Is The Creator kicking off a new sci-fi franchise?

We are yet to see how The Creator will perform at the box office, but there is already speculation that it could be turned into a franchise.

The official premise reads:

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'Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory only to discover the world-ending weapon he's been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child'

It is directed by Gareth Edwards of Rogue One and Monsters fame and stars John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, and Allison Janney.

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Edwards has created a stunning new world which has led to conversations about a potential sequel. But, he isn't interested, calling The Creator a "self-contained" movie.

"When I'm trying to figure out a story, I'm always working backwards from the end to try and get it to be this climax as much as possible and everything sort of leads to that moment," he said while promoting the movie.

"This is self-contained. It (a sequel) is not on my agenda, I'm not really interested in doing that, it's a one-off movie."

It might be out of Edwards' hands if 20th Century Fox want to make more movies.

"As much as I love the world that it all exists in and it was amazing to design and build everything and shot it all over in these beautiful countries, but... it would be a high-class problem to have the studio to come up and tap me on the shoulder and say, 'Hey Gareth, you've got to think of something, you know, we need a sequel,'" he continued.

Edwards co-wrote the screenplay alongside Chris Weitz, and the former has cited Apocalypse Now, Baraka, Blade Runner, Akira, Rain Man, The Hit, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Paper Moon as major influences.

The Creator trailer

The final trailer for sci-fi thriller #TheCreator starring John David Washington.pic.twitter.com/go532Ybmva— MovieMeter (@MovieMeter_) September 14, 2023