Franchise Detours
No movie series travels in a straight line. And on Franchise Detours, host Robert Yaniz Jr. tracks the twists and turns of your favorite film series. Whether it’s the manic antics of The Naked Gun, the evolving continuity of X-Men, the horror-comedy balancing act of Child’s Play, or how Rocky transitioned into Creed, each episode digs into how these stories shift, grow, and sometimes completely reinvent themselves.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 76 minutes
- Episodes
- 109
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
'Curse of Chucky' (feat. Sandro Falce of Oldie But a Goodie)
It's not uncommon for a horror film franchise to eventually find its way into direct-to-DVD or on-demand territory. But what makes 2013's Curse of Chucky is how it not only endures but thrives from t…
01:10:25 |
Wed 13 Oct 2021
'Seed of Chucky' (feat. Matt Donato of Certified Forgotten)
Bride of Chucky introduced the first major detour in the Child's Play franchise. Adding Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany Valentine injected more comedy and self-awareness to series writer Don Mancini's maca…
01:10:45 |
Fri 08 Oct 2021
'Bride of Chucky' (feat. Pablo Saldana)
After seven years, 1998's Bride of Chucky revived the Child's Play franchise in a most surprising way. But is the movie the series' apex or a weird step in the wrong direction. In any case, director …
00:54:21 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
'Child's Play 3' (feat. Brandon Stanwyck of Fearsome Queer)
Franchise Detours partly kicked off with a Chucky-centric mini-series because of how the horror franchise continually mutates over time. And with this episode, we bid farewell to the first permutatio…
01:00:12 |
Tue 31 Aug 2021
'Child's Play 2' (feat. Kevin Smith of MST3K Motivation)
Child's Play is the simple story of a boy and his favorite doll, albeit one imbued with the soul of a notorious serial killer. But with Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) destroyed, where could a sequel …
00:57:24 |
Tue 17 Aug 2021
'Child's Play' (feat. Bri Azmoudeh of The Geeky Waffle)
Only seven years before Pixar would introduce a young boy named Andy and his room full of living toys, Chucky was born. The killer doll, of course, made his debut in 1988's Child's Play, voiced to pe…
01:12:35 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
Mortal Kombat (feat. David Rosen of Piecing It Together)
Test your might with episode 2 of Franchise Detours. From the 1992 debut of the video game series, Mortal Kombat has given fans the over-the-top violence, wild characters, and button-mashing gameplay…
00:51:43 |
Tue 20 Jul 2021
Ace Ventura (feat. Lauren Carey of the Beer'd Al Podcast)
He's not just the best there is. He's the only one there is. But who, really is Ace Ventura? In a pair of 1990s comedies, Jim Carrey introduced the world to the famed pet detective. But those two fil…
00:59:32 |
Tue 20 Jul 2021
What Is Franchise Detours?
Crooked Table Productions is back with a brand-new podcast! Franchise Detours -- a whole-new show focused on movie franchises -- is right around the corner. And in this introductory episode, host R…
00:11:41 |
Sun 11 Jul 2021
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