Franchisography

Our mini-series devoted to the live action films of Wes Anderson continues with a move from sea travel to train travel in 2007’s The Darjeeling Limited.

It all started with a short film starring his friends the Wilson brothers that took Sundance by storm and landing Anderson a development deal at Columbia Pictures for $700 per week, more money than Anderson and co-writer Owen Wilson had ever seen before. But when the feature version of the successful short film fails to live up to the hype (or make any money), what is a fledgling director to do, and how will he continue to make a mark on Hollywood?

Joining Nick and Scott to talk about estranged brothers, literal emotional baggage, and a possible ghost dad is fellow podcaster Chad Oliver.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode features frank discussions about suicide surrounding Francis’ revelation late in the film as well as Owen Wilson’s own attempt on his life in 2007. If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ‘1-800-273-TALK (8255)’ or text TALK to 741741 at the Crisis Text Line.

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Our mini-series devoted to the live action films of Wes Anderson continues with his biggest financial flop, 2004’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

After the success of The Royal Tenenbaums, Touchstone Pictures was ready to give Wes Anderson as much money as he wanted to make anything he wanted and he chose a film about an underwater documentarian on a revenge mission for $50 million dollars.

It did not go well.

Joining Nick and Scott to talk about matching outfits, pirates, and giant cutaway sets is returning guest Billy McCartney.

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Our mini-series devoted to the live action films of Wes Anderson continues with his first hit, 2001’s The Royal Tenenbaums.

With a pop culture sensation under his belt, Anderson turned to his idea for a “New York Family Saga” film that would eventually go on to become an awards contender, raising his star higher than ever before. But how does a kid from Austin convince a megastar like Gene Hackman to take scale for the first time in 30 years to star as a character he despised? It’s a story so good, and a film so iconic, of course it lead to a Golden Globe win, and Anderson’s first bonfide hit.

Joining Nick and Scott to talk about absent fathers, fading genius, and conning your family is writer/podcaster John Ingle.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode features frank discussions about suicide surrounding a moment in the film when Luke Wilson’s character Richie Tenenbaum makes an attempt on his life. If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ‘1-800-273-TALK (8255)’ or text TALK to 741741 at the Crisis Text Line.

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Our mini-series devoted to the live action films of Wes Anderson continues with his sophomore effort, the 1998 cult classic, Rushmore.

The failure of Bottle Rocket lead director Wes Anderson to something more important than financial success: a “cool” factor. After a screening of the film for friends of James L. Brooks, everyone wanted Wes Anderson’s next movie. Luckily, Anderson and Wilson could ablige with a script about two Tycoons, one of business and the other of extracurricular activities. Once Disney stepped in to greenlight the film, Wes Anderson was finally united with two of his constant collaborators: actors Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman. But did Rushmore ultimately fair any better than its predecessor?

Joining Nick and Scott to talk about elaborate stage plays, unrequited love triangles, and generational friendship is writer Austin Yoder.

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Nick and Scott are back with a brand new mini-series devoted to the live action films of director Wes Anderson, and it all begins with Anderson’s 1996 debut feature, Bottle Rocket.

It all started with a short film starring his friends the Wilson brothers that took Sundance by storm and landing Anderson a development deal at Columbia Pictures for $700 per week, more money than Anderson and co-writer Owen Wilson had ever seen before. But when the feature version of the successful short film fails to live up to the hype (or make any money), what is a fledgling director to do, and how will he continue to make a mark on Hollywood?

Joining Nick and Scott to talk about romanticized crime sprees, delusional planners, and finding success in failure is guest Chris Callaghan.

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It’s a Betweenisode!

Join Nick & Scott as they look back at Spy Kids, discuss Robert Rodriguez as a filmmaker, and figure out what the future of the franchise should look like in an inevitable reboot.

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The SPY KIDS era comes to a thrilling conclusion as Nick and Scott take on their toughest mission yet!

Inspired by working with Jessica Alba on 2010’s MACHETE, Writer-Director-Guitarist Robert Rodriguez crafted a starring vehicle for the actress and attempted to re-activate his beloved SPY KIDS series in one fell swoop with 2011’s ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD. Inexplicably released in 4D “smell-o-vision”, the film forces its young viewers to experience all manner of unpleasant stinks and stenches as new agents Rebecca and Cecil help their secret agent step-mom Marissa stop the mysterious Time Keeper from robbing humanity of its precious time. Is choice an illusion? Can the ache of yearning be lessened through mastery of our perception of time and space? Is that Jeremy Piven? Our hosts try to make sense of it all in this week’s FRANCHISOGRAPHY.

No guests! Just vibes!

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Our SPY KIDS mini-series enters a new dimension as the franchise takes things to the NEXT LEVEL.

After being shown the future of 3D by James Cameron, Writer- Director- Editor- Composer- Production Designer- Visual Effects Supervisor Robert Rodriguez decided to bet big on the retro format with 2003’s SPY KIDS 3D: Game Over Juni Cortez is out of the OSS and making end’s meet as a gumshoe wandering the streets of Austin. But when the OSS needs his help to save Carmen from a video game prison created by the villainous Toymaker, Juni has no choice but to get back in the game. Rodriguez takes his crusade of digital effects to new heights in this dizzying third chapter. Is there still a story beneath all the visual effects? Press Start and find out on this week’s FRANCHISOGRAPHY.

Joining Nick and Scott to talk about bad graphics, guide book prophecies, and Sylvester Stallone is writer/comedian, Hunter Canedy.

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