CATCHING FIRE (2013)
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 ...
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THE HUNGER GAMES (2012)
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 ch...
BETWEENISODE 28
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! FRAN...
OPPENHEIMER (2023)
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 multip...
TENET (2020)
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 time for the itc...
DUNKIRK (2017)
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...
INTERSTELLAR (2014)
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 th...
INCEPTION (2010)
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 ins...
THE PRESTIGE (2006)
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 PLEDG...
MEMENTO (2000)
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....
LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY (2026)
In 2024, two of the biggest production companies in modern horror, James Wan’s Atomic Monster and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse, would successfully merge with the goal of increasing their output of horror hits. Their first majo...
BONUS: 2026 LISTENER PICK TOURNAMENT UPDATE
Round 1 of this year’s Listener Pick Tournament is over and Nick & Scott are here to discuss where the choices made by our listeners on Discord and Patreon have led us. There were surprising victories and devastating los...
SCREAM 7 (2026)
Well… that happened. Originally conceived for Happy Death Day and Freaky director Christopher Landon, Scream 7 was going to feature new franchise stars Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega as the returning Carpenter Sisters…...
BONUS: 2026 LISTENER PICK TOURNAMENT SPECIAL
It’s a Listener Pick Tournament Bonus-ode! With March barely a week away, Nick & Scott are joined by Patreon Producer Mark Ybarra to reveal the 32 franchises that were chosen for this year’s Listener Pick Tournament and ...
BONUS: 2026 LISTENER PICK ANNOUNCEMENT
February is almost here and March is right around the corner… …which means it’s almost time for this year’s Listener Pick Tournament! Join Nick and Scott as they discuss this year’s Tournament rules and regulations! What...
WICKED FOR GOOD (2025)
The second act of Wicked lives in infamy for many Broadway fans. When the filmmakers behind the big screen adaptation made the decision to split their saga into two movies, they were left with an interesting challenge: a...
BETWEENISODE 26
It’s a Finale-sode! Join Nick & Scott as they discuss/rank the Oz franchise, pitch ideas for future Oz movies, look back at our third season, and look forward to Season Four, coming in Summer 2026! Next week: Our hiatus ...
WICKED (2024)
Good news! FRANCHISOGRAPHY at last covers the movie musical that became a pop culture phenomenon during the 2024 holiday season. It’s John M. Chu’s WICKED! Rumblings of a film adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel p...
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (2013)
On the heels of 2010’s Alice in Wonderland’s massive box office success, Disney was eager to have another live action 3D fantasy ready for audiences quickly, and with the musical Wicked still filling seats on Broadway, t...
RETURN TO OZ (1985)
After buying the film rights to L. Frank Baum’s remaining Oz books in 1954, Walt Disney Productions began work on a live action film starring the teen stars of “The Mickey Mouse Club,” but plans quickly stalled. It would...