as a writer who’s main focus is narrative prose, but has dabbled in screenwriting and film, I find the way movie franchises & tv series are being handled to be incredibly frustrating
If you are an author trying to publish a story with a multi-book arch then you need to convince publishers that you have a plan, that you are publishing this story over the course of several novels for a reason, and not because you want to get more money out of it
But film & tv do not operate under those same rules, filmmakers often going into a franchise without a clear ending, and it shows, it shows in forgotten character archs, and inconsistent writing, and hollywood doesn’t seem to notice, or care about, the problem
Viewers want a consistent story with a satisfying conclusion, which means the creators need to have a plan, and if there are multiple writers, those people need to communicate to avoid contradiction and unnecessary tone shifts
