SEQUELS — footnote episodes — Fantasy/Animation

Footnote #56 - Prequels

Inspired by the recent podcast episode discussing movie musical Wicked (John M. Chu, 2024), the first Fantasy/Animation Footnote of 2025 takes on the politics of film prequels, and how these curious entries into film series and the reflexive gestures that it often makes to earlier moments in a broader narrative offer up a way of understanding processes and theories of adaptation.

FOOTNOTE PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantJanuary 20, 2025FRANCHISES, TRANSMEDIA, PREQUEL, SEQUELS, FILM SERIESComment

Footnote #30 - Franchises

The economy of the Hollywood franchise is the focus of Footnote #30, where Chris and Alex examine the multimedia conglomeration of the U.S. cinema industry in the blockbuster era of the 1970s, and the subsequent impact on the post-2000 phase of Hollywood film production and its intensified franchise mentality.

FOOTNOTE PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantMay 29, 2023HOLLYWOOD, INDUSTRY, FRANCHISES, SEQUELSComment