The Franchisees
Two film-loving friends devour entire franchises, tracing their theatrical rise, direct-to-video-fall, and occasional redemption. Banter, bits, and bad impressions follow.
Podcasting since 2022 • 151 episodes
The Franchisees
Latest Episodes
28 Years Later (2025)
We're talking about the newest entry in the 28 DAYS franchise, 28 YEARS LATER. Danny Boyle, Alex Garland, Anthony Dod Mantle... they're all back baby and they've cooked us something real interesting. We talk about the crazy camerawork, the zany...
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Season 33
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28 Weeks Later (2007) (with Imogen Poots and Mackintosh Muggleton)
Robert "Hitler" Carlyle stars as Johnny Weeks in 28 WEEKS LATER, the underrated(?) sequel to 28 DAYS LATER. Join us next week for 28 YEARS LATER, here's a preview: it's good!Follow us @thefranchisees on Instagram and Twitter ...
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Season 33
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Ballerina (2025) SPECIAL EMERGENCY FRANCHISE EPISODE
SUPER SPECIAL AND VERY IMPORTANT EMERGENCY BROADCASTA NEW JOHN WICK MOVIE OR SPINOFF OR WHATEVER HAS BEEN RELEASEDBEN & ALEX, YOU SWORE A BLOOD OATH TO COVER ANY AND ALL NEWLY RELEASED FILMS FROM A FRANCHISE THE SHOW HAS PREVI...
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28 Days Later (2002) (with Nick Armstrong, Adam Bovoletis, and Sacha Kingston-Wayne)
They made the chimps watch too much LiveLeak and it infected them with Rage, cut to 28 days later and the entire British Isle is fucked. That's right, we're getting our MiniDV cams out and going back to the glorious days of post-9/11 with 28 DA...
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Season 33
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1:41:57
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) (with Rob McLay)
So it's come to this... the FINAL RECKONING. We've had so many reckonings over this series but this is the last one, we promise. To help us process this reckoning we've enlisted friend of the show, past + future + current guest, and musician ex...
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Season 32
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