# whats the next big  movie francise

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**Created:** [June 16, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-big-movie-francise/835615 "2019-06-16T20:39:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![bionic\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-big-movie-francise/835615/1 "2019-06-16T20:39:48Z")

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eventually star wars. superheroes will die out what s next??:eek:

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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-big-movie-francise/835615/2 "2019-06-16T21:10:13Z")

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Video game movies

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**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-big-movie-francise/835615/3 "2019-06-16T21:30:35Z")

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Focus on supervillains instead of superheroes. Breaking Bad with a cape.

Speaking of video game movies, I’d watch a movie based on Fallout any day of the week.

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**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-big-movie-francise/835615/4 "2019-06-16T21:35:51Z")

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> [@Sefton](#):
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> Speaking of video game movies, I’d watch a movie based on Fallout any day of the week.

Bioshock also has pretty good potential. Which probably means some day it will be made into an awful, awful movie that has nothing whatsoever to do with the game.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-big-movie-francise/835615/5 "2019-06-16T23:37:34Z")

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> [@Telperion](#):
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> Bioshock also has pretty good potential. Which probably means some day it will be made into an awful, awful movie that has nothing whatsoever to do with the game.

Uwe Boll is always available for that kind of movie.

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**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-big-movie-francise/835615/6 "2019-06-16T23:46:51Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> Uwe Boll is always available for that kind of movie.

I don’t think he is any more, fortunately; the German authorities shut down the tax loophole that was his bread and butter several years ago.

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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-big-movie-francise/835615/7 "2019-06-17T04:36:34Z")

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That to-be-directed-by-Peter Jackson 5-part “Who’s the Boss” development could be interesting.