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103-528: The film depicts the son of Satan and an angel who is tasked with returning his two brothers to Hell and preventing them from destroying the boundary between good and evil on Earth. Little Nicky established the shared universe of Adam Sandler 's films. The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb , grossing $ 58.3 million against an $ 80–85 million budget. With his 10,000-year reign coming to an end, Satan must decide which of his three sons will succeed him as ruler of Hell . Adrian

206-621: A Harlem Globetrotters game. Nicky arrives at the game and successfully tricks Cassius into the flask. Satanist metalheads John and Peter swear loyalty to Nicky. That evening, Nicky apologizes to Valerie and they reconcile. The following day, Adrian possesses the Chief of the NYPD and accuses Nicky of mass murder . Nicky has Todd kill him so he can go back to Hell and ask his father for advice. However, Satan has trouble hearing because his ears have fallen off, and his assistants are panicking because

309-412: A bat and locking Nicky in the flask. However, Nicky escapes from the flask and shatters the orb, causing Ozzy Osbourne to appear, bite off Adrian's head , and spit it into the flask. With his brothers captured, Nicky prepares to save his father. He and Valerie express their love for each other and she kills him. In Hell, Satan regains his body and suggests Nicky stay with Valerie to maintain things in

412-540: A deleted scene that was cut from the theatrical release of The Blair Witch Project . When The Blair Witch Project premiered on Showtime , it was accompanied by a new 40-minute Blair Witch mockumentary named The Burkittsville 7 , which delved into the murder case of Rustin Parr that was mentioned in The Blair Witch Project . Within the mockumentary it is theorised that Kyle Brody, the lone survivor of

515-640: A media franchise . By 1961, Marvel Comics writer and editor Stan Lee , working with artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko , merged the bulk of the publisher's comics characters into the Marvel Universe . Marvel sets its stories in an increasing number of alternate realities , each with an assigned number in a greater " multiverse ". DC Comics and Marvel have also periodically co-published series in which their respective characters meet and interact. These intercompany crossovers have typically been written as self-limiting events that avoid implying that

618-531: A one-shot comic promoting the first film, simply titled The Blair Witch Project . Written by Jen Van Meter and drawn by Bernie Mireault , Guy Davis , and Tommy Lee Edwards , the comic featured three short stories elaborating on the mythology of the Blair Witch. In mid-2000, the same group worked on a four-issue series called The Blair Witch Chronicles . In October 2000, coinciding with the release of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 , Image Comics released

721-615: A cameo appearance in Red Alert . Though Command and Conquer does not refer to the alternate timeline of Red Alert , in which Hitler was removed before he came to power, what caused an Allied - Soviet world war instead. Furthermore, if the Allied campaign were to be completed, the Allies would emerge victorious and the timeline would lead into the events of Red Alert 2 , though the latter completely ignores anything that could connect it to

824-561: A core franchise for the company, on par with Game of Thrones and the DC Comics superheroes. The Mickey Mouse universe dates back to the 1930s when the animated cartoon was expanded into a newspaper strip. Although the characters occasionally portray other roles and with other names, the writers address this discrepancy by thinking of the characters as being "employed" by Disney as actors. Walt Disney , when asked whether or not Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse were married, replied that

927-404: A derelict house in a clearing and go inside, where they see runic symbols on the wall next to child-sized handprints. Josh's voice seems to be coming from somewhere inside the house, and Mike rushes upstairs. Mike then realizes that the voice is now coming from the basement, and rushes down the steps. Suddenly, Mike is rendered silent and the camera falls. Hysterical, Heather follows and sees Mike in

1030-660: A different character (or group of characters), as well as featuring its own cast, directors, and writers, while also being a part of a coherent, non-contradictory continuity shared with the other works. Fictional universes with major presence in films are referred to as cinematic universes , while fictional universes with major presence in television are referred to as television universes . Universes with major presence in both films and television are also generally called cinematic universes. Some film and television universes are accompanied by video games, and print works such as novels or comics, telling additional canonical stories set within

1133-521: A different continuity. The X-Men film series , which originated in 2000, was the longest-running superhero film franchise to be set within the same continuity. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has the most films, as well as multiple TV shows and a separate run of tie-in comics that co-exist and share the same as well as parallel continuities (as part of a multiverse), making the MCU an imaginary entertainment environment. The DC Extended Universe (DCEU)

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1236-403: A little hiking gear. First, they find little piles of stone that must have been arranged artificially, later, they find themselves lost in the woods. Eerie sounds at night and more piles of stones in places where they have not been before cause the already desperate group to panic. One night, days after they should have been back home, Josh disappears. While searching for Josh, Heather and Mike find

1339-423: A nervous breakdown, proclaim their innocence. The tie-in mockumentary to Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 , Shadow of the Blair Witch , establishes the events of the film being a film within a film ; the in-universe mockumentary reveals that Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 is "a film adaptation" based on the "Black Hills murders" that took place shortly after the release of The Blair Witch Project . Shadow of

1442-414: A one-shot called Blair Witch: Dark Testaments , drawn by Charlie Adlard and written by Ian Edginton . In 2000, a trilogy of video games based on the films was released, which greatly expanded on the myths suggested in the first film. The graphics engine and characters were all derived from the producer's earlier game Nocturne . Each game, developed by a different team, focused on different aspects of

1545-461: A sequel depended on getting Lionsgate to approve the idea and for his and Myrick's schedule to match up. The film went into development hell . At the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con held in July, the film marketed with the faux-title The Woods , turned out to be the sequel Blair Witch . The film was released on September 16, 2016. Eduardo Sánchez, director of The Blair Witch Project , said about

1648-432: A shared universe, not all crossovers are intended to merge their settings' back-stories and are instead used for marketing, parody, or to explore "what-if" scenarios , often being one-offs. It can become difficult for writers contributing to a shared universe to maintain consistency and avoid contradicting details in earlier works, especially when a shared universe grows to be very large. The version deemed "official" by

1751-423: A significant amount of producer guidance ). TLC reality series 90 Day Fiancé has had a large number of spinoffs, which have aired both on TLC and on sibling streaming service Discovery+ ; these have occasionally been referred to, by both parent company Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and others, as a "universe". In a 2022 investor presentation, WBD executives referenced the " 90 Day Fiancé Universe" as being

1854-540: A special promotion that ran when The Blair Witch Project was released on home video, Sticks and Stones runs 30 minutes and overlaps with the mockumentary Curse of the Blair Witch . The mockumentary primarily consists of alternate cuts of many of the previous films' interviews, but there is some new material to be found, including a brief 1995 conversation with Joshua Leonard 's father about his son's disappearance. Sticks and Stones also includes an extended conversation between Heather Donahue and Michael Williams from

1957-674: A television series: the View Askewniverse , which is named for Smith's production company, View Askew Productions . The characters Jay and Silent Bob (played by Smith) appear in almost all the View Askewniverse media, and characters from one story often reappear or are referred to in others. Recurring characters, settings, and motifs of the View Askewniverse first appeared in Smith's debut film, Clerks , in 1994. A cinematic universe consisting of films whose titles are

2060-806: A universe based on comics published in Doctor Who Magazine and other publications. Television network The CW broadcasts the Arrowverse , a shared universe of television shows based on characters from DC Comics. The CW also houses The Vampire Diaries Universe , a shared universe of various interconnected television series ; The Vampire Diaries , The Originals , and Legacies . The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has had expanded into multiple interconnected television universes through shows produced by Marvel Television , such as Marvel's ABC television series , Marvel's Netflix television series , Marvel's young adult television series , and

2163-442: A variety of media (such as novels and films), each of them contributing to the growth, history, and status of the setting is called an "imaginary entertainment environment". The term has also been used in a wider, non-literary sense to convey interdisciplinary or social commonality, often in the context of a "shared universe of discourse". Fiction in some media , such as most television programs and many comic book titles,

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2266-496: A website at BlairWitch.com which added further details to the legend. The fictional tale describes the murders and disappearances of some of the residents of Blair, Maryland, the fictitious former name of Burkittsville, Maryland , from the 18th to the 20th century. According to the legend, residents always blame these occurrences on the ghost of Elly Kedward (also a fictitious person), a Blair resident executed in 1785 by exposure for practicing witchcraft . The mockumentary presents

2369-619: A while where Satan has been romantically linked to both the Blair Witch and Cher and Holly immediately fell in love with her new aerobics instructor Chris Farley . Using their $ 25,000,000.00 reward money, John and Peter purchased Led Zeppelin 's old touring airplane, stocked it with cake, beer and great tunes, died in a plane crash soon after takeoff due to a lack of a pilot, and ended up happily in Hell as honored residents who have been given Nicky's old bedroom to party in. It opened at #2 at

2472-460: A whole. Rachel Moskowitz and Andre Brooks respectively portray the "real" Kim Diamond and Jeffrey Patterson within the documentary. In 2009, Ed Sánchez and Daniel Myrick intended to produce a third Blair Witch film. The film was a sequel to the first film, would potentially contain the actors from the first film in some context, and would not reference any of the events from Book of Shadows . In 2011, Sánchez remarked that further development on

2575-436: Is a practicing Wiccan who has immersed herself in Blair Witch mythology, even though she decries the film's portrayal of her fellow witches. Grad students Tristen Ryler ( Tristine Skyler ) and Stephen Ryan Parker ( Stephen Barker Turner ) are writing a book about the Blair Witch, but disagree completely about the story's basis in fact, with folklorist Tristen arguing that it must contain some grain of truth while Stephen insists it

2678-440: Is a shared universe that encompasses different film franchises based on DC Comics characters, all of them sharing a continuity. In horror, Forbes and The Hollywood Reporter described The Conjuring as the first successful cinematic universe after Marvel's, and as of 2022 the second most-successful after it. Writer/director Kevin Smith created a fictional universe used in several of his films, as well as comics and

2781-503: Is a textbook case of mass hysteria. Completing the group is Kim Diamond ( Kim Director ), a hard-edged, sardonic Goth aficionado possessed of striking psychic abilities. After spending a strange and disorienting night at one of the most sinister sites in Blair Witch lore, the five campers awake to a scene of destruction and no memory of having gone to sleep. They return to Jeff's abandoned warehouse loft to try to piece together what happened. As Jeff leads Erica, Tristen, Stephen and Kim across

2884-426: Is interrogated separately, with the police showing each person footage of their crimes. Security camera footage shows Kim stabbing a cashier in the neck. Surveillance camera footage shows a naked Jeff killing Erica, arranging her clothes, and putting her dead body in the closet. Jeff's video shows Stephen assaulting Tristen, pushing her over the second floor banister, and accusing her of being a witch. All three, close to

2987-413: Is killed several times, landing in Hell and returning to New York each time. While learning how to eat and sleep, he meets a possessed talking bulldog named Mr. Beefy, rents an apartment with an actor named Todd and falls in love with a design student named Valerie. Nicky encounters Adrian but fails to capture him and scares Valerie away. Nicky then observes Cassius on television possessing the referee of

3090-510: Is the Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis , which suggests that hundreds of American television series take place in the same universe. It builds from the assumption that when an actor playing a character from one series guest-stars in a second series, in character, both of those series must take place in the same universe. The theory takes its name from a character in the final episode of St. Elsewhere , where

3193-532: Is the most devious, Cassius is the cruelest and Nicky is the kindest. Nicky has had a speech impediment and a disfigured jaw since Cassius hit him in the face with a shovel. Satan assembles his sons to tell them that as they are not yet ready to succeed him, he will continue ruling Hell. Angered by this decision, Adrian and Cassius travel to Earth to create a new Hell by possessing religious and political leaders in New York City . As they leave, they freeze

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3296-484: Is understood by viewers or readers to require the contribution of multiple authors and does not by itself create a shared universe and is considered a collaborative art form. Incidental appearances, such as that of d'Artagnan in Cyrano de Bergerac , are considered literary cameo appearances . More substantial interaction between characters from different sources is often marketed as a crossover . While crossovers occur in

3399-634: The James Bond film series based on the spy novels by Ian Fleming . The films adapt some elements from the novels; however, they are not direct adaptations, nor were they adapted in the same order as the books were released. The first film in the series is Dr. No (1962), followed by 24 sequels, with the most recent being No Time to Die (2021). Due to the series spanning more than 50 years, James Bond has been portrayed by six actors, and other recurring characters have also been portrayed by multiple actors. After all of Fleming's Bond novels were adapted,

3502-407: The Blair Witch franchise in 2009: "Ideally, each Blair Witch film would be a completely different kind of movie. We've thought about doing a film that takes place in the late 1700s and looks like a [Stanley] Kubrick movie with gritty looking people and lighting". In April 2022, Lionsgate entered early development on the next film installment, with intentions being that the project will relaunch

3605-539: The Cthulhu Mythos from the writings of H. P. Lovecraft , an approach whose result is considered by some to be "completely dissimilar" to Lovecraft's own works. Less controversial posthumous expansions include Ruth Plumly Thompson 's and later authors' sequels to L. Frank Baum 's Oz stories and the further development of Isaac Asimov 's Foundation universe by Greg Bear , Gregory Benford , and David Brin . Many other published works of this nature take

3708-580: The Kzinti . The degree to which he has made the setting available for other writers became a topic of controversy, when Elf Sternberg created an erotic short story set in Known Space following an author's note from Niven indicating that "[i]f you want more Known Space stories, you'll have to write them yourself". Niven has since clarified that his setting is still to be used only "under restricted circumstances and with permission", which Niven granted to

3811-441: The 1999 Sundance Film Festival , the film was released on July 30, 1999, after months of publicity during a controversial promotional campaign. The film went on to be a massive commercial success, and a sequel, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 , was released on October 27, 2000. A second official sequel, Blair Witch , was released on September 16, 2016. Series of video games, books, novels and comic books were released to accompany

3914-473: The Apes (1968) focused on present-day astronaut George Taylor landing on a mysterious planet ruled by apes, which is revealed to be a future planet Earth at the end of the film. The sequel Beneath focused on Brent, an astronaut sent on a rescue mission to save Taylor. The third film Escape introduced time travel and shifted the focus towards the apes Zira and Cornelius, who appeared as supporting characters in

4017-457: The Blair Witch follows "the real James Patterson"'s defense team as the case prepares for trial and as the public reacts to plans to fictionalize the case's events for the big screen from the defense's point-of-view. Protests of the film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 are discussed within the documentary coming from both the families of those involved with the case and from the Wiccan community as

4120-497: The Blair Witch , both directed by Ben Rock , aired in 2000. Before the release of The Blair Witch Project in 1999, the Sci-Fi Channel aired a 45-minute mockumentary about the Blair Witch called Curse of the Blair Witch . The program offers firsthand interviews with several fictional colleagues and relatives of Heather Donahue, Josh Leonard and Michael Williams, including their Montgomery College film professor. One of

4223-499: The Blair Witch mythology: Rustin Parr, Coffin Rock, and Elly Kedward, respectively. The trilogy received mixed reviews from critics, with most criticism being directed towards the very linear gameplay, clumsy controls and camera angles, and short length. The first volume, Rustin Parr , received the most praise, ranging from moderate to positive, with critics commending its storyline, graphics and atmosphere; some reviewers even claimed that

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4326-517: The DC Universe and Marvel Universe co-exist. Exceptions include the twenty-four comics released under the metafictional imprint Amalgam Comics in 1996, depicting a shared universe populated by hybridizations of the two companies' characters. Marvel has since referred to this as part of its setting's greater multiverse by labeling it Earth-692. Although DC and Marvel's shared universe approaches to comics have set them apart from competitors in

4429-534: The DVD release & a new master from a 2K scan. The soundtrack album, Little Nicky (Music from the Motion Picture) , was released October 31, 2000, through Maverick Records and featured a lineup that leaned heavily toward Maverick recording artists that included Deftones , Insolence, Muse and Ünloco . Some songs featured in the film, but excluded from the soundtrack, were " Ladies' Night " by Kool &

4532-689: The Gang ; " Runnin' with the Devil " by Van Halen ; " Flying High Again ", " Mama, I'm Coming Home ", and " No More Tears " by Ozzy Osbourne ; " Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? " by Chicago ; "Now or Never" by Zebrahead ; " Everlong " by Foo Fighters ; " Two of Hearts " by Stacey Q ; " Southtown " and " Rock the Party (Off the Hook) " by P.O.D. ; " Rock You Like a Hurricane " by Scorpions ; and " Highway to Hell " by AC/DC . A Game Boy Color game based on

4635-657: The Internet. Another example is the furry -themed Tales from the Blind Pig created at the Transformation Story Archive with some limited publication. Other early examples include the Dargon Project and Devilbunnies. The computer game series Command and Conquer (since 1995) and Red Alert (since 1996) originally were set in the same universe, connected by character Kane, who had

4738-715: The Jedi (1983); together, those three films are known as the original trilogy and focuses on Luke Skywalker , Han Solo and Princess Leia . The prequel trilogy composed of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) expanded the series into a Saga, and focused on Luke Skywalker's father Anakin Skywalker , new cast members portrayed younger versions of characters from

4841-530: The North American box office making $ 16 million USD in its opening weekend, behind Charlie's Angels , which was on its second consecutive week at the top spot. The film went on to earn $ 39.5 million domestically and another $ 18.8 million worldwide, bringing the total to $ 58.3 million. On Rotten Tomatoes , Little Nicky has an approval rating of 21% based on reviews from 114 critics, with an average rating of 3.9/10. The site's consensus reads: "Despite

4944-709: The Tiberium timeline. The 2000 musical Seussical presented several works of Dr. Seuss as taking place in the same fictional world. Hasbro toy products including G.I. Joe and Transformers are considered by their manufacturer to exist fictionally within the Hasbro Universe . Related shared universes include the Hasbro Comic Book Universe by IDW Publishing and the Energon Universe by Skybound Entertainment . In

5047-478: The anthology films, expands the stories of plot points and characters from the main series. Additionally the Star Wars series expanded into video games, comics, novels, short stories, animated series, and RPG adventures, telling original stories based on the franchise, classifying it as an imaginary entertainment environment, where the films share the same continuity as all the other media formats, regardless of

5150-414: The author or company controlling the setting is known as canon . Not all shared universes have a controlling entity capable of or interested in determining canonicity, and not all fans agree with these determinations when they occur. A fanon may instead find some degree of consensus within the setting's fandom . Some writers, in an effort to ensure that a canon can be established and to keep details of

5253-569: The common interpretation of the events of that finale is that the entire St. Elsewhere universe – including all connected series – exist only within Westphall's imagination. The spin-off media from Doctor Who , known as the " Whoniverse ", has relatively little consistency given its division into audio plays produced by Big Finish and the BBC, the New Adventures universe novel, or

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5356-433: The corner of the room, faced against a wall. Suddenly Heather's camera is knocked down and she too is rendered silent. The film runs for a few seconds, then dies. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 returns to Maryland's Black Hills region in the wake of The Blair Witch Project and the prodigious media coverage devoted to its conflation of documentary style and supernatural legend, fans and curiosity-seekers have descended upon

5459-490: The deadline to capture Adrian and Cassius is approaching. Back on Earth, Nicky and his friends devise a plan to capture Adrian in a subway station . Adrian discovers their trick and in the ensuing fight, grabs Valerie and dives onto the track as a train approaches, but Nicky throws her aside, leaving himself and Adrian to be killed by the train. Arriving in Hell just minutes before midnight, Adrian begins taking over Hell by pushing what remains of his father aside and sitting on

5562-486: The different media formats. Lucasfilm's early teams under Carol Wakarska (later Titleman), Lucy Wilson, Allan Kausch, Sue Rostoni, and later, Leland Chee and Pablo Hidalgo, coordinated a cohesive story-telling and ensured consistency and synergy by avoiding plot holes between all the film and non-film works. The Star Wars Legends brand is now used to brand all the re-prints of these Expanded Universe works (television films, animated series, video-games, comics, and novels) of

5665-481: The entrance to Hell, preventing more evil souls from entering and causing Satan to begin to disintegrate. Stanley the Gatekeeper informs Satan of this and Satan punishes him by growing breasts on his head and giving him to his father Lucifer . Now very weak, to stop Adrian and Cassius, he sends Nicky to Earth with a silver flask that traps whoever drinks from it inside. Nicky has difficulty surviving on Earth and

5768-410: The events of The Blair Witch Project . This documentary presents Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 as a film within a film. Shadow of the Blair Witch follows "the real James Patterson"'s defense team as the case prepares for trial and as the public reacts to plans to fictionalize the case's events for the big screen . Protests of the film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 are discussed coming from both

5871-584: The families of those involved with the case and from the Wiccan community as a whole. In September 1999, D.A. Stern compiled The Blair Witch Project: A Dossier . Perpetuating the film's "true story" angle, the dossier consisted of fabricated police reports, pictures, interviews, and newspaper articles presenting the movie's premise as fact, as well as further elaboration on the Elly Kedward and Rustin Parr legends. In 2000 D.A. Stern compiled another dossier in

5974-471: The fictional works released after such date. The animated series Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018), was the first work released after. A sequel trilogy formed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) featured many returning cast members along with newcomers. The films' main saga is conformed of the original, prequel, and sequel trilogies. A concurrent spin-off film series, known as

6077-522: The film series, but these experiments were "not always conducted as carefully or as thoroughly as audiences, especially fans, would expect in contemporary terms". This is seen in Universal's Frankenstein films , the Dracula films which are sequentially fragmented as Son of Dracula (1943) does not reference narratives or characters from either Dracula (1931) or Dracula's Daughter . Following

6180-687: The film the worst comedy ever made. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a score of two-and-a-half stars out of four, describing Little Nicky as "the best Sandler movie to date" and the Nicky character as "intriguing", while at the same time lamenting Sandler's lack of finesse and vocal quirks. In 2020, Evan Saathoff of /Film argued against the characterization of Little Nicky as being "a blight on [Sandler's] filmography", writing that Sandler "certainly never got this wild again, not in one of his own films at least." The film

6283-455: The film was officially announced to be in development. Roy Lee will return to the franchise in his role as producer, alongside Jason Blum . The project will be a joint-venture production between Lionsgate and Blumhouse Productions . In October 2017, Sánchez and the rest of the film's creative team were developing a Blair Witch television series, though he pointed out that any decisions would ultimately be up to Lionsgate now that they own

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6386-501: The film was released on December 15, 2000. Shared universe A shared universe or shared world is a fictional universe from a set of creative works where one or more writers (or other artists) independently contribute works that can stand alone but fits into the joint development of the storyline, characters, or world of the overall project. It is common in genres like science fiction . It differs from collaborative writing in which multiple artists are working together on

6489-574: The films. A "reimagining" of The Blair Witch Project was announced in April 2024 as a collaboration between Lionsgate and Blumhouse . The backstory for the film is a legend created by Myrick and Sánchez which is detailed in The Curse of the Blair Witch , a mockumentary broadcast on the Syfy Channel in 1999 prior to the release of The Blair Witch Project . Sánchez and Myrick also maintained

6592-446: The form of a series of short-story anthologies with occasional standalone novels. Examples include Robert Lynn Asprin 's Thieves' World , C. J. Cherryh 's Merovingen Nights and Janet Morris ' Heroes in Hell . Within comics, the term shared universe has been used to reflect the overall milieu created by the comic book publisher in which characters, events, and premises from one product line appear in other product lines in

6695-522: The franchise which were produced and/or ceased production before April 2014. Lucas praised these expansions of his work in the introduction to the reprinted Splinter of the Mind's Eye , and included a few elements within his works, such as characters and places. Storytellers after Lucas have also incorporated Legends elements in their stories. As for comic book-based films, there are two cinematic universes based on Marvel Comics characters, both set within

6798-422: The franchise's first installment, The Blair Witch Project , started in 1993. Myrick and Sánchez wrote a 35-page outline of a story with the dialogue to be improvised. Filming began in 1997 and lasted eight days. The film follows the disappearance of three student filmmakers in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland , while shooting a documentary on the local legend known as the "Blair Witch". After premiering at

6901-465: The franchise, and that the studio is reportedly considering developing the project into a streaming exclusive film. By May 2023, Oliver Park signed onto the project as director, with Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez serving as producers. The project was said to be a joint-venture production between Lions Gate Films and Haxan Films. Principal photography was tentatively scheduled to commence later that summer or fall. At CinemaCon held in April 2024,

7004-501: The galaxy for Battlefield Earth ), Most Annoying Fake Accent for Sandler, Worst On-Screen Hairstyle for Sandler (lost to both Travolta and Forest Whitaker for Battlefield Earth ), Most Annoying Product Placement for Popeyes Chicken (lost to FedEx and Wilson in Cast Away ), and Most Unfunny Comic Relief for the painfully unfunny talking bulldog (lost to Tom Green for Road Trip and Charlie's Angels ). As noted, its only win

7107-421: The game was scarier than the film. The following volumes were less well-received, with PC Gamer saying that Volume 2's only saving grace was its low price and calling Volume 3 "amazingly mediocre". Another Blair Witch game was released for PC and Xbox One. The game is a first-person survival horror game, and is both developed and published by Bloober Team . The game was released on August 30, 2019, and

7210-483: The highlights of the video is the first mention of Elly Kedward, the woman who would go on to become the Blair Witch. Curse of the Blair Witch was created to give credibility to the idea that the events of The Blair Witch Project actually occurred, which was how the film was marketed upon its initial release. Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez , considered for inclusion in the theatrical release of The Blair Witch Project and released to VHS as part of

7313-539: The industry, other companies have attempted similar models. Valiant Comics and Crossgen both produced titles primarily set from their inception in a single, publisher-wide shared universe, known respectively as Unity and the Sigilverse . Universes in films (or television) mostly consist of a franchise featuring an umbrella of multiple franchises (film or television) set within the same continuity, each franchise within telling its own stand-alone story focusing on

7416-459: The internet. The influence of the Internet on collaborative and interactive fiction has also resulted in a large number of amateur shared universe settings. Amateur authors have created shared universes by contributing to mailing lists , story archives and Usenet . One of the earliest of these settings, SFStory , saw its spin-off setting Superguy cited as illustrative of the potential of

7519-464: The legend as real, complete with manufactured newspaper articles, newsreels , television news reports, and staged interviews in an attempt to convince viewers of its legitimacy. According to Ben Rock , the man who created the backstory for Haxan, he took inspiration from the real Maryland legend of the woman Moll Dyer . Sometime in the winter of 1697, Dyer was accused of witchcraft, tried, and subsequently banished from Leonardtown, Maryland . Her body

7622-504: The mice were indeed married in their "private life", but that they sometimes appeared as boyfriend and girlfriend for "screen purposes". The Mickey Mouse universe also includes the Donald Duck universe as a subset. The Pixar universe is an elaborate fan theory suggesting that all Pixar animated movies take place in the same universe. At the 2015 D23 Expo , during the "Pixar Secrets Revealed" panel, director Mark Andrews rejected

7725-468: The middle while stating to Holly that he still loves her. In the presence of Nicky and Satan, Lucifer shoves the flask containing Adrian and Cassius up Adolf Hitler 's rump. One year later, Nicky and Valerie live in New York with their infant son named Zachariah who has demonic powers. A postscript states that Valerie accidentally struck Nicky with a shovel which fixed his jaw disfigurement. Zachariah

7828-419: The mockumentary Shadow of the Blair Witch takes an objective look at the events of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 . Running 45 minutes, it examines the troubled life of "the real Jeff Patterson" and his obsession with The Blair Witch Project . Within the documentary, the events of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 are presented as a film adaptation based on the "Black Hills murders" that took place shortly after

7931-518: The movie's real-life setting of Burkittsville, Maryland. Jeff Patterson ( Jeffrey Donovan ), a black-sheep "townie" only recently released from a mental institution, has turned his obsession with the Blair Witch into a business and has lured four young people to Burkittsville for a tour of the Witch's purported Black Hills' haunts. Jeff's clients are also fixated on the film, for reasons they themselves may not fully comprehend. Erica Geerson ( Erica Leerhsen )

8034-412: The murders, may have himself been involved in the murders. Within the mockumentary, it is mentioned that after Parr was hanged, Brody grew up to become a troubled adult who spent most of the latter part of his life in mental institutions before committing suicide in the year 1971. Directed by Ben Rock , and airing on the Sci-Fi Channel in conjunction with the release of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 ,

8137-636: The music industry, all kinds of works by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift , such as her songs , albums , music videos, films , tours , promotional activities, as well as the narratives surrounding her, have been collectively referred to as a musical or cinematic universe by several journalists and media outlets. Blair Witch Blair Witch is an American horror media franchise created by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez , distributed by Artisan Entertainment (now Lionsgate ) and produced by Haxan Films that consists of three feature films and various additional media. The development of

8240-517: The names of songs by Simon and Garfunkel was proposed and publicly discussed by movie creators in 2017. Filmmaker Edgar Wright wrote that the Simon and Garfunkel cinematic universe could begin with his movie Baby Driver and Marc Webb 's The Only Living Boy in New York , and Wright suggested creation of a film named So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright . Subsequently, other writers, directors, and actors expressed their interest in making films within

8343-613: The original trilogy, while other actors returned to their original trilogy roles. On television, the lore was expanded through animation, the animated film titled Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) served as the pilot of an animated series of the same name (2008–2014, 2020). Lucas was deeply creatively involved in the previously mentioned works, but he ceased creative involvement with the Star Wars franchise in 2014. Lucasfilm announced that from April 2014, only such previously mentioned works would be considered canonical, along with all of

8446-493: The planned Adventure into Fear franchise. After Marvel Television was folded into Marvel Studios in December 2019, streaming television shows set in the MCU were developed for Disney+ , beginning with WandaVision (2021). The concept of "universes" has also occasionally been discussed in the context of reality television franchises (which, though documenting real-life individuals and situations, typically involve

8549-459: The presence of a large, talented cast, the jokes in Little Nicky are dumb, tasteless, and not that funny, and Adam Sandler's character is grating to watch." On Metacritic it has a score of 38% based on reviews from 29 critics. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B" on a scale of A to F. Comedian and former Mystery Science Theater 3000 host Michael J. Nelson named

8652-510: The previous films, as they travel to the past in Taylor's spaceship. The fourth and fifth films, Conquest and Battle , focus on Zira and Cornelius' son Caesar leading the uprising against the humans and to the future depicted in the original film. A television series and an animated series are also considered part of the story. The origin of the Planet of the Apes in the original timeline before

8755-679: The release of The Wolf Man (1941) and The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Universal released Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1942) which operated as a sequel to both films. Proctor suggested that the Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1942), the first crossover in film history, and the ensemble films House of Frankenstein (1944) and House of Dracula (1945) established the first "cinematic universe". Some universes in film have originated as film adaptations of novels, such as

8858-428: The rickety drawbridge and unlocks the metal door to a chorus of barking dogs, they are entering a place no safer than the woods they just left. Inside, the legend seems to begin to bleed into reality as their mass hysteria ensues. Erica mysteriously disappears and Tristen ends up hanging herself from the second floor railing of the warehouse. The end of the film reveals that Jeff, Stephen, and Kim have been arrested. Each

8961-554: The rights to it. Four mockumentaries on the Blair Witch were produced to promote the films. The first being Curse of the Blair Witch which aired on the Syfy Channel in 1999, prior to the release of The Blair Witch Project , and the second being Sticks and Stones: An Exploration of the Blair Witch Legend which overlaps quite a bit with Curse of the Blair Witch . The latter two documentaries, The Massacre of The Burkittsville 7: The Blair Witch Legacy and Shadow of

9064-674: The same continuity. Following the films Son of Frankenstein (1939) and Dracula's Daughter (1935), Universal began experimenting with transfictional storytelling with their horror films series throughout the early to mid 1940s. This form was is conceptualized by Richard Saint-Gelais who described it as when "two (or more) texts exhibit a transfictional relationship where they share elements, such as characters, imaginary locations, and fictional worlds." William Proctor in Horror Franchise Cinema (2021) wrote that Universal began transfictional storytelling by applying it to

9167-475: The same fashion called Blair Witch: Book of Shadows (released in November 2000) regarding the events of the second film. Stern wrote the 2000 novel Blair Witch: The Secret Confessions of Rustin Parr and in the same year wrote the novel Blair Witch: Graveyard Shift , featuring all original characters and plot. In May 1999, a photonovel adaptation of The Blair Witch Project was written by Claire Forbes and

9270-411: The same work and from crossovers where the works and characters are independent except for a single meeting. The term shared universe is also used within comics to reflect the overall milieu created by the comic book publisher in which characters, events, and premises from one product line appear in other product lines in a media franchise . A specific kind of shared universe that is published across

9373-422: The series shifted towards original scripts. However, all films are set within a single, coherent fictional continuity, even if the writers, directors and cast change between films. Aspects of the fictional universe are retained between films. The Planet of the Apes film series also originated as a film adaptation of the novel of the same name, taking many creative liberties. The original film titled Planet of

9476-523: The setting believable, employ tools to correct contradictions and errors that result from multiple contributors working over a long period of time. One such tool is retconning , short for "retroactive continuity", which resolves errors in continuity that came about through previously-written conflicting material. Readers may also object when a story or series is integrated into a shared universe, feeling it "requir[es] one hero's fans to buy other heroes' titles". Comics historian Don Markstein first defined

9579-480: The several authors of the Man-Kzin Wars series. By contrast, author Eric Flint edited and published collaborations with fan fiction writers directly, expanding his 1632 series . A setting may also be expanded in a similar manner after the death of its creator, although this posthumous expansion does not meet some strict definitions of a shared universe. One such example is August Derleth 's development of

9682-477: The term in a 1970 article in CAPA-alpha . He laid out the following criteria: The expansion of existing material into a shared universe is not restricted to settings licensed from movies and television. For example, Larry Niven opened his Known Space setting to other writers initially because he considered his lack of military experience prevented him from adequately describing the wars between mankind and

9785-448: The theory, with Inside Out co-director Ronnie del Carmen adding "Do you know what kinds of meetings we'd have to have to make sure all our movies line up?!" The DC Animated Universe (DCAU) is a television universe that encompasses different animated series based on characters from DC Comics but its associated media includes feature and short films, comic books and video games as well. Shared timeslines originate in video games and

9888-517: The throne, rising to Central Park , and starting a riotous party. Meanwhile, Nicky wakes up in Heaven as a reward for sacrificing himself and meets his mother Holly, an angel who tells him that he can defeat Adrian with the " inner light " that he inherited from her. After she gives him a mysterious orb, he confronts Adrian in Central Park. Adrian appears to win the battle by transforming into

9991-500: The time travel occurred was explained in a prequel-reboot film series with the ape Cesar becoming the main protagonist again, with the story focused on his life from childhood to an old ape, and how the conflict between the apes and the humans started. The Star Wars film series was created by George Lucas , produced by his self-funded production company Lucasfilm. It originated with the film Star Wars (1977), followed by two sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of

10094-587: The universe, such as Rian Johnson : Keep the Customer Satisfied ; Lin-Manuel Miranda : Cecilia ; Marc Webb and Dwayne Johnson : I Am a Rock . This refers to universes that are based on television shows without any films. Television series may lead to a spin-off series set in the same universe, often focusing on a single character from the original. The American sitcom Cheers led to two spin-off series, Frasier and The Tortellis . An example of shared universes among television shows

10197-419: Was for Most Annoying Fake Accent. Little Nicky was released on DVD and VHS on April 24, 2001 by New Line Home Entertainment . The DVD includes two audio commentaries, a special feature dedicated to rock/metal music, the music video "School of Hard Knocks" by P.O.D. , and deleted scenes. Scream Factory released the film on Blu Ray for the first time on August 8, 2023, with all the special features from

10300-487: Was later discovered frozen to a rock in the forest. Heather Donahue, Michael Williams and Joshua Leonard, student filmmakers, set out to shoot a documentary about the Blair Witch. In the Black Hills forest near Burkittsville, Maryland, many children had vanished in the 1940s and people still avoid going too deep into the woods. The party sets out to look for facts that prove the legend, equipped only with two cameras and

10403-572: Was nominated for five awards at the 21st Golden Raspberry Awards , including Worst Picture , Worst Actor ( Adam Sandler ), Worst Supporting Actress ( Patricia Arquette ), Worst Director and Worst Screenplay . It lost in all categories to Battlefield Earth starring John Travolta . At the 2000 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards , the film received seven total nominations: Worst Picture (lost to Battlefield Earth ), Worst Actor for Sandler (lost to John Travolta), Worst On-Screen Couple for Sandler and that unfunny bulldog (lost to John Travolta and everyone in

10506-413: Was released by Fotonovel Publications. A series of eight young adult books entitled The Blair Witch Files were released by Random subsidiary Bantam from 2000 to 2001. The books center on Cade Merill, a fictional cousin of Heather Donahue, who investigates phenomena related to the Blair Witch in attempt to discover what really happened to Heather, Mike, and Josh. In August 1999, Oni Press released

10609-522: Was suspended from nursery school after turning another kid's bottle of milk into moose urine. Todd started his one-man show on Broadway which only a strange man from Adrian's park gathering attended. Mr. Beefy reunited with his rat girlfriend Heather where they got married last April and had kids. Stanley the Gatekeeper and Gary the Monster also had kids of their own. Satan and Holly have been unable to deal with their long-distance relationship after dating for

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