Metro report on Fandom

Fantasy Franchise films seem to be highlighted throughout the media world.
Today's Metro paper (Monday 29th June 2009) inspired me to keep exploring the Fantasy Franchise concept.

There was a small article about a Lord of the Rings fan.
It reads as follows:

Boy fights to rescue 'JRR Tolkien hotel'
A Lord of the Rings fan aged
ten led a protest march to save a hotel linked
to the classic book. Leon
Howe started a demonstration to save the Three Cups
Hotel, in Lyme Regis,
Dorset, after realising author JRR Tolkien wrote part
of the novel
there. The hotel has been closed for 20 years and has fallen into a
state
of disrepair.

I have noticed this article is about the book and not the film, but it proves that Fantasy Franchise has a massive impact on people's lives. This is the reason why I want to research about Fantasy films as I'm a huge fan of Harry Potter and having a chance to explore an aspect of the film, is amazing. The power of the fans seem to play a huge impact on these types of films.

The characters

I have noticed that the characters seem to play a huge role within these fantasy films. The characters range from childhood to adulthood.

In Harry Potter, Harry, Ron and Hermione have a deep relationship as they are named the Golden Trio. Could the appeal for these Fantasy films be the attraction of the Teen stars?

Fantasy Franchise

I'm wanting to research the large appeal of fantasy franchise films. My Focus film will be Harry Potter and two support films will be Narnia and Lord of the Rings.

I believe that my research will be be up-to-date as the new Harry Potter film is releasing in July enabling me to read reviews and hear many opinions about the film and the interest.

However, I am still deciding a pin point for this research topic as it is very broad. Maybe I could examine characterisation or the conventions of a fantasy film, but they are still very broad.

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