Franchises

It’s been fifteen years since National Treasure 2: The Book of Secrets came out. Is all hope lost on a third movie after all of this time? We already have a National Treasure TV show for Disney+, but it’s not the same without Nicolas Cage and Diane Kruger back to reprise their roles and see what their journey has been like since. One of the franchise’s OGs talks about what is actually holding up National Treasure 3 at Disney.We may not see the characters of Ben and Abigail in National Treasure: Edge of History, but we do…

For many horror fans The Conjuring is one of the best horror movies of the 2010s and--quite possibly--of all time. The 2013 horror release was a financial success, earning over $319 million at the box office, paving the way for two direct sequels and an entire Conjuring Universe of films. It seemed like a no-brainer when it was announced in late 2022 that a fourth Conjuring movie project was in the works with all the main players behind and in front of the camera returning. But, according to the franchise’s long-running…

The opinions of the Star Wars fan community are constantly shifting. For example, in the late 2000s, it was widely accepted that the prequel trilogy represented a catastrophic low point for the franchise, with The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith mocked for their tin-eared dialogue, questionable plotting, and overuse of CGI. Now that those who were children when the prequels landed are now adults, they’ve gotten a huge critical rehabilitation, while it’s the Disney era busily being pilloried.…

Image: Disney/LucasfilmFrom start to finish, 2022 felt like a weird year, one where the stability of nearly everything we’ve taken for granted was greatly tested in some form or fashion. Southwest Airlines currently being in the middle of a massive travel nightmare feels like a pretty apt comparison; everyone’s either confused or pissed off (or, well, both), and there’s a general sense of feeling lost as we all try to process what went down this year. That collective desire we all have for the year to end is more out of…

Principal photography has officially wrapped on Saw X, the upcoming tenth installment in the long-running Saw franchise. Beginning in 2004, James Wan’s Saw took audiences by storm, bringing about a new era of biological horror (body horror) that’s continued to sweep the globe in further sequels, spin-offs, video games, and more. From the success of Saw came other gorefests like Hostel and The Human Centipede, all of which gained cult followings after wrapping their theatrical runs. In the years after, the infamous Saw…

A restaurant-industry group sued a group of California state officials Thursday, alleging that they plan to illegally begin implementing a new law that would set minimum hourly wages for fast-food workers. The group, including franchisee and restaurant business associations called Save Local Restaurants, said it filed the lawsuit in California Superior Court after the state’s Department of Industrial Relations informed them that the law would go into effect Jan. 1.  The…

If you ever need a hint of how steeply Michael Bay’s stint at the helm of the Transformers franchise fell off a cliff, then look no further than what happened to the series once he finally departed two movies later than he said he would. Travis Knight’s Bumbleebee was tainted by association to wind up as the lowest-grossing installment to date, but the wholesome 1980s-set adventure’s Rotten Tomatoes score of 91 percent is higher than combined ratings of Bay’s Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon, Age of Extinction,…

By now, it’s common knowledge that both of Damien Leone’s eye-watering Terrifier films have become golden treasures amongst thrill-seeking horror fans. And while the sheer brutality and consistent violence in the grindhouse movies has been enough to completely engage genre diehards, it turns out that the best is yet to come in the fresh-faced franchise. Over the last several months, moviegoers have been championing the return of Art the Clown in a potential Terrifier 3, and it now looks as though the wheels are beginning…

What We Do in the Shadows breakout star Harvey Guillén is highly enthusiastic about his upcoming DC film Blue Beetle, where he will play an undisclosed major role. Guillén had nothing but praise for the film’s script in a new interview with SlashFilm, highlighting screenwriter Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer’s attention to detail when it comes to representing Latino culture. The 32 year-old actor promises Latino audiences will feel “seen” and “included” when watching Blue Beetle, given that the culture is celebrated all around –…

At long last, the pulse-pounding trailer for Scream VI was released this week, which has successfully turned the horror world on its head. From intriguing Easter Eggs to the upcoming project’s fresh-faced location, fans’ minds are swirling with plenty of questions — one of which points in the direction of the future of Gale Weathers, who rings in as the final legacy character from the franchise’s original lineup of stars. For years now, the larger-than-life leading trio of Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), Dewey Riley…