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A media franchise is an intellectual property involving the characters, setting, and trademarks of an original work of media (usually a work of fiction), such as a film, a work of literature, a television program, or a video game. Generally, a whole series is made in that particular medium, along with merchandising and endorsements. Multiple sequels are often planned well in advance and, in the case of motion pictures, actors and directors often sign multi-film deals to ensure their participation. In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form. ...
A fictional universe is a cohesive imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ...
A trademark or trade mark[1] is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to distinguish the business and its products or services from those of other businesses. ...
The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ...
Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...
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Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ...
Pope Benedict XVI merchandise One definition of Merchandising is a marketing practice in which the brand or image from one product or service is used to sell another. ...
Endorsement can refer to: A political endorsement is where a significant individual, group, or business selects, campaigns, or contributes heavily to a political campaign. ...
Some media franchises are accidental, such as the Ma and Pa Kettle series of films (the title characters of which broke out of the 1947 film The Egg and I), and some are pre-planned, such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The most profitable film franchises include Star Wars, James Bond, Harry Potter, and The Lord of the Rings. Ma and Pa Kettle were the featured characters in a series of popular light comedic movies in the 1940s and 1950s. ...
1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...
The Egg and I, first published in 1946, is a humorous memoir by American author Betty MacDonald about her adventures and travails as a young wife on a chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. ...
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie poster (2001) The Lord of the Rings film trilogy comprises three live action fantasy epic films; The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord...
The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the revamped original Star Wars Trilogy. ...
The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. ...
The Harry Potter books are an immensely popular series of fantasy novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. ...
Long-running film franchises were common in the studio era, when Hollywood studios had actors and directors under long-term contract. Examples include Andy Hardy, Ma and Pa Kettle, Bulldog Drummond, Superman, Tarzan, and Sherlock Holmes. The longest-running modern film franchises are James Bond, Godzilla, Friday the 13th, and Star Trek. In such cases, even lead actors are often replaced as they age, lose interest, or their characters are killed. Andy Hardy was a fictional character played by Mickey Rooney in an extremely successful series of films, produced by MGM, over a period of 10 years from 1937 to 1947. ...
Ma and Pa Kettle were the featured characters in a series of popular light comedic movies in the 1940s and 1950s. ...
Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character created by Sapper, a pseudonym of H. C. McNeile (1888-1937), in imitation of the hard boiled noir-style detectives appearing in contemporary American fiction. ...
Superman is a fictional character and arguably the most famous and popular comic book superhero of all time, and one of the first to embody several qualities associated with superheroes. ...
James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ...
Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Paget, in The Strand magazine. ...
The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. ...
Godzilla, as portrayed during his latest film from the Millennium series. ...
Movie poster for Friday the 13th (1980) Friday the 13th is a popular series of slasher films. ...
Star Trek is an American science-fiction franchise spanning six television series, ten feature films, hundreds of novels, computer and video games, and other fan stories. ...
Media franchises tend to cross over from their original media to other forms. Literary franchises are often transported to film, such as Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, and other popular detectives, and Superman, Spider-Man, and other popular comic book superheroes. Television and film franchises are often expanded upon in novels, particularly those in the fantasy and science fiction genres, such as Star Trek and Star Wars. Similarly, fantasy and science fiction films and television series are frequently adapted into animated television series or video games, and vice versa. Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Paget, in The Strand magazine. ...
Joan Hickson as Miss Marple Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in many Agatha Christie novels. ...
A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. ...
Superman is a fictional character and arguably the most famous and popular comic book superhero of all time, and one of the first to embody several qualities associated with superheroes. ...
Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ...
A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...
Batman and Superman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ...
A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ...
haha For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ...
Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...
Star Trek is an American science-fiction franchise spanning six television series, ten feature films, hundreds of novels, computer and video games, and other fan stories. ...
The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the revamped original Star Wars Trilogy. ...
An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ...
Non-fiction literary franchises include the ...For Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to... reference books. The Playboy franchise began with the pornographic magazine, and has since expanded to include a television channel, numerous direct to video films, books (including collections of non-pornographic short stories that had originally appeared in the magazine), and countless articles of clothing and other pieces of merchandising. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. ...
Cover of HTML 4 for Dummies. ...
The Complete Idiots Guide to. ...
A reference work is a compendium of information, usually of a specific type, compiled in a book for ease of reference. ...
Playboy is an American adult entertainment magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ...
Pornographic movies Pornography (from Greek πόÏνη (porni) prostitute and γÏαφή (grafi) writing), more informally referred to as porn or porno, is the representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ...
The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ...
A film that is released direct-to-video (also straight-to-video) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats (historically VHS) first rather than first being released in movie theaters. ...
See also
This is a list of video game franchises organised alphabetically by name. ...
In fan fiction, a metaseries includes series of stories which include references to each other and some overall similar chronological or cast backdrop, but are not similar enough to be considered direct sequels. ...
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is one of the best-known prequels. ...
A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ...
A spiritual sequel or spiritual successor is a sequel or successor to a computer or video game, movie, comic or even a stage play. ...
The cover of the 2004 DVD release of the modified original Star Wars triology, one of the best known film trilogies For other uses, see Trilogy. ...
This is a list of movie series that have more than two or three pictures in the series (i. ...
This is a list of movie trilogies. ...
Yes,even video games are made into trilogies. ...
External links - Slate: "The Midas Formula (How to create a billion-dollar movie franchise)"
- Box Office Mojo: Film franchise earning comparison
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