wydaje mi sie, ze zdecydowanie chodzi o rodzaje filmow, czyli filmy oparte o gry wideo (np. Lara Croft) lub komiksy (Superman etc.). Mysle, ze termin "franchise pictures" uzyty jest tu w znaczeniu kasowego filmu, jakie ma w zwyczaju produkowac lub dystrybuowac wytwornia "Franchise Pictures".

ELIE SAMAHA
Executive Producer

ELIE SAMAHA is Chairman/CEO of Franchise Pictures, which has fast become one of the most prolific production and co-financing companies in the entertainment industry.

In a three and a half-year period, Samaha has built Franchise into a powerful mini-studio with mainstream films populated by the industry’s biggest box-office stars, including Michael Douglas, Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Jennifer Lopez, Kevin Costner, Danny DeVito, John Travolta, Sylvester Stallone, Sean Penn, Cameron Diaz, Wesley Snipes, Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey.

Franchise Pictures instituted a domestic distribution arrangement with Warner Bros. Pictures, which began with the popular comedy The Whole Nine Yards, starring Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry, released on February of 2000, and its sequel, The Whole Ten Yards, in April 2004. Other films released through Warner Bros. Pictures include The Art of War, starring Wesley Snipes; The Pledge, starring Jack Nicholson and directed by Sean Penn; Heist, starring Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito and written and directed by David Mamet; and The In-Laws, starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks.