Franchisography

THE HUNGER GAMES (2012)

[https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/218-Hunger-Games-1024x427.jpg]https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/218-Hunger-Games.jpg FRANCHISOGRAPHY takes a look back at the generation-defining series that made Jennifer Lawrence a superstar and young adult dystopias big at the box office. Author Suzanne Collins was already a success in the world of children’s literature when the first Hunger Games novel was published in 2008, but when the book became a bestseller, Collins found herself being courted by the entertainment capitol of Hollywood. Hungry for the next Twilight and Harry Potter, struggling studio Lionsgate was ready to bet it all on this dark and intelligent series about a society where brutal violence and garish entertainment have become tools of a totalitarian government and one teenaged girl finds herself trapped in the middle of the spectacle and at the dawn of a revolution. This is Gary Ross’s THE HUNGER GAMES (2012) The odds are in YOUR favor as Nick and Scott do a deep dive into this celebrated series NEXT WEEK: Catching Fire 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

BETWEENISODE 28

[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 & Scott as they rank the Nolan’s original films, discuss what genres we’d love to see him take on in the future (and which ones we absolutely do not), and announced our next franchise! FRANCHISE POTENTIAL: Reminiscence (2021) 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

OPPENHEIMER (2023)

[https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/216-Oppenheimer-1024x465.jpg]https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/216-Oppenheimer.jpg After the disastrous mishandling of Tenet’s release and the announcement of WB’s “project popcorn”, Nolan left behind the hollowed halls of Warner Brothers for a new studio partnership. After a bidding war between multiple studios, Nolan’s next project landed across the street at Universal Pictures, with a deal that included a guaranteed 100 day exclusive theatrical run. And the movie he wanted to make? A three hour long talky drama about the father of the nuclear bomb that would go on to make nearly a billion dollars. This is 2023’s OPPENHEIMER. Join Nick and Scott as they discuss the biopic that finally won Nolan an Oscar. NEXT WEEK: Nolan 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

TENET (2020)

[https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/215-Tenet-1024x576.jpg]https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/215-Tenet.jpg The image of a bullet hole in concrete being reassembled as the bullet pulls itself from a wall and back into the barrel of a gun has been a cinematic itch that Nolan has had since university, and it was time for the itch to get scratched. With a script that no one fully understood and the second largest budget of his career, Nolan would create a film so difficult to understand (both audibly and plotwise) that audiences would be completely divided. Those who even saw it, anyway…. This is 2020’s TENET. Join Nick and Scott as they test the logic behind Nolan’s Bond inspired spy thriller and decide once and for all… is this movie any good? NEXT WEEK: Oppenheimer 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

DUNKIRK (2017)

[https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/214-Dunkirk-1024x576.jpg]https://duelinggenre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/214-Dunkirk.jpg A sailing trip through the path of a historical event in his youth lead Nolan to proposing a “Fury Road”-ified war movie that would depict the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II. To keep up a relentless pace while making the story more rich and complex, Nolan would choose to focus on three storylines: the land, the sea, and the air; tracked across three timelines: a week, a day, and an hour, all simultaneously. This is 2017’s DUNKIRK. Join Nick and Scott as they discuss the ins and outs of this historical event and how successfully they believe Nolan manages to pull it off. NEXT WEEK: Tenet 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