Franchisography

It’s a Betweenisode!

Join Nick & Scott as they discuss the conclusion of the Jurassic Park mini-series, take a look at the Extended Cut of Jurassic World: Dominion, and prepare to ring in the spooky season with the start of the Evil Dead mini-series next week.

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In the summer of 2022, the Jurassic franchise finally came to a close with nearly a billion dollars at the worldwide box office and even more negative reviews. Fresh off of being unexpectedly outed from the director’s chair on Star Wars Episode 9, somehow director Colin Trevorrow has returned. And his mandate on JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION would not be dissimilar from the Star Wars movie that replaced his own: create a satisfying finale not just to one trilogy, but the ones that came before, all while keeping things open-ended enough for more sequels in years to come.

The world has changed. Genetically engineered dinosaurs and humanity struggle to share the planet together. In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Claire Dearing, Owen Grady, Maisie Lockwood, and Blue the Velociraptor are struggling to co-exist in their own new environment when Blue’s offspring is suddenly captured by Dino-poachers. Meanwhile, survivors of the original Jurassic Park disaster are drawn into a new plot involving corporate greed and the hubris of man.

Is there more to this big, dumb movie about locusts than meets the eye? Join Scott and Nick as they race to find out in this explosive and exciting episode of FRANCHISOGRAPHY.

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JURASSIC WORLD was a massive success at the box office, but critical and fan reaction was divided, to say the least. For the second part of their legacy trilogy, Universal would sign on celebrated Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona to take things in a much darker direction with 2018’s JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM.

Claire Dearing is on a quest for redemption. After the disaster at Jurassic World, Claire spends her days fighting for the rights of the very genetically engineered creatures she once lorded over. When an active volcano on Isla Nublar threatens all life on the island, Claire and all of mankind must reckon with the place dinosaurs have in our modern world.

Join Scott, Nick, and guest Hunter Canedy on a spooky haunted house adventure featuring a sneaky little stinker named the Indoraptor on a wild episode of FRANCHISOGRAPHY.

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After over a decade of false starts and abandoned ideas, the Jurassic franchise finally released its fourth installment in the Summer of 2015 to both enormous box office success and criticism that this once intelligent and thrilling franchise had become the very symbol of capitalistic opportunism that it was originally warning us against. It’s Colin Trevorrow’s JURASSIC WORLD.

Claire Dearing has dedicated her life to her job as operations manager at Jurassic World, a successful theme park dedicated to whitewashing John Hammond’s legacy of death and destruction. When a genetically engineered dinosaur made under Claire’s watch escapes, her meticulously crafted world comes undone by the age-old forces of chaos, nature and progress.

Grab a couple of margaritas and join Scott, Nick, and theme park aficionado Bryan Green on a rip-roaring journey through one of the greatest theme parks in movie history (Don’t @ us.) on an all-new FRANCHISOGRAPHY.

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The Jurassic franchise continues as Nick, Scott, and guest Andrew Darowski are on an ill-fated rescue mission to save the lost son of two divorced parents from the genetically engineered theme park monsters of Isla Soma.

With The Lost World proving to be another hit, Universal was ready to make another Jurassic Park, but this time it would be without Steven Spielberg and without any Michael Crichton source material. Enter director Joe Johnston: a filmmaker with proven bona fides and a track record in visual effects, ready and willing to jump into a Jurassic sequel with both feet. Unfortunately for him, this journey would be another troubled production that resulted in 2001’s JURASSIC PARK III, a quick and dirty creature feature that audiences quickly dismissed as “not my Jurassic”, despite the return of a fan-favorite character (“Alan!”).

Watch out for that aviary, it’s FRANCHISOGRAPHY!

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In the next chapter of their journey through the Jurassic era, Nick, Scott, and returning guest Phil Dragash take a slow-moving boat ride of a different kind to the mysterious Isla Sorna, Site B of John Hammond’s infamous and deadly gamble against the forces of nature and chaos.

The real-life Jurassic Park was a much bigger success for Steven Spielberg, so much so that the director figured a sequel, 1997’s THE LOST WORLD, would be a quick and easy trip through the jungle. But like the heroes of his King Kong-inspired adventure, this mission would prove to be challenging in some very unexpected ways.

Don’t go in the long grass and keep running straight, it’s FRANCHISOGRAPHY.

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FRANCHISOGRAPHY comes roaring back with Season 2 for an adventure 65 million years in the making. Director Steven Spielberg’s 1993 masterpiece, Jurassic Park.

Michael Crichton’s 1990 bestseller had already been courted by some of the biggest directors in Hollywood before finally getting the green light with Spielberg at the helm. The prolific director would make this innovative science fiction thriller in tandem with the deeply personal, equally ambitious Schindler’s List. The latter would prove to be the most emotionally taxing project of his career, but this first part of the Jurassic era would find Spielberg working from a place of childlike joy and inspiration, while also speed-running through a highly technical shoot with the skills and knowledge of a blockbuster veteran.

Join Scott, Nick, and Jurassic Park employee Mark Ybarra for an epic discussion about a legendary film.

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It’s Franchise Potential! The Patreon exclusive podcast that digs deep into the history of Hollywood’s biggest film franchise failures. In this special bonus episode from our Patreon feed, we’re joined by Chris O’Connor (Geek By Night, True Believers) to discuss 2003’s DAREDEVIL.

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It’s a Finale-sode!

Join Nick & Scott as they discuss the conclusion of the Pirates of the Caribbean mini-series, look back at Franchisography’s First Season, and look forward to Season Two, coming this fall.

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Six years after the sequel that was supposed to restart the franchise, Walt Disney Studios was finally able to release its fifth PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movie in the summer of 2017, DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES.

It was not an easy journey. A long, arduous search for new directors finally ended with Norwegian filmmakers Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, directors of the Oscar-nominated Kon-Tiki, but that would only be the first of Disney’s challenges. Script issues, on-set injuries, and an increasingly erratic movie star would all stand in the way of bringing this final voyage to life.

Jack Sparrow has fallen on hard times. After losing his beloved Black Pearl and the respect of his crew, Sparrow has nothing to look forward to except the wrath of Captain Salazar, played by Javier Bardem.

Trust us loyal listens, FRANCHISOGRAPHY’S final chapter in the chronicle of one slow-moving boat ride’s journey through the high seas of tentpole filmmaking does NOT go the way you think

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