel Studios that attempts to garner nostalgia from the mutant mayhem of 20th Century Fox, … Continue reading →

After 1984’s SUPERGIRL failed, the Salkinds were ready to get out of the Superman movie business and sold the rights to Golan & Globus of Cannon Films. Eager to get to work on the sequel, the producers went to star … Continue reading →

After the box office success of Superman II, the Salkinds wasted no time developing a story for the next entry in the cinematic saga of the Man of Steel. Ilya Salkind created an 8 page story outline for a third … Continue reading →