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Kyle Buchanan is covering the films, personalities and events along the way. The Projectionist Chronicles the Awards Season The Oscars aren’t until March, but the campaigns have begun. “The first movie looked like a turkey within the business,” Mr. Given the Bourne franchise’s rocky beginnings, its ultimate success came as a bit of a shock - even to its star. “But you have to give them enough of something they recognize that they feel like they’re getting what they paid for.” “It’s this weird thing where you can’t give them exactly the same thing, or they’ll be resentful,” Mr.

The creative team and studio behind “Jason Bourne” hope their film performs more like this year’s few outliers, “Captain America: Civil War” and “Finding Dory.” But they all recognize that the calculus behind successful sequels is tricky. The results were even worse for sequels with significant time lags since the previous film, like “Zoolander 2” and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2.”

“The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,” “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” and “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” just to name a few, landed with a thud at the box office. But the simply titled “Jason Bourne” emerges in a moviegoing environment very different from the one the superspy found himself in in 2007.įor franchise films, 2016 has been an annus horribilis. The road to yes involved a fragmented political landscape, an insistent fan base and gently prodding studio executives.

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