THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES (2023)

BETWEENISODE 29

[https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Franchisography-1000.jpg]https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Franchisography-1000.jpg It’s a Betweenisode! Join Nick and Scott as they wrap up The Hunger Games (for now) with lots of talk about where the franchise could go in the future. Is this the first time our hosts have had identical rankings?? Plus, a new franchise is on its way! FRANCHISE POTENTIAL: The Giver (2014) episode now available on PATREON [https://www.patreon.com/dgp]! NEXT WEEK: A new franchise begins! Become a Premier Tier PATREON [https://www.patreon.com/dgp] supporter to hear our “Franchise Potential” companion podcast, plus bonus podcasts each week including Dueling Genre Tonight hosted by Nick & Scott! Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw [https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw] Dueling Genre Associate Producer: Matt Bennett Mark Ybarra Harley Winfrey

THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES (2023)

[https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/225-Songbirds-and-Snakes-1024x587.jpg]https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/225-Songbirds-and-Snakes.jpg Despite the underwhelming response the two Mockingjay movies received from critics and moviegoers, Lionsgate and series producer Nina Jacobson eagerly awaited the next Hunger Games novel from author Suzanne Collins alongside a still ravenous army of readers. But they were just as surprised as fans were when Collins revealed her long awaited prequel novel would star none of the colorful cadre of supporting characters Katniss Everdeen fought alongside during the rebellion, but rather the odious and off-putting villain of the previous trilogy, Coriolanus Snow. Returning director Francis Lawrence had the task of directing the adaptation of this 500+ page novel, the darkest and most thematically complex of the series so far, and this time he wouldn’t have the star power of Jennifer Lawrence to fall back on. Would moviegoers flock to a Hunger Games movie without Katniss and Peeta? This is THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES. Nick and Scott leave behind the world of Panem (for now!) but not before diving into a deep discussion on sociopathy, society and human nature itself in this epic episode of FRANCHISOGRAPHY. NEXT WEEK: Hunger Games Betweenisode Become a Premier Tier PATREON [https://www.patreon.com/dgp] supporter to hear our “Franchise Potential” companion podcast, plus bonus podcasts each week including Dueling Genre Tonight hosted by Nick & Scott! Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw [https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw] Dueling Genre Associate Producer: Matt Bennett Mark Ybarra Harley Winfrey

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (2026)

[https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/224-BND-1024x576.jpg]https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/224-BND.jpg We continue to interrupt your regularly scheduled mini-series with the third and final BONUS FEATURE episode focused on a new release films that is part of a past franchise! Spider-Man is BACK! And this time, he has NOTHING. No friends, no family, no identity. Just a sad, lonely young man trying to keep the streets of New York City safe from crime. Until a new threat emerges in the form of [SPOILERS] and Peter is forced to confront everything he’s left behind. Also the Punisher and the Hulk are here! This is SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY! Join Nick and Scott as they discuss if new director Destin Daniel Cretton stick the landing, how we feel it ranks among previous Spider-Man movies, and which character we felt was the weakest link. NEXT WEEK: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Become a Premier Tier PATREON [https://www.patreon.com/dgp] supporter to hear our “Franchise Potential” companion podcast, plus bonus podcasts each week including Dueling Genre Tonight hosted by Nick & Scott! Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw [https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw] Dueling Genre Associate Producer: Matt Bennett Mark Ybarra Harley Winfrey

EVIL DEAD BURN (2026)

[https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/223-Evil-Dead-Burn-1024x633.jpg]https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/223-Evil-Dead-Burn.jpg We continue to interrupt your regularly scheduled mini-series with the second of 3 BONUS FEATURE episodes focused on new release films that part of past franchises! The deadites return and they’re meaner than ever in the latest installment of the Evil Dead franchise, but how do you make an Evil Dead movie without the Book of the Dead? Join Nick and Scott as they discuss EVIL DEAD BURN, a film they each have WILDLY different opinions of. NEXT WEEK: Spider-Man: Brand New Day Become a Premier Tier PATREON [https://www.patreon.com/dgp] supporter to hear our “Franchise Potential” companion podcast, plus bonus podcasts each week including Dueling Genre Tonight hosted by Nick & Scott! Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw [https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw] Dueling Genre Associate Producer: Matt Bennett Mark Ybarra Harley Winfrey

THE ODYSSEY (2026)

[https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/222-The-Odyssey-1024x576.jpg]https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/222-The-Odyssey.jpg We interrupt your regularly scheduled mini-series with the first of 3 BONUS FEATURE episodes focused on new release films that part of past franchises! First up, Christopher Nolan returns with his follow-up to 2023’s Oppenheimer, an epic film that spans two decades in the life of the ill-fated Odysseus as he attempts to get home after a war has ended, but perhaps the Gods have other plans. This is THE ODYSSEY. NEXT WEEK: Evil Dead Burn Become a Premier Tier PATREON [https://www.patreon.com/dgp] supporter to hear our “Franchise Potential” companion podcast, plus bonus podcasts each week including Dueling Genre Tonight hosted by Nick & Scott! Join the Dueling Genre Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw [https://discord.gg/rngwTkz8yw] Dueling Genre Associate Producer: Matt Bennett Mark Ybarra Harley Winfrey