I feel like ‘Power Rangers’ as just a franchise and as a message in itself is taking down the barrier of putting a certain look to a certain thing, right?
We need to see not only leads of color, but contestants, people behind the scenes, people on the team, the Bachelor franchise as a whole.
I had gotten a lot of acclaim for giving a previously dead franchise, ‘Hawk & Dove,’ a facelift.
As far as I know, the original ‘X-Men’ actors will remain in the franchise.
What’s great about ‘Spy Hunter’ is that we have an amazing title, an awesome car, and a great theme song, and we can use that to launch a new franchise that hopefully will compete with the other ones but just be kind of the more fun, video game version of a spy movie.
There are a lot of things I would take back, off the field, to be a franchise guy.
The opportunity to co-host a program within the ‘Fox & Friends’ franchise is truly an incredible milestone in my career.
There are franchise players to build around that have championship-level talent, skill, basketball IQ, and character – it’s hard to find those guys. Those guys are rare.
The franchise tag, it’s a one-year deal. I would like a little bit more stability.
I was late to the franchise; ‘Days of Future Past’ was the first X-Men movie I saw.
So, there’s no guarantee in the NFL that if you’ve got the No. 1 pick or you’ve got a top-five pick, that you’re going to be able to draft a franchise quarterback.
I just love the fact that Sylvester Stallone is a multi-hyphenate. He acts, he writes, he produces, he directs. I always respected that guy, especially with ‘The Expendables’ franchise, which is very much the type of movie that my dad and I loved when I was a kid.
Kobe is part of the Laker family and he always will be. There’s not many players who play 18-19 years with the same franchise, and it’s important to us that he has a chance to play his entire career with the Lakers.
I think that the difference between ‘The Sopranos’ and the shows that came before it was that it was really personal. There had been a lot of dramas, a lot of really good ones, a lot of really bad ones, but they were always franchise shows about cops, or doctors, or lawyers. They weren’t about the writer himself.
Michel Gondry’s ‘Green Hornet’ was another franchise flick that felt like it came out of left field – I thought in a good way, but most audiences disagreed.
I was particularly happy to do a potential franchise where I was not putting on a mask or a pair of tights.
The reality is that I always envisioned the ‘Riddick’ franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow.
Danny Ferry did a very good job when he was here and put the franchise up to a certain level, as did Mike Brown, and his contract had ended after five years, and, ultimately, both sides decided they wanted to do other things. No hard feelings at all there.
Up until ‘WWE 2K15’ came out, I was primarily a ‘Call of Duty’ guy. So a lot of ‘Call of Duty’and also a little bit of ‘Destiny’ as well. But I’ve always been a big fan of the COD franchise.
There are obviously issues in our industry. That starts at the top with studio execs who – not just men – don’t believe a woman could handle a huge franchise or big action movie.
My job is to build that belief in every coach and every owner, that they can put the franchise in my hands and I can take it uphill from there. Obviously, everyone wants to be No. 1, but I’m not going to campaign. I’m just going to go out and show what I’ve got.
One of the great things about the ‘Iron Man’ franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don’t necessarily do action movies. Before ‘Iron Man’ you didn’t associate Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow with those kinds of films. There’s an emphasis on repartee and wit.
If we can ape other shows or even start Indian versions of international series by taking their franchise, why can’t we take our shows to an international level?
I often wonder, with my hand on my heart, if ‘The Dying Hours’ was made into the biggest movie franchise in history, would I pick up my pen again? Wouldn’t I be happier spending the rest of my life travelling around with my wife?
We get a lot of emails, a lot of suggestions on the kinds of ideas and things that people would like to do. There’s a lot of good ones, but a lot of them are something that the franchise couldn’t or wouldn’t endorse, just as being not consistent with what the NBA would want or, probably, what we would even want, too.
The stuff I’m passionate about is what I write; it isn’t multi-million-dollar franchise movies.
I love playing Jim. I love working with this cast and the opportunity to come back and work with them again was just way too appealing for me. Also, I think this is a great way to wrap up the franchise.
My relationship with the Grizzlies might change, but my relationship with Memphis won’t. What I feel inside and how I feel about Memphis and its people has nothing to do with a franchise or a temporary thing. It’s not going to change.
I’ve never believed that ‘Idol’ as a franchise is beholden to any individual because everybody said it would die the minute Simon Cowell left, and it hasn’t.
I never thought of playing for any other franchise other than CSK. Chennai is my second home. Fans here have adopted me as one of their own.
I’m trying to be a franchise player one day.
With ‘GoldenEye,’ the franchise got locked into this legal fight. They couldn’t make new Bond movies for about seven years. It was my first huge production. I figured if I did at least a yeoman-like job, it would be greeted as a complete revival of the series.
The Madden NFL franchise holds a special place in popular culture and the cover is a coveted position for players all over the league. I’m honored to be the first cover athlete chosen by Madden NFL fans and it’s a great way to cap off an amazing year for the Saints and the city of New Orleans.
I became the face of the franchise in Miami, and I don’t think they wanted me to be that. The respect was just never there.
If you have a kid that loves basketball – that eats, sleeps, drinks, and thinks basketball, and all he knows is basketball – and he gets hurt, and he’s your franchise player, you need to hold him back from himself.
It might be okay for somebody else on the roster to sit on the sideline but it’s not okay for me to be. I’m the franchise player, I’m the guy on both the microphone and in the ring.
Hats off to starting a franchise younger than we all did in ‘Twilight’ and keeping your cool. The ‘Harry Potter’ men and women had, what, a 10-year run?
I wasn’t all that familiar with the ‘Texas Chainsaw’ franchise, and I knew who Leatherface was, but I had never seen any of the films, so I didn’t know what the meaning behind it was.
Everybody made mistakes for years, but by making them, everybody learned – myself, the franchise, coaches, players, LeBron, everybody.
Finally, after a long wait of 11 years, Murad Bhai came to me with a script, which I felt was worthy of taking ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’ forward as a franchise. I am thrilled to announce ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ in association with Murad Bhai, together with whom we delivered the box-office hit ‘Kabir Singh.’
What’s great is what Coach Popovich and R.C. Buford and the whole family have done a great job in continuing to build the franchise and still be very, very competitive.
When I was shooting ‘The Bourne Identity,’ I had a mantra: ‘How come you never see James Bond pay a phone bill?’ It sounds trite, but it became the foundation of that franchise.
I think in the ‘Deadpool’ franchise, the writers are really good at distilling the good stuff and applying that to the material in this universe.
A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested.
I’m a great pass catcher. I’m excellent in pass protection, which is the most important thing. You can’t play, you can’t get on the field if you don’t protect that franchise quarterback.
I’m definitely done with the ‘Bachelor’ franchise, but I’m very grateful for my time. It’s had its ups and downs. It’s been a long journey.
If all you’re doing is playing it safe – trying to make the same movie over and over again – that’s when the audiences say, ‘Oh, this is just a moneymaking machine.’ But if it’s genuinely in service to the art form, then the franchise concept is being used in a way that’s exciting.
I don’t think action alone is enough to sustain a film franchise. There are tons of action movies out there that come and go and people don’t care about.
I did a business in a box called College Pro Painters. They taught you how to paint houses, how to hire and fire, how to sell, how to deal with customers. You got a one-year franchise. It was the hardest year of my life in terms of hard work. I won manager of the year. It was very successful.
In terms of doing another franchise after ‘Transformers,’ I don’t know if that would be best for me. I’m really happy to inhabit the world of independent film.
There’s no bigger gaming franchise on the console than ‘Call of Duty’, and we can’t wait to see what the community can create with this new tool.
Never sell, never franchise.
I felt that ‘Deep Space’ was the way to do a spin off series of an existing franchise where you really are doing a very different show. It’s a different format. It’s a different feeling.
